Science outreach
Public talks
How fungi support our forests (and teach us about the pitfalls of runaway ideas)
A talk given on 7th October 2024 at the Norwich Biosciences Institutes Accessible Science Talks, summarising the current debate in the fungal research community about mycorrhizal fungi and the ‘wood wide web’.
Fungi fact or fungi fiction
A talk given on 23rd May 2023 at the Norwich ‘Living Small in a Big World’ event of the Pint of Science Festival 2023, mythbusting some of the things you may hear about fungi in the media.
Why fungi are the best friends (and worst enemies) you never knew you had
A talk given on 11th May 2022 at the ‘Unloved Animals Club: Battle of the Kingdoms’ event of the Pint of Science Festival 2022. It won over the audience and fungi were voted the best-loved kingdom of the night! 
Seed Banks as Incidental Fungal Endophyte Banks
A talk given at the BMS Autumn Open Meeting 2020 based on this study.
Podcast/radio interviews
Countryside Matters interview
Countryside Matters programme hosted by Jenny Devitt broadcast on Dorset community radio stations, 11th November 2024
Hunting for fungi in the world’s largest seed bank
The Conversation Weekly Podcast, 19th May 2021
The world of fungi inside seed banks
The Naked Scientists, 8th April 2021
Undiscovered Colombia
BBC Radio 4 Costing the Earth, 18th April 2018 - I provided audio soundbites
Articles/blogs
Why autumn 2024 is your best chance to see lots of weird and wonderful fungi
The Conversation, 14th October 2024
How we discovered a hidden world of fungi inside the world’s biggest seed bank
The Conversation, 22nd March 2021 (republished by BBC Future 31st March 2021)
Meet the firestarting fungus
kew.org, 8th August 2019
Nature’s first aid kit: a fungus growing on the side of birch tree
The Conversation, 21st May 2019
Video
The Forgotten Kingdom: Finding fungi in Colombia
I filmed and edited this short film of a fungi collecting expedition in Colombia