"If I had to Live my Life Over Again, I would Be a Botanist": John Cage’s Mycology Collection

The Gruppo Micologico Trento Letter

2 February 1959

Mr. Mike Bongiorno
RAI – Teatro delle Fiera di Milano

The Mycology Group “G.Bresadola” of Trento, follows here with warm wishes, how much we are interested in the study and popularization of the knowledge of mushrooms, it kindly pleases us to present to Mr. John Cage the card of honorary member of the group and a bulletin dedicated to the Mycology Exhibit that took place in September of 1958.
We pray, furthermore, and express our best wishes to the contestant an extraordinary success on the game show.

With regards
THE PRESIDENT
(Ettore Nardelli J.D.)

I would like to thank Monica Ambalal for generously providing a translation of this letter.

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