A World of Botanical Illustrations: Japanese plants referenced…

Works of Art

For decades, Studio Ghibli Inc. has been revered as one of the…


By Danna Carina Cruz

Typical: Gymnopilus pallidus

Specimen Stories

Some characters are altered in the drying process used to create herbarium specimens.…


By Amy Weiss

A Horse, of Course

Works of Art

Collecting plants and algae was sometimes an artistic hobby, with dried or…


By Laura Briscoe

The Cactaceae

Works of Art

The Cactaceae was a publication written by the founder of NYBG, Nathaniel Lord Britton…


By Nicole Tarnowsky

Addisonia

Works of Art

Addisonia: Colored Illustrations and Popular Descriptions of Plants was a journal published by…


By Nicole Tarnowsky

Augustine Henry

Collectors

Augustine Henry was one of the first and most prolific western botanists to collect in Central China,…


By Nicole Tarnowsky

Mushroom Paintings

Works of Art

When mycologists collect mushrooms or other fungal fruiting bodies, it's important to…


By Laura Briscoe

George Massee

The fungal herbarium of George E. Massee was acquired by NY in…


By Laura Briscoe

Ellen's Illustrations

Works of Art

We know Ellen Hutchins produced hundreds of detailed watercolors of marine algae. Some…


By Laura Briscoe

Typical: Astragalus cusickii var. packardiae

Specimen Stories

Covered in flower dissection illustrations by Rupert Barneby — we should all…


By Amy Weiss

Banded Mottlegill

Specimen Stories

This mushroom was called 'weed Panaeolus' because it would frequently grow as…