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Nathan Probably

@nathanprobably.bsky.social
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Curator, Historian of Science, Mycologist. Wrote about Wetherspoons once: www.sciencedirect.com/science/artic…

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Dr Astrid Biddle @astridbiddle.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
@ilichenmoss2.bsky.social George Greiff in the BBC News headlines on Sunday morning. A fantastic discovery, and hopefully a way to moderate invasive (INNS) Campylopus introflexus (Heath Star Moss). Well deserved recognition for some very interesting bryological work. 🎉🙌 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Killer fungus discovered that destroys UK invasive plant
A newly discovered species raises hope that some native British habitats could be restored.
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Nathan Probably @nathanprobably.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Big congrats to the exceedingly fungal @ilichenmoss2.bsky.social for their BBC debut. Was really fun to work together on this and a real tribute to the excellent work that George does (and continues to do!) 🍄 www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRHz...
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'Killer fungus' destroying invasive plant in UK | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
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Nathan Probably @nathanprobably.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Christopher Kreuzer deserves to be very proud of this paper. I've yet to see anyone else so dedicated in producing such a comprehensive approach. A fascinating mix of quantitative and qualitative history of science serves as a fascinating case study for what digitisation can do for the humanities 🍄🍄
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Nathan Probably @nathanprobably.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
A NEW PAPER! A really fun piece to write with the wonderfully brilliant and brilliantly wonderful Dion Dobrzynski. Its all about the #FungalTurn, the potential of metaphors in science, and the intersections of fungi and fiction. #mycology #mushrooms www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Mycorrhiza and Metaphor in Twenty-First-Century Science/Fiction | Public Humanities | Cambridge Core
Mycorrhiza and Metaphor in Twenty-First-Century Science/Fiction - Volume 2
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Nathan Probably @nathanprobably.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Our new paper on #mushrooms, #russia and #literature is finally out and in @aseees.bsky.social Slavic Review! It's been a long journey with several major life events but having amazing coauthors has made the whole process a real joy. You can read it #openaccess here: tinyurl.com/4dvexenc
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A Generation on Mushrooms: Mukhomor and Visions of Russianness in Victor Pelevin’s Generation P | Slavic Review | Cambridge Core
A Generation on Mushrooms: Mukhomor and Visions of Russianness in Victor Pelevin’s Generation P - Volume 84 Issue 2
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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Anyone want to become Birmingham's curator of science and industry? - it's a really fantastic collection! careers.birminghammuseums.org.uk/job/333d2a38...
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Curator (Science & Industry) - Job page - Birmingham Museums Careers
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Nathan Probably @nathanprobably.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Sometimes I do science too! Along with Zhiru Guoli, we explored how historical data can be used to help us quantify interspecific relationships between fungi. You can read all about it for free here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #historicalecology #mathematicalecology #fungalforays #mushrooms
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Use of Ecological Networks to Reveal Interspecific Fungal Interactions from 150 Years of Foray Records
Fungal forays have been conducted for more than 150 years, providing valuable, but underutilized, sets of records for studies of fungal ecology. Although foray records have been used to study speci...
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Nathan Probably @nathanprobably.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
🚨 New paper out and its a banger! 🚨 We explored how historical foray records can be used to better understand fungus-fungus interactions in woodland species. Its free to read here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #fungalecology #fungalscience #mycology #fieldmycology
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Use of Ecological Networks to Reveal Interspecific Fungal Interactions from 150 Years of Foray Records
Fungal forays have been conducted for more than 150 years, providing valuable, but underutilized, sets of records for studies of fungal ecology. Although foray records have been used to study speci...
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Nathan Probably @nathanprobably.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Latest paper with the fantastic @katherinenright.bsky.social Our thoughts and recommendations on #herbarium #digitisation onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Digitization as scientific labor: Critical approaches and recommendations for herbaria
Viewing digitization against a backdrop of the history of herbarium labor—and in the wake of substantial shifts in the museum landscape—we give a series of recommendations for mass digitization proje...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 08/02/2025
Groundbreaking botanical discoveries on Captain Cook voyage were thanks to Indigenous people
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Groundbreaking botanical discoveries on Captain Cook voyage were thanks to Indigenous people
New book reveals that Pacific islands inhabitants helped European scientists identify hundreds of plant species In 1769, nearly nine months after setting sail with Capt James Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific, Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander…
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Edwin Rose @edwinrose.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Delighted to see this wonderful article by @donnalferguson.bsky.social @theguardian.com on some of the research being published in my forthcoming book that can be pre-ordered now! For the UK: www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Reading-the-... And USA: upittpress.org/books/978082...
