Amos Jones “AJ” Bullard

…County Historical Society, A. J. was an equally adept expert on plants and trees native to this region. In addition, you’ve probably attended [a Friends of Plant Conservation] meeting in…

Alpheus Wesley Blizzard

…search of sernecportal.org in October, 2022 revealed that the University of Minnestoa (MIN) is the only other herbarium curating specimens collected by Blizzard. MIN’s single specimen was also collected in…

Cathleen Ann Touchton Kabat

…Research Station at Chapman Field, Miami-Dade County, Florida. Rhodora 108 (936): 387-399. https://doi.org/10.3119/0035-4902(2006)108[387:FIOTRP]2.0.CO;2 Judd, Walter and Cathleen Kabat. 2005. Miconia sects. Amblyarrhena, Miconia, and Tamonea (Melastomataceae) in Hispaniola, with a…

Andrew Harvey Young

…Young. The photo (above) of Dr. Young was taken ca. 1890-1910 by George William Allison (courtesy of the Duggan Library Photo Archive, Hanover College). In addition to NCU other herbaria…

Moss Madness Coming to Chapel Hill

…the NC Bryophyte Diversity Project, simply send an email to mccormick@unc.edu. You can explore the bryological collections 80 herbaria across North America, including those at UNC and Duke, at bryophyteportal.org….

New Species of Foamflower

…bank of the Little Tennessee River, Graham County, NC, 29 May 2021. Tiarella austrina is on the rock at the bottom of the photo. The other stolon-producing entity had been…

Max Hoyt Hommersand

…Report for 1970-1971 to National Oceanographic [i.e., Oceanic] and Atmospheric Agency [ie, Adminsitration], Office of Sea Grant Programs, Grant No. GH103, Project UNC-10. Chapel Hill, N.C.; Morehead City, N.C.: Institute…

Happy Birthday, Psilocybe!

…when ingested metabolizes into psilocin, a potent hallucinogen.2 Prior to shipping the specimens to Utah, Dr. Cotter photographed them for inclusion in our online catalog, mycoportal.org. One specimen (NCU-F-0009757) stood…