New Virginia Gems in the Herbarium

…University of North Carolina Herbarium, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 3. Ranger, L. Scott. “Parnassia asarifolia Ventenat 1804, grass-of-parnassus.” Scott Ranger’s Nature Notes [online blog]. http://www.scottranger.com/parnassia-asarifolia-grass-of-parnassus.html accessed 1 April 2021.  …

Percy H. Gentle

…of an Important National Resource. http://www.ukbelizeassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ZAG_UKBA_2019.pdf Nelson, C. 1990. Early collectors of plants from Honduras and the confusion with British Honduras (Belize). Taxon 39(4): 568-571. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1223361 Bartlett, H. H. (1932)….

Luther Stanford Beard

…Beard (1914- 1944 ; died in France) and Houston Wendell Beard (1917- 1943; died in Italy). Other siblings included Bradwell McCrackan Beard (1915-1990), Edith Pamela Beard (1917- 1960), Edna Ruth…

William Basil Fox

…Consortium of Bryophyte Herbaria. 2023. http//:bryophyteportal.org/portal/index.php. Accessed on July 19. 7. MyCoPortal . 2023. http://www.mycoportal.org/portal/index.php. Accessed on July 19. 8. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204358132/helen-lee-wenger: accessed 19 July…

Philip Jerome Crutchfield

…of North Carolina. Castanea 29(3): 129-137. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4032042 Crutchfield, P. 1966. Positive rheotaxis in Goniobasis proxima. Nautilus, 79: 80-86. SOURCES: 1. Find A Grave memorial # 40238541. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40238541/philip-jerome-crutchfield accessed on 29…

Samuel B. Jones, Jr.

…Communities of the Southeast, Principles of Plant Systematics, and Variation and Evolution in Plants. Students from many departments especially enjoyed his Aquatic Plants course, which involved several 3- to 4-[day]…

Happy Birthday, Psilocybe!

…The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 16 May. 2020. Web. 17 Jun. 2020. Chlorophyllum molybdites, a beautiful stately fungus that forms large fairy rings in lawns, is the only…

Eloise Wicker Knight

…accessed on 27 August 2007 2. http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct97/100.html accessed on 27 August 2007 3. Pers. comm. Charlotte Jones-Roe, North Carolina Botanical Garden to McCormick. 4. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36792815/eloise-knight accessed on 10 April 2020

Clyde Ritchie Bell

…Lindsey). The umbel as a reproductive unit in the Apiaceae, pp. [739]-747. In A.-M. Cauwet-Marc and J. Carbonnier (editors.), Les Ombellifères: Contributions Pluridisciplinaires à la Systématique: Actes du 2e Symposium…

Eugene Bourgeau

…Exploring Expedition [also referred to as the “Palliser Expedition”] of western Canada from 1857 to 1860. In Canada he collected botanical specimens north of Lake Superior and areas around Lake…