In the year of the bicentenary celebrations of the Botanical Garden of Lucca the Mycological and Naturalistic group of Lucca "Benedetto Puccinelli" organizes the 35th Autumn Mushroom Expo on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 October at the modern greenhouses of the Botanical Garden of Lucca.
The exhibition is accompanied by a meeting on Benedetto Puccinelli, director (1830-1850) of the Botanical Garden of Lucca for twenty years .
The program:
Saturday 3 October
12:00 pm / 6:30 pm - Modern Greenhouses of the Botanical Garden of Lucca | Inauguration and opening of the 35th Autumn Mushroom Expo with an exhibition of some painted signs concerning the mushrooms of the Lucchesia region commissioned by Puccinelli to illustrate his work which remained unpublished until the 21st century.
4:00 pm - Casermetta San Regolo. Walls of Lucca | Benedetto Puccinelli, alla guida dell'Orto, botanico e micologo (Benedetto Puccinelli, at the head of the Garden, botanist and mycologist). Meeting organized by Angelo Lippi (GML).
Sunday 4 October
10:00 am / 6:30 pm - Modern Greenhouses of the Botanical Garden of Lucca | 35th Autumn Mushroom Expo with an exhibition of some painted signs concerning the mushrooms of the Lucchesia region commissioned by Puccinelli to illustrate his work which remained unpublished until the 21st century.
Reservation required at +39 0583 950596, or via e-mail to biglietteria@ortobotanicodilucca.it.
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