#bryologist — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #bryologist, aggregated by home.social.
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Margaret Brown was a Canadian #bryologist born on March 2, 1866. Brown is known for her contributions to taxonomy and #ecology of #bryophytes. Native to Nova Scotia, she traveled all over the world to collect specimens. Learn more here: buff.ly/3S3aej5
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Eliza Amy Hodgson was a #bryologist who collected specimens throughout the early 20th century in New Zealand. Hodgeson specialized in hepatics and published over 30 scientific papers on varying #liverworts. Although she didn’t have any formal training in botany, she was recognized as a liverworts expert and a part of the British Bryological Society. She collected over 700 #specimens and eventually donated them. In her honor, the species 𝘓𝘦𝘫𝘦𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘥𝘨𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢 was named after her. 1/2
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What are your favourite #Mossy #Books? I'm sure the net could be cast wider, but here are two to start:
Robin Wall Kimmerer "Gathering Moss" which inspired...
Elizabeth Gilbert "The Signature of All Things"#Moss #Mosstodon #Bryology #Bryologist #Bryologist #MossScience #Science #Nature #Fiction
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Thinking and writing about the beautiful work of Robin Wall Kimmerer, #Bryologist and author of eg "Braiding Sweetgrass", and her search for a new #Pronoun that better represents animate interconnected #Natural things.
She points out that scientific studies are all showing that #Animals and #Plants are more sentient than we previously gave them credit, but we dismiss them because we do not recognise ourselves in them.
#It #Ki #Chi #Qui #Qi
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#January 15, 1859
#OTD Nathaniel Lord Britton, American #Botanist & #Taxonomist, is born.He married the famous #Bryologist Elizabeth Gertrude Knight.
Inspired by Kew Gardens, the couple co-founded the New York Botanical #Garden (#NYBG).The botanist Henry #Rusby recounted seeing beautiful #Botanical drawings on Nathaniel's desk.
"[After he said] he was the #Artist, I asked, 'Can you #Draw like that?'
He said, 'Why do you suppose I did all that hard work in drawing class?'"