The Ithaca Bioblitz
An update from Kathie Hodge, your editor and organizer We held our first ever Bioblitz on April 28 and it was a lot of fun. You can check out our photos, posted at my Flickr site. We found lots of different things–so many that we’re still tabulating. I’ll get back to you soon with the […]
Getting ready for the Bioblitz
An update from Kathie Tomorrow’s the big day. I’m hosting a Bioblitz on a 5 acre patch of land near Ithaca. A pack of roving naturalists, taxonomists, mycologists, and ilk will join me to inventory all the life forms we can find. I’m excited. And to think that just eleven days ago I was despairing […]
A requiem for the reprint
Here the FAM recounts the history of the scientific reprint, recalls past joys requesting and receiving reprints in the mail, and issues an appeal for a new invention–a tool to aid in inserting more papers to an already full filing cabinet. Luckily for him, the time of the PDF reprint is upon us.
First Annual Blogger Bioblitz in Ithaca
An invitation from Kathie Despite the snowy weekend to come, Spring has come to Ithaca, and Ithacans are itching to get outside. In that spirit, the Cornell Mushroom Blog announces our participation in the First Annual Blogger Bioblitz. Jeremy Bruno of The Voltage Gate conceived the idea, and he challenges science and natural history bloggers […]
An adventure with Omphalotus
I was wandering through the Fall woods near Ithaca, New York when I stumbled upon what looked like a delicious surprise… upon closer inspection (and the observations of a trained mycologist), I realized that I had made the amateur mistake of confusing the tasty Chanterelle with the poisonous Jack O’Lantern mushroom Omphalotus illudens…