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Nathan Probably @nathanprobably.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Latest paper out in @natsca.bsky.social with the brilliant Sophie Roberts, @ilichenmoss2.bsky.social , and Katherine Slade. A really neat way to find potentially misidentified specimens from large collections datasets. natsca.org/article/2891
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Journal Article | Natural Sciences Collections Association
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Edwin Rose @edwinrose.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
And it is now possible to pre-order from @upittpress.bsky.social upittpress.org/books/978082...!
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Nathan Probably @nathanprobably.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Reposting due to the recent migration here: happy to answer any questions by DM or email :)
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Nathan Probably @nathanprobably.bsky.social · 17/10/2024
🚨 Prospective PhD students, come work with me and some amazing colleagues on looking at women in mycology! Details here and happy to answer any questions by email or DM: sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/l... 🚨 #historyofscience #fungarium #phdopportunity
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LCAB PhD studentships - Currently recruiting
Women and biodiversity: gender and the making of the Kew Fungarium, 1900-1950
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Nathan Probably @nathanprobably.bsky.social · 29/10/2024
A really interesting #CFP from a consistently amazing conference. Bring your most yeast-y ideas! call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/10/... #historyofmycology #fungalturn #fermentation #yestoyeast #historyofscience #STS
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cfp | call for papers
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Nathan Probably @nathanprobably.bsky.social · 17/10/2024
🚨 Prospective PhD students, come work with me and some amazing colleagues on looking at women in mycology! Details here and happy to answer any questions by email or DM: sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/l... 🚨 #historyofscience #fungarium #phdopportunity
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LCAB PhD studentships - Currently recruiting
Women and biodiversity: gender and the making of the Kew Fungarium, 1900-1950
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Nathan Probably @nathanprobably.bsky.social · 05/10/2024
What do H.G. Wells and the Little Shop of Horrors have to say about the state of #botany and #plantsciences? My article on the interwoven histories of botany and the strange orchid is finally out: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #hgwells #littleshopofhorrors #nofungitoday
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Taxonomy of fear: the evolution of H. G. Wells’s “Strange Orchid”
Published in Nineteenth-Century Contexts: An Interdisciplinary Journal (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Nathan Probably @nathanprobably.bsky.social · 22/07/2024
🚨Job Alert🚨: We're hiring a Botany Curator 🍄🌺🌲at Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales to join our Natural Sciences team and use our collections to examine the impact of invasive species on ecosystems. #plantjobs #museumjobs #botanyjobs #mycologyjobs nmwtest.ciphr-irecruit.com/Applicants/v...
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Senior Curator Botany (Invasive and non-invasive species) | Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales iRecruit Careers Portal
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Nathan Probably @nathanprobably.bsky.social · 28/02/2024
Latest paper is out exploring how we can make museum databases messier 👨‍💻👩‍💻 doi.org/10.1111/cura...
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Messy databases: Recognizing transcribers as experts and engaging amateur naturalists in digitization
Curator: The Museum Journal is a forum for museum professionals to debate & discuss the current practices, issues & policies surrounding museum studies & museology.
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Nathan Probably @nathanprobably.bsky.social · 29/01/2024
Was offered the opportunity to write about why we tell history for #Wetherspoon News. Now available to read and cite here: jdwetherspoon.com/news/2024/01... #WetherspoonNews #Wetherspoons #Spoons
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Nathan Probably @nathanprobably.bsky.social · 03/01/2024
Latest paper out (and with a festive release date). Some discussion on #mycology, #eponyms, and #DNASequencesAsTypes It's a divisive issue but I hope the paper helps reframe the debate in a positive way www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Nathan Probably @nathanprobably.bsky.social · 08/12/2023
Latest paper is out and its not on fungi! Instead its all about #Wetherspoons and history. How history is communicated and understood is important. Spoons has an interesting take on history that I think has wider implications... sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #spoons #histsci
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History in the pub: The historiography of J.D. Wetherspoon
J. D. Wetherspoon is a popular pub chain in the United Kingdom. Despite its prominence in British cultural life and active and deliberate engagement w…
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