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Matt Farnitano<p>So I don’t know much about <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/mushrooms" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mushrooms</span></a> but I think I found two different types of chanterelles yesterday? Smooth <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Chanterelle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Chanterelle</span></a> (Cantharellus lateritius) and red chanterelle (Cantharellus cinnabarinus), both of which are apparently edible and quite tasty! I’m too much of a wuss/ don’t trust my <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/fungalID" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fungalID</span></a> skills so i didn’t keep them to try though. <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/MushroomsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MushroomsOfMastodon</span></a> anyone want to weigh in?</p>
Matt Farnitano<p>A few more <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/nativeplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>nativeplants</span></a> from our excursion to Sandia Peak in Albuquerque. Shooting-star columbine (Aquilegia elegantula), Canada violet (Viola canadensis), Richardson’s geranium (Geranium richardsonii), and Whole-leaf paintbrush (Castilleja integra). [ID corrections welcome]</p>
Matt Farnitano<p>The colors on these developing Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) cones really struck me! We often think of conifers as being shades of green and brown, but these cones had pastel purples, pinks, yellows, and oranges. Subtle but beautiful. Spotted at Sandia Peak, Albuquerque, NM.</p>
Matt Farnitano<p>We also found a weirdo population, initially thought to be a variant of M. johnstonii, but phenotypically and genetically distinct from that and another contender, M. constrictus. There are probably more of this mysterious cryptic lineages in Mimulus section Eunanus, which has tons of diversity with very little study effort.</p>
Matt Farnitano<p>Mimulus brevipes, despite its closest relatives being purple-flowered M. johnstonii and M. fremontii, has larger yellow flowers on tall stalks.</p>
Matt Farnitano<p>Mimulus johnstonii looks similar with characteristic splotches on the sides of the mouth, and grows at higher elevations on steep rocky scree slopes:</p>
Matt Farnitano<p>The group is section Eunanus, which is full of little purple and/or yellow annual wildflowers, many of which grow in arid or post-fire conditions in the California Floristic Province. Here’s Mimulus fremontii:</p>
Matt Farnitano<p>My first lead-author paper is now up on <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Bioarxiv" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bioarxiv</span></a> ! We characterized genomic divergence and postmating reproductive isolation in a cute but understudied group of <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/monkeyflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>monkeyflowers</span></a> ( <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Mimulus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mimulus</span></a>, aka <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Diplacus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Diplacus</span></a> ) and found strong isolation caused by hybrid seed inviability as well as a case of unilateral postmating prezygotic isolation and some hybrid male sterility. Link: <a href="https://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2022.12.21.521469v1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/</span><span class="invisible">2022.12.21.521469v1</span></a></p>
Matt Farnitano<p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/PlantOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PlantOfTheDay</span></a> The Amazon Lily above my desk in the lab is blooming! Eucharis amazonica is a native of Peru from the Amaryllidaceae family, making it a relative of daffodils and rain-lilies.</p>
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