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night-blooming/neurodivergent/queer ecologist studying the connections btwn fungi, plants, people & place in the Chihuahuan Desert. Views are my own.

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

"Pink Moon Over Water". Georgia O'Keeffe. 1923 #WomensArt

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

'From Earth to Sky' by Christi Belcourt, Métis visual artist, inspired by Métis and First Nations historical beadwork #WomensArt

[Dr. bugatti spaceships 🚀👩🏾‍🚀🇵🇸🇨🇩🇸🇩 @astronaia]

TW: Suicidal Ideation

On utilizing mental health resources that could disqualify of my dreams of becoming an astronaut.

I focused on this clip here because this is me discussing how I started antidepressants after avoiding them for years for the sake of my career.

[Cat 🍃🌝✨ @cat_quart]

@astronaia "this is my journey and i'm going to walk through it as i need to" -> YES. powerful & real. thank you for sharing your experience and know that you are most definitely not alone 💜

[Cat 🍃🌝✨ @cat_quart]

@transb0rder yesssss 🖤🥳📖 so very proud of you and all you've accomplished friend!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[Jesse Bellemare @bellemare_jesse]

So cool! Students in ⁦@smithcollege⁩ plant ecology class this AM observed nitrogen-fixing #Nostoc #cyanobacteria in the dark, circular ‘slime cavities’ of #hornwort #Anthoceros. Cavity is a low-oxygen space where bacterial #nitrogenase can fix N from air to share w/ plant!

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

yes I've studied the classics

[Cat 🍃🌝✨ @cat_quart]

the lil' conidiophore nubbins 🥹

[Allthingsfungifestival @allthingsfungi]

Dendrocollybia racemosa - Branched shanklet. Not my find but a collaborative effort to capture and record this beauty 🍀 thanks to all involved. #mycology #mushrooms #fungi #biodiversity #allthingsfungi #TwitterNatureCommunity

[Lydia Jennings, Ph.D. @1NativeSoilNerd]

Just came from the coolest soil art exhibit by the Wild Pigment Project! Soils are so beautiful, and I love the many ways these artists interwove science, place, culture, climate into this beautiful work 💙

[Cat 🍃🌝✨ @cat_quart]

@transb0rder 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 almost there!! I believe in you friend 💜

[Toby Kiers @KiersToby]

What we observe everyday in our lab reminds us: Mycorrhizal fungi are not just passive conduits to assist plants. Fungi are powerful actors in their own right, evolving trade strategies over hundreds of millions of yrs.

Fungi are extraordinary. Video: L. Oyarte Galvez

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

Kimika Hara, contemporary Japanese embroidery artist #WomensArt
#September

[Elizabeth MacDougal @ElizMacDougal]

Community ecology of dishes in the sink: an unfortunate thread. (1/6)

[Desert Botanical Garden @dbgphx]

This beauty has been blooming all summer long! 🌷

The lovely Sonoran spider lily (Hymenocallis sonorensis) can be found along streams and valleys in Sonora, Mexico. They produce these delicate white flowers in the summer.

Look out for them at the Wildflower trail!

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

From the 'Shared Sky' exhibition, 'Jupiter and Ten Moons' by Indigenous Australian artist Barbara Merritt #WomensArt

[Cat 🍃🌝✨ @cat_quart]

at least my outdoor cacti are loving the TX heat wave! each stem of this #Thelocactus bicolor (bought at a native plant sale last yr) has sent out an exquisite, ephemeral bloom in the past few weeks 💖 #ChihuahuanDesertPlants

[Cat 🍃🌝✨ @cat_quart]

me watering my silly little plants at midnight while it "cools down" to 90F 🙃

[Pollinator Partnership @Pollinators]

Today is #WorldBeeDay!🐝 Here are some programs and resources to help you celebrate and protect these incredible pollinators https://t.co/tXPncDr8wm.

[J Coley @JColey716]

@Coloredgirlbike is another Black-led organization on the ground collecting food donations & delivering them to community residents. They could really use your financial support. Please send some $$$ their way!
https://t.co/V3zZoJJk7G
https://t.co/F2IomYLRdI

[The Bees In Your Backyard @BeesBackyard]

Happy world bee day! Did you know the vast majority of bees in the world nest alone on the ground (no hive, queen or workers). Many species, like these Diadasia, build nests in large aggregations I like to call bee neighborhoods