John Cage, legendary composer of experimental sounds and silence, was absolutely fascinated with mushrooms.
This little-known legacy consists of his revival of the New York Mycological Society in the 1960s and his extensive fungi collection, now at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
A new exhibition opened this month at the Horticultural Society of New York celebrates this overlooked side of his life.
He also published a small book on the subject including sketches and photographs.
