Lalita Calabria

professor of botany, lichenologist, domestic goddess, phytochemist, favorite places: ancient forests, anywhere with my family and moss...lots and lots of moss

[UN Biodiversity @UNBiodiversity]

Small, fascinating, and beautiful, fungi are essential components of #biodiversity, just like animals and plants. ❤️🍄🌎

Explore the fungal tree of life and find out how many fungi you can identify.

Via @laszlognagy

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[Lalita Calabria @flashcolumn]

Props to Emily A. Holt, Isaiah Jonas and Mariah Stechelin for bringing light to gender inequity in lichenology: https://t.co/rBAM6VBTj1
#lichens

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Seeking a quarter or half-time mycology faculty to co-teach our new mycology certificate @EvergreenStCol. I can tell you from experience that our students are amazing and teaching at Evergreen is a dream job! Please retweet: https://t.co/jiGvGsFd1D #mycology #fungi #mushrooms

[Tatiana Prowell, MD @tmprowell]

In case you missed it: Women are less likely to be credited for their scientific contributions than men. It’s true across multiple fields & at all stages, with important repercussions for career progress. #WomenInSTEM #WomenInMedicine #MedTwitter

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@CarriLeRoy @NSF @POTUS @WHOSTP @EvergreenStCol Go Carri!!

[Philipp Resl @philippresl]

Excited to share our latest paper on comparative genomics of lichen fungal symbionts out today in @NatureComms. TLDR: unexpectedly, lichen fungi contain a Swiss Army knife of genes involved in degrading complex carbohydrates. https://t.co/tLWWB0iCWm A🧵1/14

[Francis M. Martin @fmartin1954]

Our PNAS paper on the evolution of the deadly toxin, amanitin, in mushrooms is behind a paywall. Thus, you will find below a summary of the main findings …

📸 The Death Cap (Amanita phalloides)

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@bdproctor Also, it looks like a morel to me but you can compare Verpas to Morels: https://t.co/Gcpf32kGF9.

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@bdproctor If you did, you would be a millionaire! As far as I know they are not cultivatable (accept maybe some folks working on top secret patented methods). Morels commonly come up in the spring in fresh (1-2yr old) wood chip mulch. Check out around Purce Hall to see what I mean!

[Clayton Lamb @ClaytonTLamb]

This is the most important work of my career & why I'm hopeful for the future

Southern mtn caribou are endangered & could be lost in our generation. Not accepting that fate, 2 First Nations began an ambitious recovery effort & did the impossible

Thread👇
https://t.co/1D7PxxJRUf

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@liquidanbar Amazing!

[Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety]

Gwen Raverat, one of England’s foremost wood engravers, member of Bloomsbury Group, granddaughter of Charles Darwin ~ Here’s her Poplars in France ■ Crossroads/Autumn ■ Old Silver Street Bridge https://t.co/Tyz4ZQyIpK

[Oak Spring Garden Foundation @oak_spring]

Happy birthday to educator, activist, and artist Sarah Mapps Douglass, born #onthisday in 1806! Douglass was a founding member of the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Association & a skilled botanical artist. Her paintings are the earliest surviving work signed by a Black woman.

[Nina-Marie Lister @nmlister]

Not to be missed! 🙌

[David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells]

“At this dystopian moment, I'm just not feeling it, and I don't think I'm alone. I have many friends and colleagues who study extreme weather, in academia, government and the private sector. I think I can speak for many of us when I say we're stunned.” https://t.co/LR2hwmngdz

[Ariel Waldman @arielwaldman]

Where I slept in Antarctica. The view from my tent in the Dry Valleys, next to the glacier I hiked up in search of tardigrades embedded inside it.

There was a rare light snowstorm when I filmed this; in the largest area of Antarctica not covered in snow/ice.
@NSF @InsideNatGeo

[Fred Gouker @fe_gouker]

We made the cover of the latest @Botanical_ American Journal of Botany issue! Great photo of male catkins by @cornellwillow to showcase the study of sexual dimorphism in Salix. https://t.co/7P038AHp1X

[Oak Spring Garden Foundation @oak_spring]

Although they're one of the most under-noticed parts of the landscape, Oak Spring wouldn't be nearly as beautiful without lichens. During our recent #BioBlitz, visiting lichenologists found 70 lichen species on the property!

[Oak Spring Garden Foundation @oak_spring]

September is #NationalMushroomMonth! To celebrate, here are some illustrations from our favorite fungi artist, Anna Maria Hussey. Defying Victorian-era conventions for women, Hussey depicted fungi - along with the dirt and insects in their habitat - with care and accuracy.🍄