Charles Edward Raynal

(17 March 1877 – 1 December 1944) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has about three dozen specimens collected by Charles Edward Raynal. All are vascular…

William Battle Cobb

(23 November 1891 – 22 November 1933) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged about 170 specimens collected by William Battle Cobb, who usually signed…

John Marshall Grant

(6 May 1849 – 25 February 1934)   The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged 55 fungal specimens and 99 bryophytes collected by John Marshall…

Louis Hermann Pammel

(1862 – 1931) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates about 130 fungal specimens collected by Louis Pammel. All NCU’s fungal specimens, including those collected by…

George Washington Carver

(1860’s – 5 January 1943) Listen to Well Said: George Washington Carver’s fungal specimens, a podcast produced in 2017 by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The University of…

Max Hoyt Hommersand

(10 July 1930 – 16 December 2022) Max H. Hommersand was born in San Diego County, California on 10 July 1930. He received his B. A. at the University of…

Happy Birthday, Psilocybe!

By Carol Ann McCormick, Curator, and Dr. Van Cotter, Herbarium Associate, UNC-Chapel Hill Herbarium The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates hundreds of thousands of botanical…

Survey Says…

The North Carolina Botanical Garden participated in a national survey this spring along with over 600 other organizations. The survey focused on how people are connecting to the arts and…