DrRabern.com | @DrRabern on socials Curator of Fungi | Purdue Univ. Herbaria, Botany & Plant Pathology UVA Wise/UMaine alumnus Chytridiomycota | #chytrids | #Bd Collection of Zoosporic Eufungi at the U of Michigan | CZEUM He/Him | Posts minehttps://bsky.app/profile/drrabern.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrabern.bsky.social/post/3mun2klp6dk2wAI-generated songs about chytrid fungi? 🤦‍♂️🔬💧🍄 Every other word is mispronounced, and the last phrase is perhaps the most prophetic of all, with the use of all this "ak-wa": "Chytridiomycota fading into the light". https://youtu.be/2NEifs8m07A?si=qdJbID7vJvbgS3N203 Sep 2026 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:fd4e7v4lcxdlzxwcxeiosamk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mun2klp6dk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/drrabern.bsky.social/post/3mtycy4gkok2hSometimes chytrids just can't shake a flu. 🤧🔬💧🍄🤧 "Mycodnaviridae are a clade of giant viruses that persistently infect zoosporic fungi" Congrats to Jillian Myers and the whole team! https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.300393726 Aug 2026 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:fd4e7v4lcxdlzxwcxeiosamk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtycy4gkok2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrabern.bsky.social/post/3mtaoe2b3mk22DC Studios' Lanterns just confirmed my longest-held theory: "Brand New Key" is the most annoying song in Sector 2814 of the Green Lantern Corps.17 Aug 2026 02:39 +0000at://did:plc:fd4e7v4lcxdlzxwcxeiosamk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtaoe2b3mk22https://bsky.app/profile/drrabern.bsky.social/post/3msmc7bxeus2fAm I the only human that gestures like this when I get a 3 or less on Wordle?09 Aug 2026 00:08 +0000at://did:plc:fd4e7v4lcxdlzxwcxeiosamk/app.bsky.feed.post/3msmc7bxeus2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrabern.bsky.social/post/3mrdaavzwp22c23 Jul 2026 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:fd4e7v4lcxdlzxwcxeiosamk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdaavzwp22chttps://bsky.app/profile/drrabern.bsky.social/post/3moib3dmvvc2j💧🔬🍄🦠🦟🌽🌿 Parasitic zoosporic eufungi: taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity, ecology, and impacts https://doi.org/10.32942/X2M96K17 Jun 2026 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:fd4e7v4lcxdlzxwcxeiosamk/app.bsky.feed.post/3moib3dmvvc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrabern.bsky.social/post/3mna4qcklz22gTHIS SATURDAY at Imagination Station! 🍄🌿💡🚉🌿🍄01 Jun 2026 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:fd4e7v4lcxdlzxwcxeiosamk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mna4qcklz22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/drrabern.bsky.social/post/3mkznn32ew227🔬💧🍄🌏🌍🌎 Chytrids are everywhere: diatom-parasitic #chytrids dominate pelagic fungal communities across 50 reservoirs. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11355-026-00715-704 May 2026 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:fd4e7v4lcxdlzxwcxeiosamk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkznn32ew227https://bsky.app/profile/drrabern.bsky.social/post/3miywnkb4m22hOne less chytridiomycologist in the world. 🔬💧🍄😢 #chytrids #fungi #fungus #mycology #chytrid https://obits.postandcourier.com/us/obituaries/columbia/name/will-blackwell-obituary?id=6120395808 Apr 2026 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:fd4e7v4lcxdlzxwcxeiosamk/app.bsky.feed.post/3miywnkb4m22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrabern.bsky.social/post/3milswddb6k2l🍄🔬🌿😂🙏 "Arthur & Kriebel Herbarium, Department of Botany & Plant Pathology, Purdue University kindly permitted us to use isotype specimens of Puccinia abei and P. trabutii. We wish to express our sincere gratitude to the herbarium and all the members of the herbarium for their kind cooperation." https://doi.org/10.47371/mycosci.2026.01.00403 Apr 2026 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:fd4e7v4lcxdlzxwcxeiosamk/app.bsky.feed.post/3milswddb6k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrabern.bsky.social/post/3mfrkcwjcws2dSo THAT'S why he wants it so bad! 💧🔬🍄🧫❄️🧊 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-41468-526 Feb 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:fd4e7v4lcxdlzxwcxeiosamk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfrkcwjcws2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrabern.bsky.social/post/3mer5lpqjzk27Today I closed a loan of 236 specimens that was opened in 2008. 🎉🌿🗄📝🎉 #HerbariumLife #CuratorLife13 Feb 2026 18:36 +0000at://did:plc:fd4e7v4lcxdlzxwcxeiosamk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mer5lpqjzk27https://bsky.app/profile/drrabern.bsky.social/post/3mels7gy2jk26International Day of Women and Girls in Science could not have a better mascot than Joyce E. Longcore. 👩‍👧👩‍⚕️🧏‍♀️👩‍🎓👵👩‍🏫👩‍🦽👩‍🚀👩‍👩‍👧👩‍🔬🦸‍♀️👩‍💻👩‍🌾 drrabern.com/longcore https://drrabern.com/longcore11 Feb 2026 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:fd4e7v4lcxdlzxwcxeiosamk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mels7gy2jk26https://bsky.app/profile/drrabern.bsky.social/post/3mdlegby6ls23You have to read the fine print, but technically, #zoosporic #eufungi are on today's @wikipedia.org Featured Page. 