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Catoscopium nigritum from "Barrie Sands" in south Wales collected by Edward Morell Holmes probably in the 1890s. In the moss collection of Henry Guermonprez at @portsmouthnh.bsky.social

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Some tufts of an orange-brown dried moss which were wrapped in paper and stored in a small labelled box about the size of a matchbox
January 12, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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lukaslarge.bsky.social
A beautiful watercolour of an Amanita by Louis C. C. Krieger. The details are really astonishing. From University of Michigan Herbarium, Krieger's Watercolors of Fungi #FungiFriends #FungiFriday quod.lib.umich.edu/f/fuwatic
Watercolour of an Amanita mushroom and cross section
January 9, 2026 at 11:21 AM
flannerm.bsky.social
Post from Herbarium World on historical herbaria and specifically the Chinese plants collected by Pierre d'Incarville herbariumworld.wordpress.com/2026/01/05/a...
Archives and Herbaria: Pierre d’Incarville
On the left, specimen of Litchi chinensis collected by Pierre d’Incarville in China in 1740. National Museum of Natural History, Paris I find Archives of Natural History an interesting journa…
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January 8, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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merryrobin.bsky.social
Madeleine Françoise Basseporte (1701–1780) was a French painter.
From 1741 until her death, she served as the Royal Painter for the King's Garden and Cabinet (now the Jardin des Plantes), an unprecedented appointment for a woman artist at the time.
#WomensArt
"Portrait of a young woman" (1727). With soft, pastel colours, a young white woman is depicted looking back at you, with a serious expression. She has a noticeable bum chin that makes her face interesting. She wears a light blue dress with a see-through white wrap around her shoulders, and a soft pink bow at the centre. The background is plain, muted grey. Syringa vulgaris. A botanical illustration of a flowering lilac branch, with small, white flowers. There's an orange butterfly flying around.
July 8, 2025 at 2:52 AM
flannerm.bsky.social
Post from Herbarium World on the In Search of Thoreau's Flowers exhibit at the Gregg Museum of Art and Design in Raleigh with works by Leah Sobsey and Robin Vuchnich herbariumworld.wordpress.com/2025/12/15/b...
Botany and Art: Thoreau
Leah Sobsey’s Wavy Leaf Aster Symphyotrichum undulate, cyanotype with Thoreau’s handwritten notes in the background, on glass with 23K gold leaf (2022). Courtesy of the artist. Though I had just tr…
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December 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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rbgkew.bsky.social
Through the power of digitisation, this work can be carried out at an unprecedented level.

Over 7 million of Kew's plant and fungal specimens have now stepped out of the archives and into the hands of the world 🌿

Dive into our datal, and tell us what you find!

www.kew.org/read-and-wat...
How herbarium specimens hold the key to combating climate change
Many see them as dried, perhaps useless plant specimens of little purpose - but did you know that our specimens are actively being used to combat climate change?
www.kew.org
December 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
flannerm.bsky.social
This is definitely something to think about @nataliajagielska.bsky.social
nataliajagielska.bsky.social Natalia Jagielska (娜塔莉) @nataliajagielska.bsky.social · 29d
And I use "stylized" in quotes given it's a normal style in the region to realistically capture the natural world with. "Realism" is also a style.

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nataliajagielska.bsky.social Natalia Jagielska (娜塔莉) @nataliajagielska.bsky.social · 29d
Before the European Enlightenment, cultures across the world engaged scientifically with the natural history, and showcased it visually with their own unique visual language and perception of the living world. I do not understand the current aversion to different "styles" in scientific visual art.
December 16, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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lizzie-harper.bsky.social
New blog on doing #botanicalillustrations of Scottish urban #wildflowers for an #identificationguide:

lizzieharper.co.uk/2025/12/guid...

