Lichen Updates: new name and new county records

McKay, Alex. 2018. Eagles Nest Hotel fire remembered at the tragedy’s centennial. The Mountaineer. April 23, 2018. https://www.themountaineer.com/news/eagles-nest-hotel-fire-remembered-at-the-tragedys-centennial/article_644caa6c-44d7-11e8-8b20-3f41a4dd889c.html accessed on 28 March 2023.              

Harold Ernest Parks

Gardn., California; Eryrotrichia parksii Setch. & Gardn., California; Freycinetia parksii Mart., Fiji; Fucus parksii Setch. & Gardn., California; Gautieria parksiana Zell. & Dodge, California; Hydnangium parskii Zell. & Dodoge, Californai;

Katherine Augusta Taylor

(20 November 1851 – 17 September 1940) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged 25 vascular plant specimens collected by Ms. Taylor, all collected between

Happy Birthday, Psilocybe!

North Carolina. T. F. Hickerson and W. F. Morrison, Chapel Hill, N.C. (In the North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; https://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/ncmaps/id/1083/rec/27 accessed on 18 June 2020.

Walking with Walter and William

carolinus]), Cat-brier (Smilax Bona-nox) and Trachelospermum difforme, a vine that was discovered by Walter himself. #####   Dr. John Nelson, University of South Carolina Herbarium Curator Emeritus, at Thomas Walter’s

Mordecai Elisha Hyams

also found fruiting plants of Darbya near Charlotte, North Carolina. C. S. S. [Charles S. Sargent]   Special thanks to Evelyn Silver Hyams of Charlotte, North Carolina for providing a

Leva Belle Walker

were collected near Lincoln, Nebraska where she spent most of her academic career. NCU’s mycological specimens, including those collected by Dr. Walker, were catalogued for the National Science Foundation funded