@rgthorn
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Check out Meromictic, an exhibition @westernu of exquisite and thought-provoking art centred on Crawford Lake as a signpost of the Anthropocene, featuring displays from the Zoological Collections, with text and design by @papiliovorus @westernbio
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Faculty of @ForayNL #Newfoundland & Labrador were hosted by Indigenous @land_guardians of the Miawpukek First Nation who took us to see lichens and other fungi at two sites on their traditional unceded territories (28/9/2023). Wela'lioq! Photo R Smith. @westernuBio @MFNGov
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Looking forward to the next presentation. As a recipient of his generous sharing of time and wisdom, this tribute is well deserved. #CanFunNet23
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A mushroom board game? Cool! kickstarter.com/projects/588…

Mycology: The Board Game of Foraging for Fungi

A cozy board game about foraging for mushrooms, designed by a mycologist!

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Proud to wear orange on Canada's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation #TruthandReconciliation, #OrangeShirtDay #EveryChildMatters . #WesternU - we can do better; I saw TWO other orange shirts when I crossed campus at 4 pm
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Great grad students @BanwellAlicia and @KukoljKatarina (and I) made the news for their work in Newfoundland, and putting out the word that mushroom fungi run terrestrial ecosystems: saltwire.com/halifax/news/wh… Mushrooms rule!
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R Greg Thorn retweeted
NBM-MNB@nbmmnb12 Aug 2022
Western University @WesternU mycologist Dr. Greg Thorn and a NBM #BiotaNB 2022 participant prepares some of his days collections for drying. Greg Thorn, mycologue de l’Université Western participant à BiotaNB du MNB 2022, prépare des collections pour le séchage. #nbmmnb
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R Greg Thorn retweeted
NBM-MNB@nbmmnb15 Aug 2022
#BiotaNB 2022 du MNB - Les mycologues participants recueillent de nombreuses sortes de #champignons différents. On estime que de 3 000 à 5 000 espèces de champignons peuvent être présentes dans une zone de la taille de la ZNP des lacs Kennedy, soit environ 20 600 hectares.🍄
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Long-lost Canadian botanical treasure found in the London Room lfpress.com/news/local-news/…

In London Public Library's archives, a long-lost treasure turns up

It was hidden in plain sight for years.A turquoise box sat on a shelf in the London Room at the London Public Library's downtown branch, with no sign a

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The fabulous, multi-talented Tyler Watson, grad student w/ @rgthorn & volunteer in the #ZoologicalCollections. Thank you for all of your hard work helping to curate & preserve our #biodiversity collections and congrats on passing your thesis defense!!!
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Nothing quite like a walk in the woods #LdnOnt #nature to recover from hosting #CFNGLM21 @CanFunNet conference @westernuBio ! (And no, it's not a mushroom): Aphyllon uniflorum (aka Orobanche uniflora), a parasitic plant.
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Is it over already?! A BIG thanks to all the presenters, participants, moderators, judges and sponsors for a fantastic #CFNGLM21 🍄+🇨🇦=❤️ see you next year!
Organizers of CFNGLM21 (not all pictured)

ALT Organizers of CFNGLM21 (not all pictured)

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Great talk by Ian Sanders of Université de Lausanne on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, altering cassava yield and the genetic diversity and composition of the soil microbiome. #CFNGLM21 @westernuBio
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Amazing #CFNGLM21 meetings! Way to go Emile, Viola, Émilie, and all the other organizers, presenters, attendees (332 from around the world and 9/10 provinces!) and @WesternU Confernce Services! @westernbio #fungaldiversity @CanFunNet
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Mycology is alive and well in Canada! #CFNGLM21
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Good morning and happy #MycologyMonday! How do you start your morning's off? These colourful fungi took the saying '...but first coffee' to new heights by flourishing on an old cup of joe ☕️ 📸 @rgthorn
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Congrats former @westernuBio student Lexi Poelman. Her thesis published today in Fungal Ecology authors.elsevier.com/a/1d4G8… - with thanks to coauthors. Fungi associated with aeroponic roots in caves and mines of New Brunswick. #FungalDiversity
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A Misidentification Crisis Plagues Specimen-Based Research (Sarah E. Bush et al. 2021, DOI: 10.1645/21-4). "Misidentifications are fueled, in part, by increasing pressure to publish coupled with a decrease in taxonomic expertise." Yes, taxonomy is still important.
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