InBLOOM exhibit (main) photograph by Alinta Furnell, Possum (inset) photograph by Alinta Furnell, Just keep sciencing (inset) photo by Nicole Benaud, Herbarium collection (inset) photograph by Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney.
We had a wonderful excursion to the Royal Botanical Garden Sydney, where Director of Research & Chief Botanist Brett Summerell gave us a tour of the labs and the Herbarium. We met the herberium’s resident sight-impaired possum, viewed some of the precious collection dating back to 1770 collected by Joseph Banks, and watched the process of photographing and cataloguing currently being performed for the large collection.
We are very excited to working with Brett on a project to characterize some of our Antarctic fungal isolates.
More info on the Botanic Gardens Herbarium can be found on their website: https://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/Science/Branch-Out/What-is-a-herbarium