I am passionate about the beauty, diversity, and resilience of "weeds", so this was a dream job. Most of the species were growing within half a mile of my home!
Chinese bramble Rubus tricolor botanical illustration completed for a fold-out identification guide, "Urban plants of Scotland" produced by Scotland branch of the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, published by Field Studies Council, UK Cut to white botanical #sciart illustration showing the habit and species specific traits of this plant Some leaves show their pale undersides. the pale green stem is thick with glandular red hairs, and the orange-red fruit, very much like #blackberries, are also in evidence. I enjoyed doing the bumpy textured leaves, which are far more orbicular than other #Rubus family species Hybrid #bluebell #Hyacinthoides x massartiana botanical illustration completed for a fold-out identification guide, "Urban plants of Scotland" produced by Scotland branch of the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, published by Field Studies Council, UK Cut to white botanical #sciart illustration showing the habit and species specific traits of this plant The flowers are a pale blue in a flowering spike, with the stem flushed blue to the tip and the bracts also being blue. The basal leaves (only basal leaves as it all grows from a bulb, being a #monocot) are a healthy green and are linear, with darker tips especially where the leaves fold over on themselves. #Thalecress #Arabidopsis thaliana, Hairy #bittercress #Cardamine hirsuta, and #Sherherdspurse #Capsella bursa-pastoris botanical illustrations completed for a fold-out identification guide, "Urban plants of Scotland" produced by Scotland branch of the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, published by Field Studies Council, UK Cut to white botanical #sciart illustrations showing the habit and species specific traits of these similar plant species, with their white flowers, spindly stems, and #basalrosettes. It was good to finally get to illustrate all of them, and be able to clearly see their similarities and differences. #similarspecies #i.d. #wildflower #wildfloweridentification Front page of the #BSBI and #FSC #foldout #wildflowerguide to #Scottish urban #wildflowers. Along with branding and the "Wild ID" name, it shows Wall rue, #Maidenhair, buddlejai (or #butterflybush), wall #bellflower, ivy-leaved #toadflax, wall lettuce, Polypody #fern, Yellow corydalis (all of which grown on walls and buildings and are thus labelled); then below these are the hybrid bluebell, Purple toadflax, Welsh poppy, Opium poppy, Chinese bramble, and Biting #stonecrop #sedum acre. These are labelled as #gardenescpes. I know I did the pictures, but it has to be said that as a sheet of weeds go, these are pretty darned pretty!
December 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
flannerm.bsky.social
Post from Herbarium World about the Plants on Paper Exhibit at the Yale Haas Family Arts Library: herbariumworld.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/b...
Botany and Art in New Haven
Pages on Eva Ekeblat from Dmitry Sayenko’s Botanica: de Historia Stirpium Commentarii Insignes = Notable Commentaires on the History of Plants (2014). Haas Family Arts Library, Yale Universit…
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December 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social
iNaturalist projects represent a valuable resource for aggregating plant observations and engaging society: A case study of the Flora of Mongolia project

Shukherdorj Baasanmunkh, et al.

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#PlantScience #LatestIssue @inaturalist.bsky.social
General overview of the Flora of Mongolia project on iNaturalist.
December 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
flannerm.bsky.social
You've worked hard this year, and thought hard!
December 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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mobotmuseum.bsky.social
The iris rhizome is the source of orris root, which is cultivated and aged for years before use in perfumery. The sweet, earthy, woody quality comes from triterpenoid breakdown into irones, which are close in structure and aroma to violet ionones, and responsible for the characteristic scent.
December 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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mobotmuseum.bsky.social
Citrus aurantium flower yields neroli oil by steam distillation, which has delicate tones marked by a sharp slightly terpenic top note that is pleasantly bitter, floral, fresh, citrusy, and herbal. The fruit rind is expressed, yielding oils that are classically citrus. Pix: @mobotgarden Herbarium
December 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
flannerm.bsky.social
From studying Hans Sloane to William Henry Fox Talbot, @trichocolea.bsky.social, you are a multi-faceted man.
trichocolea.bsky.social Brad Scott @trichocolea.bsky.social · Dec 5
Moss specimens from the 1810s in the herbarium of William Henry Fox Talbot, the photography pioneer, at the British Library, including some supplied by his cousin Jane Talbot (1796–1874)

You can read about the family and their moss interests in BJHS: dx.doi.org/10.1017/S000... #bryology #bryophytes
Moss packets attached to a page of the moss herbarium of William Henry Fox Talbot One of the packets in the herbarium opened to reveal a specimen of Andraea rupestris collected by Lewis Weston Dillwyn on Ben Nevis Specimens of Bartramia ithyphylla from Uscoed Fendry collected by Jane Talbot Specimens of ‘Bryum compactum’ from Crymlyn Bog, Glamorganshire, supplied by Jane Talbot to her cousin
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 AM
flannerm.bsky.social
Post from Herbarium World on botany and sculpture at the Storm King Art Center herbariumworld.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/m...
More Botany and Art: Storm King
The Arch (1975) by Alexander Calder. Storm King Art Center As I was finishing up the last series of posts on herbaria and art, I was also traveling, first to western Connecticut to see family, and …
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December 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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tropicalbotany.bsky.social
A #botany achievement: I determined my first #Palicourea #Rubiaceae specimen to species- P. atlantica!! But my collaborator and coffee family mentor Charlotte Taylor’s name still made it to the label, since she is an author of the species.

