Hi,
I'm trying to tell as many fungi fans as possible about an event I'm taking part
in.

On the empty fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, Anthony Gormley is doing a
project with living "statues", where for 100 days, 24 hours a day a different
member of the public stands on the plinth for one hour. (www.oneandother.co.uk)
I've been lucky enough to draw a place in this project, and have decided to use
my hour of fame to tell people about how wonderful, and essential to life as we
know it, fungi are. I'll be doing this with banners, a megaphone, fancy dress,
and hopefully some like-minded people around the bottom of the plinth to help me
out.

I've already had some coverage in the local media, and spoken a bit about fungi
on local radio, but am keen to get the message out, and recruit help and support
from anyone interested! I'm doing this with the aid of Prof Lynne Boddy (new
president of the BMS), who was my PhD supervisor.

My spot on the plinth is Sunday 12th July, unfortunately 3-4am. Lynne, myself
and hopefully many more people will be there. If anyone wants to join us, or has
ideas of how to promote the event or get media coverage so we can tell as many
people as possible about fungi, please get in touch!

Cheers,

Martha Crockatt