Dog Days of Summer: Good Dog!
Cabinet of CuriositiesWhat's in a name?
Dogs have a special place in our lives, as trusting companions and…
Giant puffball
This spectacular giant puffball can be found in meadows, fields and forests…
Mushroom Paintings
When mycologists collect mushrooms or other fungal fruiting bodies, it's important to…
Truffle
Specimen StoriesFocus on Science
Truffles are fruiting bodies of Tuber fungi that grow underground. The fungi…
Violetta White
Violetta Susan Elizabeth White Delafield (1875–1949) was a promising young mycologist at the…
Octopodotus stupendus
Octopodotus from octopus and the Greek suffix–otus, indicating resemblance, because of the…
Witches!
Cabinet of CuriositiesWhat's in a name?
Don't be too scared by these witches - just some friendly plants…
W. A. Murrill
William Murrill became an assistant curator at NYBG in 1904, and was…
Gross
Sometimes collecting the perfect specimen means going places you'd rather not. Here…
Insect Zombies
Cordyceps are parasitic fungi that often parasitize insects in a way that…
Thomas Gaither - Activist and Biologist
Dr. Thomas Walter Gaither (1938 - ) was born in Great Falls, South…
#plantlove
Specimens contained in the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium represent the endless…
Fungi of Australia
As the continent of Australia continues to burn, scientists wonder what these…
Bioremediation
Bioremediation is the use of living organisms to remove contamination from the…
Typical: Gymnopilus pallidus
Some characters are altered in the drying process used to create herbarium specimens.…
Typical: Double type
A herbarium's version of a double rainbow — a double type specimen.…
J. K. Small's exploration in Southern Florida, 1915
John Kunkel Small, botanist and herbarium curator at the the New York Botanical…
Firewood and pathogens
As plants travel the world with people, these plants can bring along…
Bigelow's mushroom photographs
In the herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden there are over 30,000…
George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver (1860s–1943) was an inventor, teacher, botanist, and mycologist (a…
Brown and Beautiful
Whether naturally brown, or turning brown during the preservation steps needed to create herbarium…