May not seem like much, but feels like a big deal to me! 🤓
An herbarium specimen of Palicourea atlántica C. M. Taylor & J. G. Jardim, with a det label with my name on the bottom and the plant family name Campanulaceae crossed out and replaced with Rubiaceae on top. The plant itself has huge opposite leaves that are shiny on top and pale below, only the secondary veins visible. There’s an inflorescence with large (for Palicourea) buds, which we know from the label are whitish blue with dark blue lobes.
December 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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rbgkew.bsky.social
Ever seen fungal illustrations? 🍄 Our Fungarium Sequencing Project Team is thrilled to show some of the original illustrations that were created when the species were first described as new to science. In some cases, this is the only visual reference material of the original fungus that we have! 🧵👇
Hand-drawn botanical illustration of red-capped mushrooms labeled Amanitopsis pulchella, with additional dried mushroom specimens and handwritten notes on a beige paper background.
December 2, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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drgentian.bsky.social
Good thread about scientific illustrations, and the current oversimplification in images. When you look in the microscope, the reality you see rarely matches the drawn textbook images.
nickdesnoyer.bsky.social Nick Desnoyer @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social · Dec 1
The hidden danger of Biorender

(& the death of scientific illustration)

A short thread 🧵
December 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
flannerm.bsky.social
Post from Herbarium World on Nature Prints and pressed plant photographs including the work of the Indian artist Mridula Vichitra herbariumworld.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/h...
Herbaria and Art: Nature Prints and Photographs
Photograph of pressed trumpet vine flower, Mridula Vichitra The artists I’ve highlighted in the last three posts (1,2,3) are all well-known in the art world, but there are a great many more artists…
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December 1, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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rbgkew.bsky.social
What #EYABeauty lies on the inside of this unassuming folder? We're showing off Elsie Wakefield's fungi illustrations today 🍄 Wakefield became Head of Mycology at Kew Gardens in 1915 and our Archives hold her personal papers collection, which includes letters, illustrations and photographs. #KewLA
A blank grey paper folder on a brown wooden surface. Numerous coloured illustrations of mushrooms layered on top of each other so that corners and sections of pages are obscured. On each sheet there are light pencil annotations next to the illustrations.
November 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
flannerm.bsky.social
Thanks @strasser.bsky.social for this post. We should all do this after we use BHL images, then the work of the wonderful Biodiversity Heritiage Library would get around. @biodivlibrary.bsky.social
strasser.bsky.social Klemens 🦆 The Art of Fauna 🦆 @strasser.bsky.social · Nov 24
Clicking on it reveals that it's available in high resolution and under public domain. ♥️

And so I have my image without paying a dime to a stock image side, and instead, can use the money to donate to the Biodiversity Heritage Library!

8/9
Screenshot of the same terebinth drawing on Flickr, provided by the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
November 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
flannerm.bsky.social
@rdmpage.bsky.social and @nicolekearney.bsky.social both have a point! Aesthetics is important in scientific images, but so is information. Thanks to both of them for all their work. It is invaluable.
rdmpage.bsky.social Rod Page @rdmpage.bsky.social · Nov 26
Agreed — "pretty" is something of a running joke between @nicolekearney.bsky.social and I where she advocates for making illustrations such as these more discoverable, and I prefer to focus on the less pretty, more technical content in @biodivlibrary.bsky.social . So much to do, so little time…
November 30, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Linking to images and #AI-based identification tools—The only way for #Flora projects to survive

A #ThomasReview by Susanne S. Renner

📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#PlantScience

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Home page of Pl@ntNet.
November 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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passeriform.bsky.social
‘Mosses and wandering lichens’, as Ruskin puts it in ‘The Poetry of Architecture’ (1837), ‘though beautiful, constitute a kind of beauty from which the ideas of age and decay are inseparable’.

This whole essay. I had no idea Victorians thought about lichen.

courtauld.ac.uk/research/res...
'Study of a Piece of Brick, to show Cleavage in Burnt Clay' a very detailed look at a piece of brick with moss and lichens, watercolor by John Ruskin, a Victorian English polymath whose Wikipedia article is quite something. It shows an irregular lump, probably about apple-sized, with dark red and brown inner surfaces and brighter bluish green and dark green mosses and lichens very carefully shown, textures like velvet and tiny leaves.
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
flannerm.bsky.social
These illustrations aren't just "pretty," they are works of science as well as art. Thanks for making such contributions to both spheres more available.
rdmpage.bsky.social Rod Page @rdmpage.bsky.social · Nov 25
More articles extracted from @biodivlibrary.bsky.social , this time "Flowering Plants of South Africa" biostor.org/issn/0015-4504 Tricky to work with these articles as no page numbers and page and plate ordering needs to be flipped. Nightmare, but at least we get to see the "pretty".
November 26, 2025 at 10:38 AM