Rabern Simmons, PhD 🔬💧🍄
@DrRabern
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@DrRabern on socials | Curator of #Fungi | #Purdue Herbaria @PurdueBPP | @UMaine/@UVA_Wise | Zoosporic Eufungi | #chytrids | CZEUM | He/Him | Posts mine
West Lafayette, Indiana
Joined August 2016
Happy birthday, George B. Cummins (1904-2007)!.🎂🍄🌿🍄🎂.Cummins was the 2nd Director of the @PurdueBPP Arthur #Fungarium (@PurdueAg), inaugural @MSAFungi Distinguished Mycologist in 1981, and last published at the age of 99. To celebrate, have a prolific day!
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Great way to celebrate 🥳 the 121st birthday 🎂 of George B Cummins', second Director of the @PurdueBPP Arthur #Fungarium:.Publish a checklist 📜 of the #rust #fungi of Indiana!.@striiformis @PurdueAg .
mycokeys.pensoft.net
Rust fungi (Pucciniales) comprise a large group of ecologically and economically important plant pathogens distributed globally where their hosts grow. The first published study of rusts in Indiana...
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Allison: Where's that from? Why are you filling that?.Me: *exasperated* This is my WORK pepper grinder!.(I may have a problem.)
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RT @CTMSFungi: 🌱🍄 1 Week Away! Aug 26, 7 PM CST — Still Myceliating: 10 Years of Community Mycology. 🎉 Free online talk on how mushroom com….
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RT @StarCityOnline: Purdue experts warn Indiana dog owners about death cap mushrooms, which can cause severe liver damage. #DeathCap #Dog….
starcitytv.com
Experts say it’s hard to identify the poisonous mushrooms that pose a threat to Indiana animals.
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RT @purdueexponent: Purdue South Korean sophomore Yeonsoo Go was reportedly detained by ICE last Thursday and flown to a Louisiana detentio….
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Purdue South Korean sophomore Yeonsoo Go was reportedly detained by ICE last Thursday and flown to a Lousiana detention center. If you know or have heard of any information concerning Go and her...
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An early birthday to John S. Karling, MSA keynote namesake, @PurdueBiolSci @PurdueEEB chair, nigh-baseball-player, mistaken-obstetrician, and zoosporic eufungi specialist. @PurdueAg .🎂🔬💧🍄🧫⚾️.
drrabern.com
A FORTUITOUS LIFE: JOHN SIDNEY KARLING (1897–1995)
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No one: What makes you think that's milkweed on the side of the house?.Me: *shrugs, in milkweed tussock moth 🥛🌱🐛*
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RT @PurdueAg: Can I eat this mushroom? According to @DrRabern, the curator of fungi in @PurdueBPP, probably not! Discover the wonderful wor….
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Thanks to @PurdueAg for the opportunity to share the @PurdueBPP Herbaria! The full story:
purdueag.exposure.co
On the ground floor of Lilly Hall of Life Sciences, you will find the Purdue Herbaria, a collection of plant and fungi specimens, renowned for their vast biodiversity and recognized as the most...
Scientists in @PurdueBPP preserve plant and fungi specimens for future discovery–a kind of “forensic evidence” of Earth's biodiversity. From investigating changes in our environment to fighting plant disease, take a peek inside the @LifeAtPurdue Herbaria.
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Several smart opinions, and a couple of idiots, but the majority is clear.
Here are the letter to the editor submissions The Purdue Exponent got reacting to Purdue's recent cutting of DEI.
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Over here in the @PurdueBPP Herbaria, just learning how to use our new APEXVIEW microscope, thanks to a @PurdueAg equipment grant. 🔬🦠🪲🍄🧫🌳🔬
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The @PurdueBPP @PurdueAg Herbaria library welcomes a contribution from one of their own, former postdoc Patty Kaishian!
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So, he's closing entire museums now?.I guess he was advised he didn't have the authority to reopen the Auschwitz Museum.
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Thank you to the Indiana Native Plant Society West Central Chapter for last evening's invitation to speak on the @PurdueBPP #Herbaria, and the history of this collection as it moved in @PurdueAg. A graciously receptive audience, and delicious meal from @Parthenongrill.
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Thanks @purdueexponent, for sharing the @PurdueBPP Herbaria in the @PurdueAg!.🍄💙🧀🍗🍕.To clarify, I like blue cheese on a chicken buffalo pizza, preferably.
In this piece, columnist Ben Miller-Wilson shares a beer with Purdue fungi curator Rabern Simmons. The best part of beer, Simmons explains, is the yeast.
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To whomever left the unsolicited note on the Herbaria door this morning stating that we shouldn't be proud of our flag, I say this:.Don't worry, I got a bigger one! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️.And it's endorsed by the administers of your collegiate, yet somewhat lacking, education. 🚂⬆️🔨⬇️
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Botanist, mycologist, and fungarium founder J. C. Arthur gave back to #Purdue by writing "Vive Purdue". 🎶🍄🎶🍄🎶🍄🎶.April 30th is the #PurdueDayofGiving, and any gift to the @PurdueBPP #Herbaria is appreciated. Find out how: @PurdueAg @LifeAtPurdue
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