Mould'n the Future: The science and art of fungi with Professor Sarah Gurr

Professor Sarah Gurr is speaking at RAMM on Tuesday 10 November, as part of the museum's Living Labyrinths: Art & Fungi exhibition. The talk is called Mould'n the Future: The science and art of fungi, and it's one of the sessions that runs alongside the main show, which opened on 2 October and stays on until 21 February 2027.

Living Labyrinths is built around the idea of fungi as nature's great communicators, and it brings together art and science to look at biodiversity, symbiosis and medical mycology. The exhibition was designed by Charlotte Gurr, and it frames fungi as a kingdom all their own—neither plant nor animal. The talk is meant to take you beyond the canvas, with Sarah Gurr explaining how fungi affect daily life, global food security, climate change and human health.

Sarah Gurr is a world-renowned fungal biologist and a Fellow of The Royal Society (Edinburgh). She's also President of The British Mycological Society and Chair of Food Security at the University of Exeter. She's been an adviser to RAMM on the exhibition and is a member of Friends of RAMM, so this is her area of expertise. The talk starts at 14:30 at RAMM, on Queen Street in Exeter (EX4 3RX). Tickets are £8 for Friends and £10 for everyone else, though the session is now sold out.