Botany Collections

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Articles and videos

A large yellow and black bee is foraging on pale pink flowers.

Meet Chicago's Native Bees

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3 Questions with a Scientist: On Liking Lichens

Dried prairie thistle plant specimen attached to paper.

DIY Plant Pressing

Related Projects

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Erythroxylum

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PEET: Lasiosphaeriaceae

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Costa Rican Fungi

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vTypes

People

Media for Plants & Fungi

Thorsten Lumbsch

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Felix Grewe

Rick Ree

Richard Ree

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Christine Niezgoda

Press Releases

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How moss helped solve a grave-robbing mystery

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Solving mysteries with moss

Related Areas

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Botany and Mycology

Related Topics

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Research

Botany Department Herbarium case or cabinets. New bright blue compactor cabinets

Botany Policies

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Gantz Family Collections Center Policies

Events

Young visitors and a museum educator examine a teaching specimen together in the Grainger Science Hub

Meet a Scientist: Plant Pollination