night-blooming/neurodivergent/queer ecologist studying the connections btwn fungi, plants, people & place in the Chihuahuan Desert. Views are my own.
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'From Earth to Sky' by Christi Belcourt, Métis visual artist, inspired by Métis and First Nations historical beadwork #WomensArt
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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.
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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!
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yes I've studied the classics
ALT four stills from Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island
the lil' conidiophore nubbins 🥹
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
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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 💙
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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
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Kimika Hara, contemporary Japanese embroidery artist #WomensArt
#September
ALT Pictorial textile artwork featuring a number of different fungi including some with red and orange spotted caps, all against an orange-brown backdrop
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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!
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From the 'Shared Sky' exhibition, 'Jupiter and Ten Moons' by Indigenous Australian artist Barbara Merritt #WomensArt
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
ALT two small cacti flowering in a pot
ALT a delicate pink cactus flower
ALT the bright center of a pink cactus flower
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Today is #WorldBeeDay!🐝 Here are some programs and resources to help you celebrate and protect these incredible pollinators facebook.com/ThePollinatorPa….
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@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!
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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
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So happy to see this paper out. I've struggled to explain what is and isn't a biocrust since my Utah botany days.
In our study ‘What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community’, published in Biological Reviews, we explain what biocrusts are, where they occur and how they are distinguished from other cryptogam communities doi.org/10.1111/brv.12862
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If you haven't already, please donate to one of these Black-led organizations on the ground in Buffalo right now assisting the community. **Not exhaustive**
donate-usa.keela.co/mental-h…
feedmorewny.org/give/
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everybottomcovered.org/
fruitbelt-clt.org/donate/