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…

Leva Belle Walker

…fungi. A. Pluteus admirabilis, Tubaria furfuracea. B. Cyathus fascicularis, Cyathus striatus, Crucibulum vulgare,” and her thesis advisor was Dr. George F. Atkinson.9 She joined the Botany Department at the University…

Dennis Harold Latham

…Dr. John Nathaniel Couch of the Botany Department at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill who had provided guidance for the project.8 Latham had collected the fungus “from a moderately dry,…

Peter MacOwan

…Philosophical Society. Transactions. Volume 2, part 3, pp. 111-187. SOURCES: 1. http://www.abcjournal.org/index.php/ABC/article/viewFile/1900/1856 accessed on 3 November 2015. 2. http://www.capeorchids.co.za/history.htm accessed on 3 November 2015. [Photo of MacOwen and canine friend]…

Effie Boon

…Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com…

Nancy Blair Eliason

…North Carolina: North Carolina State Archives. Microfilm. Peace College 1937 Yearbook. http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/Peace_College_Lotus_Yearbook/1937/Page_18.html accessed on 4 December 2013. Faculty Archives, East Carolina University. http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/archives/facultye.cfm accessed on 4 December 2013. Pers. comm.,…

Max Hoyt Hommersand

…Report for 1970-1971 to National Oceanographic [i.e., Oceanic] and Atmospheric Agency [ie, Adminsitration], Office of Sea Grant Programs, Grant No. GH103, Project UNC-10. Chapel Hill, N.C.; Morehead City, N.C.: Institute…

Happy Birthday, Psilocybe!

…cubensis. The genus name is derived from the Greek and means “bare head,” while the specific epithet means “coming from Cuba” and refers to the type locality where Franklin Sumner…

Rebecca Deramus Bray

…botanist with research resulting in many publications during her career. Dr. Bray was a beloved professor known for “offering welcome advice or swift kicks, whichever the situation demanded,” to the…

Plan a Guided Field Trip

…students. A maximum of 8 accompanying adults (chaperones and teachers) per program are permitted. FEES See field trip descriptions for cost per student. There is no charge for teachers or…