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Michael Sundue
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Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes - Tropical Botany - Herbarium Curator
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Michael Sundue @msundue.bsky.social · Jul 28
The surprising appearance of Riccia cavernosa in North American pavement cracks
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Sarah K. Morris @skmorrisbotany.bsky.social · Jul 28
Introducing Two Minute Genera! This is a bilingual video series celebrating the incredible diversity of plants, starting with the ferns and lycophytes of Colombia. For our debut video, we present Adiantum featuring Kimberlie Sasan from the Botanical Research Institute of Texas youtu.be/9yZWa8fIkiI
Two-Minute Genera: Adiantum (Pteridaceae)
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Michael Sundue @msundue.bsky.social · Jul 22
So pleased! And thanks to iNat community member Choess for pointing out to me that the family had not yet been posted :)
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Michael Sundue @msundue.bsky.social · Apr 29
Jonathan Guthrie of the @financialtimes.com turns his eye to the ferns - with quotes from @sandyheth.bsky.social and I - I’m in love with the illustration by Lesley Buckingham🌿

giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Give me fractal fronds over Kindleberger’s Spiral any day
Give me fractal fronds over Kindleberger’s Spiral any day
From the coiling patterns of ferns to the Fibonacci sequence of pine cones, the mathematical order of nature is a soothing antidote to our disordered lives
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Michael Sundue @msundue.bsky.social · Apr 3
BRIT is looking for a new press director!
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Ale Vasco @avascog.bsky.social · Apr 3
Can you help us spread the word about this position at BRIT? Director of the Press position: www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.p...
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Michael Sundue @msundue.bsky.social · Mar 25
Thrilled to read about this exhibit curated by Mycologist Patricia Kaishian at New York State Museum -- I hope I get to see it in person!
A Fungi Pioneer’s Lifelong Work on Exhibit www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/s...
A Fungi Pioneer’s Lifelong Work on Exhibit
Mushrooms in 19th-century watercolors: The paintings of a self-taught female mycologist are featured at the New York State Museum.
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Michael Sundue @msundue.bsky.social · Jan 17
Two sites in the Magdalena valley - Rio Miel and Rio Claro
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Michael Sundue @msundue.bsky.social · Jan 17
The #RBGE MSc field course is underway in Colombia - with staff and students from both Edinburgh and Colombia focusing on taxonomy and specimen preparation - a great introduction to tropical plant systematics
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Sandy Hetherington @sandyheth.bsky.social · Dec 20
Interested in Botanical spirals but couldn’t attend my lecture @linneansociety.bsky.social
Don’t worry you can now watch it on YouTube! 👇👇👇
The talk includes an overview of our recent paper on fern fiddleheads @currentbiology.bsky.social
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The Origin and Evolution of Botanical Spirals | Sandy Hetherington
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · Dec 20
An obituary celebrating the life and research of Professor Mary Gibby, Ph.D., OBE, FLS, FRSE, PPBPS (1949-2024) by Professor Stephen Blackmore #RoyalBotanicGarden #Edinburgh and Professor Johannes Vogel #MuseumFürNaturkunde #Berlin published today #OpenAccess in #EJBotany: rbge.cc/4gsoNbc
Professor Gibby collecting Pelargonium multibracteatum from the Sumara Pass in Yemen, 4 February 2007. Photograph by Leigh Morris.
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Michael Sundue @msundue.bsky.social · Dec 3
"Despite harboring around one-third of the world’s fern species, less than 6% of Southeast Asian ferns have been DNA-sequenced" -- here's our response!
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