Would you like to work in the spectacular dry forests of Andean Peru? Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh are advertising a taxonomic assistant post with Tiina Sarkinen, Sandra Knapp, me and colleagues to document the diversity of the Marañón valley rbge.org.uk/about-us/vacan…

Proud to celebrate the end of this year’s #RBGEMSc plant identification field course working with Jardín Botánico BOG 🌳🌿🔬Thank you all for a great two weeks! #imabotanist #ibelieveinstipules

Interesting hypothesis that Viking warriors used henbane (yes you guessed, Solanaceae: Hyoscyamus niger) rather than fly agaric 🍄 (Amanita muscaria) when fighting apple.news/Am7efKTTsShulG…