I've started so I'll finish... Isn't it time we had botany as a specialist subject on Mastermind ? Well, now's your chance, BBC2 is seeking contenders for the next series & applications close Friday 10 May, open to UK residents 18 or over, apply here: eu.castitreach.com/ag/hattrick/ma…

Alastair Culham Uni of Reading Dr M still going wild! BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland British Pteridological Society UoR BioSci Dr Manuela Gonzalez-Suarez Amanda Callaghan R Lee KiteSite Karen Rowlett Dr Mark A. Spencer Nattanon Meeprom | Bom Hannah Susan Gritton Medcalf Louise Johnson Ooh, I must get across to the meadow for a look tomorrow 🌱

Two aisles of our grey metal herbarium cabinets will leave RNG Herbarium for a 420 mile trip to a new home Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Work started at 7.30am #recycle Alastair Culham Olwen M. Grace UoR BioSci
Re-use is key to Uni of Reading #sustainability policy sites.reading.ac.uk/sustainability/

Job done! The last remaining grey cabinets are cleared, packed and ready to go to Edinburgh Botanic Garden. I'm looking forward to seeing these in their new home later in the year.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Olwen M. Grace @botanyRNG UoR BioSci
#HerbariumBarbie has plans for the floor space.

Can you spot the ferns in this photo? One of the less common wild plants Uni of Reading #Whiteknights campus. Seen with Dr M still going wild! today. #Botany BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland British Pteridological Society UoR BioSci
Next week Dr Manuela Gonzalez-Suarez & Dr M still going wild! teaching our undergraduates on this wonderful campus.

James Rowland Uni of Reading Dr M still going wild! BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland British Pteridological Society UoR BioSci Dr Manuela Gonzalez-Suarez Amanda Callaghan R Lee KiteSite Chris Foster Karen Rowlett Dr Mark A. Spencer Nattanon Meeprom | Bom Hannah Susan Gritton Medcalf Louise Johnson Here's a bit more detail that shows why it is called adder's tongue.

📢📢📢Early-bird registration to our upcoming Biennial (Reading, June 19-21) closes Sunday, April 14th

Student bursaries close Sunday too

If you want to attend three systematics/phylogenetics-filled days register now systass.org/events/biennia…

Storm Katherine brought balmy weather & opportunity to admire signs of spring Uni of Reading campus! Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa), Cowslip (Primula veris), Snake's-head Fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris) and Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna), Spring flora - what's not to love?!

#buttercupchallenge Basal leaf shapes of four common buttercups.

Ranunculus repens- Creeping Buttercup

Ranunculus acris- Meadow Buttercup

Ranunculus bulbosus - Bulbous Buttercup and

Ranunculus auricomus - Goldilocks Buttercup

Dr M is back, challenging OJ Borg Botanical University Challenge style on another specialist botany subject! BBC Radio 2 #AfternoonMastermind !
Uni of Reading UoR BioSci Kew Science Natural History Museum Science New Phytologist British Ecological Society University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland Check it out today around 17.30: bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b…

Susan Gritton Medcalf The Painted Church David Parr House Fitzwilliam Museum Curatrix, Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE) John Shea Philip Reed Dr M still going wild! University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum Hannah Cloke Queens' College Thank you for having us The Painted Church ! It was magical to make music as the light streamed in the stained-glass windows

Flowers today at our glorious concert by mother and daughter pair: soprano Susan Gritton and harpist Eleanor Medcalf filling the Painted Church - and a record audience! #AllSaints

Storm Katherine brought balmy weather & opportunity to admire signs of spring Uni of Reading campus! Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa), Cowslip (Primula veris), Snake's-head Fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris) and Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna), Spring flora - what's not to love?!

This venue is certainly one of Cambridge’s hidden treasures & an inspiring venue for our first harp & voice duo recital Eleanor Medcalf
Good to know the concert series also supports its upkeep #Bodley #ArtsandCrafts thepaintedchurch.co.uk
Thanks to Gyles for the photo

Snowdrops or Snowflakes? Homes & Gardens might not get it right but PlantNet is on the money - 97% confidence for Spring Snowflake and just 0.2% for Snowdrops, Gardening Journalists cd make good use of plant ID Apps to double check their idents
tinyurl.com/46ty9mnj

Snowdrops or Snowflakes? Homes & Gardens might not get it right but PlantNet is on the money - 97% confidence for Spring Snowflake and just 0.2% for Snowdrops, Gardening Journalists cd make good use of plant ID Apps to double check their idents
tinyurl.com/46ty9mnj

#Springflowers covering hedges in white like snow across all UK & Ireland. This is blackthorn (Prunus spinosa, Rosaceae). Large shrub growing upwards and also sideways using suckers. Fruits, called sloes, used to flavour alcohol spirits and, historically, to fake port wine.