Toby Spribille
@spribille.bsky.social
Microbial interactions; lichens; symbiosis. Naturalist, conservationist. Non-capitalist markets. Associate Professor/CRC in Symbiosis at University of Alberta
Northwest Montana right now
November 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Northwest Montana right now
A story in the fallen sticks
November 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
A story in the fallen sticks
Mid-October at the University of Alberta. The elms really make Edmonton the city that it is. Long may they thrive
October 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Mid-October at the University of Alberta. The elms really make Edmonton the city that it is. Long may they thrive
New book! Just received my copy of the lovely 2025 „Lavar — en fältguide“ by the unblueskyed Roland Moberg, Göran Thor and Svante Hultengren. Great book, main selling point for me is that many species seldom depicted anywhere are shown with gorgeous photos. Made for Scand but useful all pts north
September 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
New book! Just received my copy of the lovely 2025 „Lavar — en fältguide“ by the unblueskyed Roland Moberg, Göran Thor and Svante Hultengren. Great book, main selling point for me is that many species seldom depicted anywhere are shown with gorgeous photos. Made for Scand but useful all pts north
Great to see our very own Arseniy Belosokhov presenting his preliminary experimental results in vitamin auxotrophy in lichen fungal symbionts at the 5th annual @canfunnet.bsky.social virtual conference
August 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Great to see our very own Arseniy Belosokhov presenting his preliminary experimental results in vitamin auxotrophy in lichen fungal symbionts at the 5th annual @canfunnet.bsky.social virtual conference
@canfunnet.bsky.social brings researchers together! Day 3 watch party for the 5th annual CanFunNet virtual conference here at UAlberta with @ahuereca.bsky.social
August 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
@canfunnet.bsky.social brings researchers together! Day 3 watch party for the 5th annual CanFunNet virtual conference here at UAlberta with @ahuereca.bsky.social
Demnächst im Buchhandel! Bzw. jetzt eigentlich schon überall im Vorverkauf: die deutsche Übersetzung von „Lives of Lichens“ mit meinem Koautor Robert Lücking (Bot Garten Berlin) im Haupt-Verlag. Freuen uns, Flechtenbiologie für eine deutschsprachige Leserschaft schmackhaft zu machen!
May 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Demnächst im Buchhandel! Bzw. jetzt eigentlich schon überall im Vorverkauf: die deutsche Übersetzung von „Lives of Lichens“ mit meinem Koautor Robert Lücking (Bot Garten Berlin) im Haupt-Verlag. Freuen uns, Flechtenbiologie für eine deutschsprachige Leserschaft schmackhaft zu machen!
Spring, and a gopher snake, in the Okanagan 🇨🇦
March 26, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Spring, and a gopher snake, in the Okanagan 🇨🇦
Not a fan of the NYT but to their credit they did post this before the election and lo and behold
March 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Not a fan of the NYT but to their credit they did post this before the election and lo and behold
So good to be back in Uppsala working with @veera-t-nogerius.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
So good to be back in Uppsala working with @veera-t-nogerius.bsky.social
Another shoutout of gratitude to @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social for supporting green alternatives to flying to save carbon on academic visits! Trying to implement this myself wherever and whenever possible #Toulouse
January 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Another shoutout of gratitude to @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social for supporting green alternatives to flying to save carbon on academic visits! Trying to implement this myself wherever and whenever possible #Toulouse
Congratulations to @puginiercamille.bsky.social on your stunning PhD defence yesterday and all the best for the onward journey!
And thanks @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social and @kellerjeanphd.bsky.social for the invitation and the warm welcome! I hope to see you many more times in Toulouse!
And thanks @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social and @kellerjeanphd.bsky.social for the invitation and the warm welcome! I hope to see you many more times in Toulouse!
January 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Congratulations to @puginiercamille.bsky.social on your stunning PhD defence yesterday and all the best for the onward journey!
And thanks @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social and @kellerjeanphd.bsky.social for the invitation and the warm welcome! I hope to see you many more times in Toulouse!
And thanks @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social and @kellerjeanphd.bsky.social for the invitation and the warm welcome! I hope to see you many more times in Toulouse!
New in The Lichenologist: a nice collaboration with colleagues including from Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet and the Canadian Museum of Nature, the first of several in the pipe #lichen www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
December 31, 2024 at 2:03 PM
New in The Lichenologist: a nice collaboration with colleagues including from Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet and the Canadian Museum of Nature, the first of several in the pipe #lichen www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
He appears to be referring to this passage in his 1866 book www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/211464#...
To say this is the discovery of symbiosis is a stretch, to say the least. Elsewhere in this book he dedicates a large section of this book to “gonidia” as integral lichen organs
To say this is the discovery of symbiosis is a stretch, to say the least. Elsewhere in this book he dedicates a large section of this book to “gonidia” as integral lichen organs
December 11, 2024 at 10:24 PM
He appears to be referring to this passage in his 1866 book www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/211464#...
To say this is the discovery of symbiosis is a stretch, to say the least. Elsewhere in this book he dedicates a large section of this book to “gonidia” as integral lichen organs
To say this is the discovery of symbiosis is a stretch, to say the least. Elsewhere in this book he dedicates a large section of this book to “gonidia” as integral lichen organs
But he modestly pointed out in a footnote that he had expressed the suspicion (“Vermuthung”) this was the case already in 1866, basing this on extensive unpublished investigations
December 11, 2024 at 9:55 PM
But he modestly pointed out in a footnote that he had expressed the suspicion (“Vermuthung”) this was the case already in 1866, basing this on extensive unpublished investigations
De Bary (1879) credited Schwendener, who really didn’t present his evidence until 1869
December 11, 2024 at 9:51 PM
De Bary (1879) credited Schwendener, who really didn’t present his evidence until 1869
What was a subtweet called in 1912? While in Berlin I’ve been rummaging around in the library and found a book of poems written by Simon Schwendener, the guy who discovered symbiosis, towards the end of his life, and ran across this
December 11, 2024 at 7:48 PM
What was a subtweet called in 1912? While in Berlin I’ve been rummaging around in the library and found a book of poems written by Simon Schwendener, the guy who discovered symbiosis, towards the end of his life, and ran across this
On #InternationalMountainDay a shot from our field work this summer on a remote karst-permafrost plateau in northern British Columbia. Results of a study forthcoming
December 11, 2024 at 9:56 AM
On #InternationalMountainDay a shot from our field work this summer on a remote karst-permafrost plateau in northern British Columbia. Results of a study forthcoming
A crisp -17C late November sunset at University of Alberta
November 28, 2024 at 11:33 PM
A crisp -17C late November sunset at University of Alberta
Teloschistes chrysophthalmus, a lichen protected under the Canadian Species At Risk Act, on an oak in southern Manitoba (2022)
November 26, 2024 at 2:22 AM
Teloschistes chrysophthalmus, a lichen protected under the Canadian Species At Risk Act, on an oak in southern Manitoba (2022)
Here’s an uncommon one: Laricifomes offinalis, the agarikon or quinine conk, a fungus with a long history of human use across its range. Here in Ktunaxa-Séliš borderlands in Montana
November 17, 2024 at 2:33 AM
Here’s an uncommon one: Laricifomes offinalis, the agarikon or quinine conk, a fungus with a long history of human use across its range. Here in Ktunaxa-Séliš borderlands in Montana
Current mood at University of Alberta
November 15, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Current mood at University of Alberta