RBGV Science

Shining a light on mycorrhizal "dark taxa"—species known only from their DNA sequences that can’t be linked to named or described species @RBG_Victoria #RBGVScience Available online: cell.com/current-biolog…

@RBG_Victoria have cryopreserved spores of #endangered small #quillwort (𝐼𝑠𝑜𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑝𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑎) at -150°C, a first for this unique #lycophyte that grows only in Victoria in pools on granite outcrops. Funded by @DEECA_Vic Nature Fund + partners @ANPlantC & @latrobe.

Two #scientificillustration students finished studentships @RBG_Victoria Over 9 wks, they illustrated #fungi for new edition of 'Fungi Down Under', & leafy #liverworts, for #VicFlora Thanks Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation (USA) & RBG Foundation for funding. #botanicalart

Big news for #bryophyte fans! @RBG_Victoria’s #VicFlora now has multi-access ID #keys for all 651 Victorian bryophyte species! Explore user-friendly ID keys for #mosses, leafy #liverworts, thallose liverworts & #hornworts → vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/matrix-k… #RBGVScience #Botany #PlantID

Meg Hirst @RBG_Victoria & colleagues published Thermal germination niche: implications for seed‐based restoration in climate‐sensitive alpine environments, in Restoration Ecology #alpine #climatechange #germinationniche #revegetation #Seeds #RBGVScience onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/re…

Paper in @ScientificData by Camille Truong @RBG_Victoria & colleagues, unveils a curated soil #fungus dataset of >2000 eDNA samples that will advance fungal ecology and #conservation research in Australia and Antarctica! #microbiome #biodiversity rdcu.be/eeUtc

If you're around Melbourne Gardens @RBG_Victoria , pop into our Tropical Glasshouse to see this wonderful plant in person!

New book on Wattles of Victoria written by #RBGVScience botanists, Neville Walsh & Dan Murphy, with Arthur Court (dec.) and Allan Gibb (dec.). Published by CSIRO Publishing #Acacia #wattle facebook.com/share/p/16JaSx…

Sequencing data supports new circumscriptions in Gompholobium, including a newly named taxon: publish.csiro.au/sb/Fulltext/SB… #RBGVScience @RBG_Victoria 📸: Nicole Crosswell (illustrations); Michael Mathieson (photos)

A study from RBGV mycologist Camille Truong investigates mycorrhizae of Melaleuca alternifolia (tea-tree), providing promising insights for sustainable production in the face of climate change: doi.org/10.1007/s11104… 📸: (1) C. Truong (2) L. Florence #RBGVScience @RBG_Victoria

Named after the orangutan 🦧, a new pitcher plant is described from Borneo by Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria botanist Dr Alastair Robinson @botanydoc and colleagues in Malaysia. See: publish.csiro.au/bt/Fulltext/BT… 📸: A. Damit; A. Robinson; Nur Adillah Yusof #RBGVScience @RBG_Victoria

Surveys of over 2,000 plant and animal taxa since the 2019–2020 megafires have revealed the effects of the fires on biodiversity in a new paper published in Nature: nature.com/articles/s4158… 📸: (1,2) N. Reiter, (3) A. Messina #RBGVScience @RBG_Victoria

Our Collections Manager discusses our Global Collection with Radio National's Jonathan Green! Learn about the rich history hiding behind one of the specimens in the collection here: abc.net.au/listen/program… 📸: Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria #RBGVScience @RBG_Victoria

We are using collections in our specimen management software to manage incoming exchange data—read more here: biss.pensoft.net/article/137801… 📸: Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria #RBGVScience @RBG_Victoria

Like many herbaria and botanic gardens, we are reflecting on the colonial history of the collection and how First Peoples’ contributions to botanical science have been obscured. See: biss.pensoft.net/article/137154… 📸: (1,2) Michael Lawrence-Taylor; (3,4) RBGV #RBGVScience @RBG_Victoria

Conservation horticulture and predictive modelling are being used to safeguard the future of 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘢 (Baw Baw berry). Learn more here: journals.rbge.org.uk/rbgesib/articl… 📸: Virginia Williamson (1,2), Daniel White (3) #RBGVScience @RBG_Victoria

New paper characterising ectomycorrhizal associations in deciduous & evergreen 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘧𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘴 forests! 📷: Role of ectomycorrhizal fungi for nitrogen cycling in 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘧𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘴 forests of Patagonia #RBGVScience @RBG_Victoria Learn more: doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7…

First Australian record of feather-inhabiting fungus 𝘖𝘯𝘺𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘢 made via iNaturalist. 📷: Sporing bodies on bird carcass: Eleanor Brand; views of sporing bodies with powdery spore mass: Luke Vaughan #RBGVScience @RBG_Victoria Learn more: taxonomyaustralia.org.au/ajt/papers/03x…

Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria's Jim Willis vacation studentships for 2024–25 are now open to applications. Third or fourth year university science students with interests in plant and/or fungal systematics are invited to apply! #RBGVScience @RBG_Victoria rbg.vic.gov.au/science/resear…

Despite providing 5% of @GBIF's global observations, the ALA's research impact is greater than it seems...🧑🏼‍🔬🧫 New @UNSW research finds the ALA has supported > 9,000 authors & 2,406 scientific publications (to 2023). 63% are open-access! 🔗📚: spr.ly/6012mCn3e