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Rabern Simmons, PhD🔬💧🍄 @drrabern.bsky.social · 9d

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The return of spooky season means revisiting the spine-tingling fungi in the #Purdue #Herbaria.

Rabern Simmons, PhD🔬💧🍄 @drrabern.bsky.social · 11d

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The diversity and abundance of chytrids on the Greenland Ice Sheet – new quantitative data
Some really cool (🤦) #chytrid stuff from @alexanesio.bsky.social, featuring Clydaea vesicula, which I named in 2009 after my mother Clyda Rae Simms Simmons.
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The diversity and abundance of chytrids on the Greenland Ice Sheet – new quantitative data

Zoosporic fungi of the Chytridiomycota phylum are lethal parasites of algae in Arctic freshwater and marine environments, and their presence has been confirmed as dominant fungi in various habitats on...

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Rabern Simmons, PhD🔬💧🍄 @drrabern.bsky.social · 25d

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UPDATE: Founder of the Purdue Botany and Plant Pathology's #rustfungi #Fungarium, J. C. Arthur, bought this top hat from Levering & Co. (1870 - 1902; thanks Tippecanoe Co. Historical Assoc.), making the top hat well over 120 years old!
Come visit us and see for yourself!

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Rabern Simmons, PhD🔬💧🍄 @drrabern.bsky.social · 29d

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"Bird nest fungi":
Choose your player

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Rabern Simmons, PhD🔬💧🍄 @drrabern.bsky.social · Sep 9

The 🎩 of J. C. Arthur, 1st dept chair of Botany and Plant Pathology and director of the #Purdue #Herbaria, has come home.
Almost 100 years later, we welcome this gift, thanks to Terri and her cousin Leslie Steele King.
Learn more about J. C. Arthur: ag.purdue.edu/.../biog.../...

Rabern Simmons, PhD🔬💧🍄 @drrabern.bsky.social · Sep 6

Once again, Walmart is belittling the Fungi and trying to make mushrooms a "Halloween thing".
But I must admit, eyeball mushrooms are cool.
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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · Sep 1

Researchers present a checklist of rust fungi and their hosts in Indiana, USA: doi.org/10.3897/myco...

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Checklist of Rust Fungi (Basidiomycota, Pucciniales) and their hosts in Indiana, United States of America

Rust fungi (Pucciniales) comprise a large group of ecologically and economically important plant pathogens distributed globally where their hosts grow. The first published study of rusts in Indiana wa...

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Rabern Simmons, PhD🔬💧🍄 @drrabern.bsky.social · Aug 29

Happy birthday, George B. Cummins (1904-2007)!
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Cummins was the 2nd Director of the #Purdue BPP Arthur #Fungarium, inaugural @msafungi.bsky.social Distinguished Mycologist in 1981, and last published at the age of 99.
To celebrate, have a prolific day!

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Rabern Simmons, PhD🔬💧🍄 @drrabern.bsky.social · Aug 29

Great way to celebrate 🥳 the 121st birthday 🎂 of George B Cummins', second Director of the Arthur #Fungarium at #Purdue:
Publish a checklist 📜 of the #rust #fungi of Indiana!
doi.org/10.3897/myco...

Checklist of Rust Fungi (Basidiomycota, Pucciniales) and their hosts in Indiana, United States of America

Rust fungi (Pucciniales) comprise a large group of ecologically and economically important plant pathogens distributed globally where their hosts grow. The first published study of rusts in Indiana wa...

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Rabern Simmons, PhD🔬💧🍄 @drrabern.bsky.social · Aug 25

Allison: Where's that from? Why are you filling that?
Me: *exasperated* This is my WORK pepper grinder!
(I may have a problem.)

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Aug 24

😬 checking in on Nancy Mace’s bid for governor…

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Mark McConville @markmcconville.bsky.social · Aug 23

The figurehead of a major American food conglomerate openly commiserating with law enforcement, a high powered politician, and known criminals… I don’t know how our society got desensitized to corruption, but it likely started here.

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Defector @defector.com · Aug 21

James Dobson is dead, was a monster: defector.com/james-dobson...

