BEATRIX POTTER WAS OBSESSED WITH FUNGI – AND SHE WAS QUITE THE NATURALIST

Beatrix Potter's animal illustrations are distinctive, but she was also an established naturalist. SvetaArtStore/Shutterstock Before I became a mycologist, I knew Beatrix Potter as the author of some of my favourite childhood books.

Arts + Culture – The Conversatio reports that beatrix Potter's animal illustrations are distinctive, but she was also an established naturalist.

The report adds: SvetaArtStore/Shutterstock Before I became a mycologist, I knew Beatrix Potter as the author of some of my favourite childhood books.

It was only years later that I learned she was also a serious student of fungi.

This report is covered across the current DAMMNEWS feeds. The most useful way to read a developing report is to separate the confirmed detail from early claims, then follow the next named source or decision.

This is a developing report. DAMMNEWS will surface related coverage as closely matched reporting enters the live cache.

DAMMNEWS RSS BRIEFING — generated locally from the available Arts + Culture – The Conversatio headline and RSS excerpt. It is not a summary of the full source article.