Max Fontaine @maxfontaine.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Kopsia pauciflora, Apocynaceae. One of the first flowers we found in the forest 😁. 030
Reposted by Max FontaineBritish Society of Plant Pathology @bspp.bsky.social · 06/05/2025🌾 It’s #PlantHealthWeek! Think you’ve got what it takes to keep our plants healthy? Try our Plant Doctor quiz and prove it! 👩🔬🌿 💡 Learn, play, and celebrate plant health 👉 www.bspp.org.uk/plant-doctor... #BSPP #PlantPathology #PlantsMatter 066
Max Fontaine @maxfontaine.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Think this guy is some kind of skink? Made me jump, thought I almost stepped on a snake until I saw the tiny legs 😅 #herp 1112
Max Fontaine @maxfontaine.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Fruit and flower of Goniothalamus roseus, Annonaceae. Native to Borneo. Distinct, bright red/pink apocarpous (unfused) fruit with lots of baby fruitlets (yes the whole thing is one fruit). 040
Max Fontaine @maxfontaine.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Welcome week parade of Long-tailed macaques passing by my front door 🐒 010
Max Fontaine @maxfontaine.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Hi All 👋 I’ll be at the incredible Danum Valley in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo conducting botanical fieldwork for the PhD until late July 🌳 Happy to take, and encouraging, any ID suggestions on posts. Especially for anything that isn’t a plant 😄 071
Max Fontaine @maxfontaine.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Very late considering i got here almost two weeks ago, but made it to Danum Valley, NE Borneo 🥳. 438km2 of pristine primary lowland rainforest, and my home for the next 3ish months. Keeping track of all the cool things I’ve seen is a challenge - I’ll attempt to post them here as i go. 181
Max Fontaine @maxfontaine.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Figured maybe i should slowly start sharing all these pictures of plants I’ve been hoarding in my camera roll. Lollipop plant - Pachystachys lutea (Acanthaceae). Native to Peru. BTW, Yellow structures are bracts , not flowers David Welch Winter Gardens, Duthie Park, Aberdeen. 000
Reposted by Max FontaineMax Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology @mpi-ce.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Scientists from our institute and @uni-kiel.de led by @sunsicker.bsky.social show that endophytic fungi boost the chemical defenses of poplars by producing their own alkaloid to fend off herbivores. They alter insect communities and influence aphid-ant interactions. www.ice.mpg.de/491257/PR_Wa...ice.mpg.deHidden alliesAn endophytic fungus of the genus Cladosporium fungus which lives inside the leaves of black poplar, not only increases the production of defensive substances in the trees, but also produces an alkalo... 043
Reposted by Max FontaineBotanical University Challenge @bucbotany.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Only 6.6% of conservation funding goes to plants (and only 0.2% to algae and fungi!!). Almost all goes to vertebrates, especially big well-known ones. Where do people think animals live and what do they eat? Picture with article has 2 rhinoceroses - and thousands of plants! 0178
Reposted by Max FontaineDr M Goes Wild @drmgoeswild.bsky.social · 26/02/2025IT IS TODAY! The Quarter Finals of Botanical University Challenge starting 2pm GMT watch on our YouTube Channel! Good luck to our eight plantastic teams! #BUC2025 @bucbotany.bsky.social 1117
Max Fontaine @maxfontaine.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Aberdeen team Taxon, Taxoff first place after round one of #BUC25 🥳 So proud of our team, lots of very high scores on the leaderboard 👏 Bring on round two next week! @bucbotany.bsky.social @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social 073
Reposted by Max FontainePlantae.org @plantaeofficial.bsky.social · 30/01/2025#JustIn on Plantae - Classical Botany in the Shadow of Molecular Science: Why It Still Matters. In this piece, Plantae Fellows, @kesmaio.bsky.social @carlosgonzsanz.bsky.social and @vedjiwan.bsky.social discuss the decline of the term and education of botanical sciences plantae.org/classica…plantae.orgClassical Botany in the Shadow of Molecular Science: Why It Still Matters | PlantaeThe Decline of Classical Botany Though many of us may recognize the word ‘botany’, we may also associate it with dusty books and 18th century science. ‘Botany’ is not used frequently in our… 03616
Reposted by Max FontaineDr. Catherine Macdonald @drcatmac.bsky.social · 23/11/2024As someone working in conservation and ecology, I want to add that learning to see the world differently, with new eyes, is one of the most beautiful and rewarding aspects of ecological training and expertise. We live in a world of wounds AND wonder, both of which are often invisible to others. 38414
Reposted by Max FontaineCatherine Sheard @sheardcat.bsky.social · 29/10/2024Fully-funded PhD position available on the cultural evolution of tea! With me, Sabine Parrish, and David Burslem at the University of Aberdeen (🏴), come combine anthropology and biology to think about why people drink tea and how that may change in the future. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...findaphd.comPeople and tea: past, present, and future at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.comPhD Project - People and tea: past, present, and future at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com 26857
Reposted by Max FontaineBrendan O'Loughlin @brendanoloughlin.bsky.social · 19/11/2024One of the craziest beetles I've ever seen, genus Notosacantha 📍Madagascar #Entomology #Coleoptera 17543145
Reposted by Max FontaineDavid @incnaturalist.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Absolutely gorgeous male Archduke butterfly. Those metallic blues are sensational 19916
Reposted by Max FontaineMario Fernández-Mazuecos @mfmazuecos.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Ok, let's repost this here. Types of plant systematics papers. 02512
Reposted by Max FontaineShelly Gaynor @shellygaynor.bsky.social · 10/11/2024Started a starter pack for botanist! go.bsky.app/5JTxuk1 147949