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I absolutely love my new 'Isoetes nerd' mug courtesy of the multi-talented, and incredibly thoughtful @ellliieee.bsky.social.

Lots of incredible SEM images of Isoetes megaspores in this preprint by Larsén et al. mapping spore ornamentation and surface structure onto the quillwort phylogeny (not my work, but I'm glad someone's doing it!): www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Love this sticker

It's my Littorella's first birthday! I mean they're clonal... so maybe more of a one year anniversary? Unclear. Either way, I want cake. 🍰🌱🎉

Isoetes engelmannii and some very happy fern gametophytes along the banks of the Willimantic River in Coventry, CT

An entire symposium devoted to my favorite group of plants!? QuillCon-III was just added to the schedule for the 86th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists! www.sebiologists.org/asb-2025.htm...

What a pleasant surprise to find that Littorella is apparently the new face of research at the UCONN Botanical Conservatory! Personally, I can't imagine a better choice.

Spent the weekend fine-tuning my work-life balance in the catskills. 10/10, would recommend.

THIS IS THE DAWNING OF THE AGE OF AQUARIA!

My Littorella babies are making more Littorella babies!! And I couldn't be a prouder plant parent.

It was a cold ride to campus this morning but also very pretty