Edward Avery McIlhenny

…McIlhenny Company, famous for Tobasco brand pepper sauce, he was also an ardent naturalist and Honorary Life Associate Member of the American Ornithologists’ Union.(1) Edward Avery McIlhenny collected this fungal…

Charles Henry Hitchcock

…produced a three-volume work, “The Geology of New Hampshire” (1874-1878), and the folio, “Atlas to Accompany the Geology…” (1878). The maps in the atlas comprise the first detailed, comprehensive map…

Ken E. Rogers

…Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 95(5): 423-424. Rogers, Ken E. and J.K. Underwood (1968) Some noteworthy Tennessee plants. Castanea 33(3): 260-261. SOURCES: 1. http://www.usm.edu/herbarium/about_us.htm accessed on 19 May 2021. 2. Rogers,…

Mary Eugenia Wharton

…of creating a nature sanctuary. Her dream was to protect the native plant and animal communities unique to the region and provide a place where people could learn about and…

Egbert Hamilton Walker

…1991 of complications from an influenza infection.”1   SOURCES: Meyer, Frederick G. 1992. Egbert Hamilton Walker (1899-1991). Taxon 41 (3): 618-620. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1222855 Data Portal. 2021. http//:sernecportal.org/index.php. Accessed on November 24….

Hugo Leander Blomquist

…225-229.   SOURCES: SERNEC Data Portal. 2023. http//:sernecportal.org/index.php. Accessed on December 04. Anderson, Lewis E. (1965) In memoriam: Hugo Leander Blomquist 1885 [sic]-1964. The Bryologist 68(2): 251-254. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3241029…

John Robert Raper

…of mutations in common-A heterokaryons of Schizophyllum commune. Z. Vererbungsl., 89:540-58. Raper, John R. and G.S. Krongelb (1958) Genetic and environmental aspects of fruiting in Schizophyllum commune Fr. Mycologia, 50:707-740….

What’s Your Flavor? Special Event

…Mary Knierim*, Eugenie “Gigi” McDonald*, Pippa Merrick, Miriam Sagasti*, and Ruta Schuller*. The exhibit also contains many fun interactive components like recipe cards to take home. One of the recipes…