I Begin at Kew Gardens (Or, Lots of Mushrooms)

I'm blogging on behalf of the scholarship I won for summer research.  Click on the link (title in red) to read my whole post!

Hauser Sophomore Scholars 2013: Reports from the Field: I Begin at Kew Gardens (Or, Lots of Mushrooms): As of yesterday afternoon, I'm happily ensconced in the narrow suburban streets and scattered greens of Kew.  Sonia and Peter, the lovely old couple who run the place where I’m staying, do know how to put the breakfast in B&B.

So it was on a full stomach that I strolled down Bushwood Road to the Herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

I should backtrack.  Why, you ask, would somebody seek to become a Hauser Sophomore Scholar and then travel across the pond and four Tube zones out of London just to look at a bunch of plants?

In the spirit of 19^th century botanists, let me taxonomize for you.

I’m starting with two main characters, three research problems, four places of inquiry, and a Big Question.  Thanks to the advice of Dr. Phillips, I spoke with the good people at the Harvard University Herbaria, who introduced me to these lovely chaps.......

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