Mushrooms and Autumn Plants Show

The ^45th edition of the Champignons et Plantes d'automne show will feature :

Fresh autumn mushrooms with :

• an exhibition of over a hundred fresh mushrooms;
• a workshop on the confusion between edible and toxic or even deadly species in our region;
• a workshop to identify crops brought in by the public;
• educational tools to help the public and students (pharmacy, medicine, science, etc.) identify mushrooms.

Autumn fruits and flowers with :

• an exhibition of over 200 recently harvested plants;
• a workshop to identify crops brought in by the public.

Mushrooms and plants will have been collected by members of the Société d'Horticulture et d'Histoire de l'Hérault (SHHNH) and the Montpellier Faculty of Pharmacy (Laboratoire de Botanique, Phytochimie et Mycologie).

Fungi and plants collected or brought in by the public over the two days will be identified by SHHNH members and academics. 

The CD-ROM "Les principaux champignons comestibles et leurs sosies toxiques ou mortels", created by several SHHNH members, will be made available to the public.

Three card games created by a member of the SHHNH will enable the public, including students, to test their knowledge of mushroom identification, edibility and toxicity.

The SHHNH will also be showcasing mushrooms through the geological ages and insect displays.

Free guided tours of the Albert CIURANA Pharmacy Museum on Saturday afternoon, Sunday morning and afternoon:

Two conferences will be held in the Amphithéâtre A of Montpellier's Faculty of Pharmacy :

• Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 4pm: "100% natural health is not 100% safe!" by Olivier MATHIEU, Doctor of Pharmacy, Head of the Medical Pharmacology and Toxicology Department, Montpellier University-CHU.

• Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 4pm: "Mushrooms through the geological ages" by Michel CROUSILLES, geologist, Doctor of Earth Sciences, Vice-President of the Hérault Horticultural and Natural History Society.