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Norton G. Miller

Posted on February 22, 2021 by Carol Ann McCormick

(4 February 1942 – 7 December 2011) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged about 40 lichen and moss specimens collected by Norton Miller. As…

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Wade Swann Neely

Posted on January 16, 2021 by Carol Ann McCormick

(28 November 1892 –  18 August 1940) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium has cataloged to date a handful of vascular plant specimens collected by Wade Swann Neely,…

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Binge watch our Lunchbox Talks!

Posted on November 24, 2020 (November 24, 2020) by Jennifer Peterson
Laptop showing a fullscreen image of a woman presenting a Zoom lecture.

Did you miss a recent lecture you had hoped to see? Or want to re-watch a favorite? One small silver lining of pandemic life is we have many virtual programs,…

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Mushrooms whose White Spores turn Bluish-Black

Posted on November 4, 2020 (November 4, 2020) by Jennifer Peterson

by Van Cotter, UNC Herbarium Associate Mushroom identification relies on many tricks of the trade.  One of the fun tricks is treating white mushroom spores with iodine in the form…

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Maeburn Bruce Huneycutt

Posted on September 29, 2020 (October 2, 2020) by Carol Ann McCormick

(7 January 1923 – 20 December 2004) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium has cataloged to date about a dozen vascular plant specimens and a dozen fungal…

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Following in Botanical Footsteps at Rocky Face Mountain

Posted on August 4, 2020 (August 6, 2020) by Jennifer Peterson
Allium keeverae

By Carol Ann McCormick, Curator, UNC-Chapel Hill Herbarium One of the few good aspects of the restrictions on school, social, and business activities this past spring has been that people…

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Happy Birthday, Psilocybe!

Posted on July 2, 2020 (July 2, 2020) by Jennifer Peterson
spore print

By Carol Ann McCormick, Curator, and Dr. Van Cotter, Herbarium Associate, UNC-Chapel Hill Herbarium The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates hundreds of thousands of botanical…

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Survey Says…

Posted on July 1, 2020 (June 21, 2021) by Jennifer Peterson
tour at the Garden

The North Carolina Botanical Garden participated in a national survey this spring along with over 600 other organizations. The survey focused on how people are connecting to the arts and…

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The value of volunteers

Posted on May 3, 2020 (May 6, 2020) by Jennifer Peterson
Coker Nuts weeding

  By Margo MacIntyre, Curator, Coker Arboretum The Coker Arboretum’s corps of volunteers, the Coker Nuts, have been furloughed since March 17, but I never had to experience a pandemic…

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Just when you think you know some plant…

Posted on May 3, 2020 (May 6, 2020) by Jennifer Peterson
bottle brush

  By Derick B. Poindexter, Postdoctoral Plant Systematics Researcher, UNC Herbarium Relationships can be a fickle thing. You spend a tremendous amount of time building an understanding of what constitutes…

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