James Dobson Is Dead, Was A Monster | Defector

James Dobson was a nasty dude. He liked to beat children and dogs with a belt and to rain misery and punishment on the vulnerable; we know all of this about him because he said as much in public,…

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Mycological Society of America @msafungi.bsky.social · Aug 21

📢🍄Mycology job alert🍄📢

The Department of Plant Biology at @michiganstateu.bsky.social has a job opening for a herbarium/fungarium director at the Assistant, Associate or Full professor level. Review of applications start on 3rd October 2025.

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Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Tenure System - East Lansing, Michigan, United States

Working/Functional Title Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Tenure System Position Summary The Department of Plant Biology (PLB) at Michigan State University (MSU) seeks applications for a director of...

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Mycological Society of America @msafungi.bsky.social · Aug 21

📢🍄Job alert🍄📢

The @manaakiwhenua.bsky.social group of the @bioeconomyscience.bsky.social in Auckland, New Zealand is hiring a full-time permanent mycologist, to focus on fungal diversity and taxonomy. Deadline to apply: 12 September 2025.

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Researcher - Mycologist - Manaaki Whenua - Careers at Science New Zealand

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · Aug 20

BSA and more than 90 scientific/professional organizations signed this letter to Director Kratsios at the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) yesterday in response to the recent Executive Order "Restoring the Gold Standard in Science."

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Good Science Isn't a Luxury; It's a Necessity

We urge policymakers to recognize that any efforts to strengthen scientific integrity must build upon, rather than undermine, existing foundational pillars.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Aug 19

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Mycological Society of America @msafungi.bsky.social · Aug 14

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The 2025 Alexander H. #SmithForay will take place in Valpraiso, Indiana, September 4-7. This annual foray in the Great Lakes region honors the late Dr. Smith, a renowned mycologist at @umich.edu. For more details and to register, visit: midwestmycology.org/2025-smith-f...

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Rabern Simmons, PhD🔬💧🍄 @drrabern.bsky.social · Aug 12

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Pet safety research conducted by @pucvm.bsky.social using fungal collections from the #Purdue #Herbaria.

Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine @pucvm.bsky.social · Aug 11

Death Cap #mushrooms (Amanita phalloides) are appearing in central #Indiana from July-Nov. These mushrooms can cause fatal liver and kidney failure in dogs. Only experts can distinguish them from safe species. If ingestion is suspected, call your veterinarian. #Purdue ADDL provides testing support.

Submission and Forms from the Indiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory

The Indiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory provides a wide range of testing services. Including Avian testing, bacteriology, biopsies, Histology tests, immunohistochemistry tests, molecular…

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Mycological Society of America @msafungi.bsky.social · Aug 10

📣Submit your symposium & workshop proposals for #MSAfungi26 in Portland, Oregon now! Email your proposal (with title, organizers, rationale, speakers, and budget) to the Program Chair, Julia Kerrigan, at jkerrig[at]clemson.edu.

Theme: "Bridging Mycology Across Communities and Disciplines"

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Mycological Society of America @msafungi.bsky.social · Aug 11

🍄 As is tradition for MSA, we're hoping to highlight a student-designed logo for #MSAfungi26 in Portland, Oregon. Our theme is Bridging Mycology Across Communities and Disciplines. Tap into your creative side and submit a logo design for consideration.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Rabern Simmons, PhD🔬💧🍄 @drrabern.bsky.social · Aug 1

An early birthday to John S. Karling, @msafungi.bsky.social keynote namesake, Purdue Biological Sciences chair, nigh-baseball-player, mistaken-obstetrician, and zoosporic eufungi specialist.
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www.drrabern.com/karling

John S. Karling Biography — D. Rabern Simmons, Ph.D.

A FORTUITOUS LIFE: JOHN SIDNEY KARLING (1897–1995)

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Rabern Simmons, PhD🔬💧🍄 @drrabern.bsky.social · Jul 27

No one: What makes you think that's milkweed on the side of the house?
Me: *shrugs, in milkweed tussock moth 🥛🌱🐛*

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Rabern Simmons, PhD🔬💧🍄 @drrabern.bsky.social · Jul 15

Preservation: for future discovery!
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Purdue University Herbaria: Preservation

YouTube video by Purdue Agriculture

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jun 25

WATCH: “Trump’s experience was being on the apprentice. Dr. Oz is in his administration. After Trump’s Pinky and the Brain administration no one ever gets to talk qualifications again.”

@joyannreid.bsky.social drags Arthur Aidala’s lame anti-Zohran attacks.

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