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Cute Ecologies: Beatrix Potter, Mushrooms and Miniature Worlds

Cute Ecologies: Beatrix Potter, Mushrooms and Miniature Worlds

Once known primarily as the author of ‘twee’ children’s books about fastidious mice and naughty rabbits, Beatrix Potter has gained recognition in recent years for her wide-ranging accomplishments as a conservationist, mycologist and scientific illustrator. In the 1890s, before embarking…