🔬💧🍄🧫🦟 #blastoclads #Blastocladiales #Blastocladiomycota #chytrids #chytrid #fungi #mycology #fungal #fungus #zoospore #aquaticfungi @iucnfungi.bsky.social @iucnaquafungi.bsky.social29 Jan 2026 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:fd4e7v4lcxdlzxwcxeiosamk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdlegby6ls23https://bsky.app/profile/drrabern.bsky.social/post/3mbqzsk3zbc2t🎂🎉🌿🍄🔬🎉🎂 Happy birthday to the late Joseph Hennen, 3rd Director of the Arthur #Fungarium, pivotal figure in the merging of the Arthur and Kriebel #Herbaria at Purdue University. https://ag.purdue.edu/department/btny/herbaria/biography/joe-fleetwood-hennen.html06 Jan 2026 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:fd4e7v4lcxdlzxwcxeiosamk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbqzsk3zbc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/drrabern.bsky.social/post/3m6f5lphovc27The John S. Karling Grad Student Research Award honors #Purdue University's former Chair of Biology and eclectic researcher of #plants and #fungi. Good luck to the applicants, and here's a link to learn more about this excellent investigator: www.drrabern.com/karling #Botany2026 [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Nov 2025 15:33 +0000at://did:plc:fd4e7v4lcxdlzxwcxeiosamk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6f5lphovc27https://bsky.app/profile/drrabern.bsky.social/post/3m6ez5qmnts23Learn more about Terry's mission to find the elusive alternate host of coffee leaf rust. ☕️🍃🔬🍄☠️ #mycomonday #herbarium #fungarium #fungi #coffee #rustfungi https://ag.purdue.edu/news/department/arge/2025/11/postdoc-feature-terry-torres-cruz.html24 Nov 2025 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:fd4e7v4lcxdlzxwcxeiosamk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6ez5qmnts23https://bsky.app/profile/drrabern.bsky.social/post/3m4j6pbr67c25https://ag.purdue.edu/news/2025/10/finding-community-and-purpose-in-plant-science.html31 Oct 2025 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:fd4e7v4lcxdlzxwcxeiosamk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4j6pbr67c25https://bsky.app/profile/drrabern.bsky.social/post/3m4ih2jppqc2dIf I don't see at least one pack of kids dressed in pajamas running "Weapons"-style tonight, I will have lost faith in this generation. https://media.tenor.com/Ig4UGfdnw1wAAAAC/weapons-movie.gif?hh=296&ww=38031 Oct 2025 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:fd4e7v4lcxdlzxwcxeiosamk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ih2jppqc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrabern.bsky.social/post/3m4igsezens2cWitches and fungi and rye, oh my! 🧙‍♀️🍄🍞🔥💀 #herbarium #herbaria #FungalFriday #FungiFriday #Halloween https://ag.purdue.edu/news/2024/10/could-a-fungus-be-behind-the-salem-witch-trials.html31 Oct 2025 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:fd4e7v4lcxdlzxwcxeiosamk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4igsezens2chttps://bsky.app/profile/drrabern.bsky.social/post/3m3adupxbbc2m🎉🌎🍄🌍🍄🌏🎉 On this #WorldMushroomDay, educate yourself on the importance of #fungaria for the preservation and appreciation of our Opisthokont cousins. purdueag.exposure.co/herbaria https://purdueag.exposure.co/herbaria15 Oct 2025 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:fd4e7v4lcxdlzxwcxeiosamk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3adupxbbc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrabern.bsky.social/post/3m36iaykzqc2tMe, when someone citing my work from 10 years ago starts the sentence with "Historically, . . . " https://media.tenor.com/b8WAqSZ2k7AAAAAC/savingprivateryan-ww2.gif?hh=270&ww=49814 Oct 2025 19:40 +0000at://did:plc:fd4e7v4lcxdlzxwcxeiosamk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m36iaykzqc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/drrabern.bsky.social/post/3m3376kred22e🐸🔬🍄🥼🧫 Happy International #Batrachochytrium Isolation Day! 🎂Happy birthday, Joyce Longcore!🎂 https://www.drrabern.com/longcore/#batrachochytrium-day13 Oct 2025 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:fd4e7v4lcxdlzxwcxeiosamk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3376kred22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/drrabern.bsky.social/post/3m256hy5jhs24🍄🧙‍♀️🧟🎃👻💀🍄 The return of spooky season means revisiting the spine-tingling fungi in the #Purdue #Herbaria.01 Oct 2025 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:fd4e7v4lcxdlzxwcxeiosamk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m256hy5jhs24https://bsky.app/profile/drrabern.bsky.social/post/3lzyb47lo4s2d🧊❄️💧🔬🍄❄️🧊 The diversity and abundance of chytrids on the Greenland Ice Sheet – new quantitative data Some really cool (🤦) #chytrid stuff from @alexanesio.bsky.social, featuring Clydaea vesicula, which I named in 2009 after my mother Clyda Rae Simms Simmons. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-7636781/v129 Sep 2025 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:fd4e7v4lcxdlzxwcxeiosamk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzyb47lo4s2d