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Farlow Alum Liam Nokes worked with State Senator Cindy Friedman (Arlington, MA) to make the Giant Puffball the state fungus of Massachusetts. The Puffball, a common and ecologically important fungus, is tied to indigenous traditions and was consumed by...

The Friends of the Farlow Virtual Annual Meeting will take place on Saturday November 20, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. ET via Zoom. Giuliana Furci, the founder, and president of Fundación Fungi/Fungi Foundation will be our speaker. Her talk is entitled: " The 3F...

The Harvard University Herbaria (HUH) presents: Michael Bradshaw, HUH Research Fellow Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Location: Online; Registration Required Title: Reconstructing the worldwide epidemic spread of powdery mildews by...

Congratulations to Farlow Friends Giovanna Bishop and Jason Karakehian, recipients of Student Research Awards from the Society of Herbarium Curators! Giovanna was a student intern at the Farlow Herbarium and Jason was a graduate student in the Pfister Lab...

Join the FREE 15th Annual Plant Biology Initiative Symposium at Harvard University, May 3-4 (via Zoom.) This year's theme is: "Fungi & Plants: Ecology and Interactions." There are some GREAT speakers lined up! The symposium is sponsored by the Department...

Please join the Friends of the Farlow on Wednesday April 14 2021 at 5:00 pm EDT for A Conversation with Jason Dearen, author of "Kill Shot: A shadow industry, a deadly disease”. Published this year, Kill Shot delves into the fungal contaminated drugs that...

The Boston Mycological Club and the Friends of the Farlow hosted Dr. Lynne Boddy's "Rotten Trees" talk via Zoom on November 8, 2020. Lynne Boddy is Professor in the School of Biosciences at Cardiff University, Wales. A fungal ecologist, Dr. Boddy’s...

The Friends of the Farlow is hosting a virtual foray from October 4-5, 2020: make any observation of fungi, mosses, lichens, or algae, in the New England area on iNaturalist and we will compile it into a collection project to share the results...

The Friends of the Farlow Annual Meeting was held on Saturday, November 2, 2019 at the Harvard University Herbaria. Dr. Troy McMullin of the Canadian Museum of Nature was our speaker, treating attendees to a great talk entitled " Adventures in Lichenology...

The Harvard Herbaria (HUH) is accepting applications for two fellowships. The deadline is November 15, 2019. HUH Fellowship (2 yr term) Farlow Fellowship (1 yr term)