Tag: #fragranceinthefungarium

A bald white man wearing a bright yellow smock stands in front of a series of grey cabinets, which are open to reveal multiple herbarium folders stacked inside. He holds in his right hand a dried mushroom specimen, which he has raised up to his nose as if to smell it.

Meet the Botanics Sniffer in Residence

What is the ‘mushroomy’ scent of heritage? And what do the institutions that care for it — such as the RBGE — smell like? By Siôn Parkinson Dr…