NEWSFLASH: Chip Cherry Update

The January, 2021 issue of the NCBG e-newsletter had an article about a fungus new to North Carolina, Leratiomyces ceres, or “Chip Cherry.” Herbarium Associate Dr. Van Cotter has gone…

Peggy-Ann Wetmore Kessler Duke

…Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, UNC, and the USDA. She was a part-time staff illustrator at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. In 1989, she held a…

Eloise Wicker Knight

…removed and reinstated several times. By 1963, women were free to apply to all departments as freshmen and sophomores, but they had to abide by many rules regarding visitation and…

Haru (Francia) Chisaki Hommersand

…and News: Plagiobothrys austinae (Greene) Johnston: A new addition to the Oregon Flora. Madrono 16(3): 108. SOURCES: Macroalgal Herbarium Portal. 2022. https://macroalgae.org/portal/index.php. Accessed on December 21. Obituary: Haru (Francia) Chisaki…

Miriam Kresses Slifkin

…was published in the News and Observer on 30 August, 2020: Chapel Hill, NC: Miriam Kresses Slifkin lived her life with grit and determination. She was cherished by her family,…

Saving Our Savannas Resources

…Longleaf Pines and Fire Ecology Den Latham HFS Books Looking for Longleaf: The Fall and Rise of an American Forest Lawrence S. Earley UNC Press Longneedle Anne Marshall Runyon NCBG…