We recently found out that some of our mushroom related items have ended up in a display case at - none other than Harvard University. One of the curators was in, and bought a selection of this year's stock of glass clip on mushroom Christmas ornaments. A few days later she emailed me these photographs, saying she thought we might enjoy seeing where some of them were going - into the Decorative Cryptogram case at Harvard's botany Libraries/Herbaria ! She also mentioned that in some cultures, there is a belief that Santa's red and white suit is based on the Amanita musaria mushroom. Who knew? At any rate, it's kind of cool to think that some of our silly gnomes and mushrooms have ended up on display at Harvard.
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