Lace Algae
Many of the red algae are incredibly delicate and beautiful, as exemplified…
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Many of the red algae are incredibly delicate and beautiful, as exemplified…
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Truffles are fruiting bodies of Tuber fungi that grow underground. The fungi…
This spectacular giant puffball can be found in meadows, fields and forests…
Mostly remembered for his experimental music compositions, John Cage was also a…
“Whenever rains, swollen streams, and grumbling Indians combined to overwhelm me with…
Specimen StoriesWomen in Science
Some of our herbarium specimens are of incredibly rare species. This is…
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This bright-colored lichen is called the 'Christmas Lichen' because of its bright…
Although the bulk of specimens that find their way into the New…
Similar to the Old Man’s Beard, Lungwort lichens can only thrive in…
Those who have read Barbara Kingsolver's newest novel, Unsheltered, will be familiar with the…
This Umbilicaria species is regarded to be one of the largest lichens…
Cabinet of CuriositiesCollectors
Prince Henri of Orléans, a French royal, collected this parasitic fungi in Tibet while…
Mary Emily Eaton was an accomplished natural history illustrator employed at the…
Among many of the interesting things Ellen Hutchins collected were collections that…
We know Ellen Hutchins produced hundreds of detailed watercolors of marine algae. Some…
Jean Baptiste François Bulliard was French physician and botanist, especially interested in fungi.…
William Murrill became an assistant curator at NYBG in 1904, and was…
When mycologists collect mushrooms or other fungal fruiting bodies, it's important to…
Violetta Susan Elizabeth White Delafield (1875–1949) was a promising young mycologist at the…
The Wolf Lichen is one of the most showy North American lichens,…
Collecting plants and algae was sometimes an artistic hobby, with dried or…
Sometimes collecting the perfect specimen means going places you'd rather not. Here…
Cordyceps are parasitic fungi that often parasitize insects in a way that…
See more of Ellen Hutchin's beautifully detailed marine algae collections.
NYBG lichen curator James Lendemer and then-PhD student Jessi Allen named this…
Between 1805 and 1813, in Ballylickey on the shores of Bantry Bay,…
Specimens contained in the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium represent the endless…
With 7,800,000 specimens in our herbarium, reaching 4,000,000 specimens catalogued in our…
This lichen grows as an epiphyte on trees. They require clean air,…
Cabinet of CuriositiesSpecimen Stories
In the museum world, there's a sort of joke that you never…
Almost everyone can name an endangered charismatic megafauna. But most would be…
In the United States, there is no formal regulation for the endangered…
One of the most visually apparent impacts of climate change are the emerging…
Bioremediation is the use of living organisms to remove contamination from the…
Cabinet of CuriositiesWhat's in a name?
Don't be too scared by these witches - just some friendly plants…
European winter traditions that predate Christianity have a large focus on plants.…
As the continent of Australia continues to burn, scientists wonder what these…
Octopodotus from octopus and the Greek suffix–otus, indicating resemblance, because of the…
Arthonia etymology unknown stevensoniana from Stevenson, honoring Robert Louis Stevenson, author of…