Because I am incredibly wordy*, we had to trim some of the length of The Everyday Naturalist to make it all fit. Most of this was accomplished by deciding the bibliography should be put on my website with a URL added to the introduction for those who wanted some further reading. So, without further ado, here it is:

Aceves, Ana. “Brainless Slime Molds Navigate Mazes and Make Decisions.” PBS NOVA, September 21, 2020. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/slime-mold-navigate-maze/.

Allen, Elsa Guerdrum. “The History of American Ornithology before Audubon.” Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 41, no. 3 (October 1951): 387–591. https://www.jstor.org/stable/i242058.

Arber, Agnes. Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany, 1470–1670. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Armstrong, Patrick. The English Parson-Naturalist: A Companionship between Science and Religion. Herefordshire, UK: Gracewing, 2000.

Anderson, John G. T. “Why Ecology Needs Natural History.” American Scientist, last modified January 2, 2018. https://www.americanscientist.org/article/why-ecology-needs-natural-history.

Arora, David. All That the Rain Promises and More . . . A Hip Pocket Guide to Western Mushrooms. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 1991.

Bauer, Susan Wise. The History of the Renaissance World: From the Rediscovery of Aristotle to the Conquest of Constantinople. New York: W. W. Norton, 2013.

Bainbridge, David. How Zoologists Organize Things: The Art of Classification. London: Frances Lincoln, 2020.

Bainbridge, David. Stripped Bare: The Art of Animal Anatomy. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2018.

Barney, Stephen A. The Etymologies of Isidore of Seville. Translated by Stephen A. Barney, W. J. Lewis, J. A. Beach, and Oliver Berghof. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Beach, Coral. “Raw Morel Mushrooms Found to Be Most Likely Cause Behind Deadly Outbreak.” Food Safety News, July 19, 2023. https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/07/raw-morel-mushrooms-found-to-be-most-likely-cause-behind-deadly-outbreak/#google_vignette.

Beug, Michael. Mushrooms of Cascadia: An Illustrated Key to the Fungi of the Pacific Northwest. 2nd ed. Emeryville, Calif.: Ten Speed Press, 2024.

Bodleian Libraries. Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 1511. Oxford: Digital Bodleian, University of Oxford, January 8, 2018. https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/eb0735a3-e8ee-4104-b111-51d18a13b78b/.

Bodnar, Istvan. “Aristotle’s Natural Philosophy.” The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2003). Updated April 24, 2023. https://plato.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/encyclopedia/archinfo.cgi?entry=aristotle-natphil.

Bowler, Peter J. Evolution: The History of an Idea. 3rd ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003.

Burdon, Amanda. “Gympie Gympie: Once Stung, Never Forgotten.” Australian Geographic, June 16, 2009. https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/science-environment/2009/06/gympie-gympie-once-stung,-never-forgotten.

Cavalier, Darlene, Catherine Hoffman, and Caren Cooper. The Field Guide to Citizen Science: How You Can Contribute to Scientific Research and Make a Difference. Portland, Ore.: Timber Press, 2020.

Cliburn, Jerry, and Ginny Wallace. A Key to Missouri Trees in Winter: An Identification Guide, Revised Edition. Jefferson City, Miss.: Missouri Department of Conservation, .

Cooper, Keith. “Was Life on the Early Earth Purple?” Astrobiology at NASA, October 23, 2018. https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/was-life-on-the-early-earth-purple/.

Corkran, Charlotte, and Chris Thoms. Amphibians of Oregon, Washington and British Columbia: A Field Identification Guide. 3rd ed. Tukwila, Wash.: Partners Publishing, 2020.

Dioscorides, Pedanius. De Materia Medica: Being an Herbal with Many Other Medicinal Materials Written in Greek in the First Century of the Common Era. Edited by Tess Anne Osbaldeston. Johannesburg: IBIDIS, 2000.

Dyer, Betsey Dexter. A Field Guide to Bacteria. New York: Comstock, 2003.

Encyclopaedia Britannica. S.v. “Click beetle.” Last modified June 13, 2020. https://www.britannica.com/animal/click-beetle.

Egli, Simon, Martina Peter, Christoph Buser, Werner Stahel, and François Ayer. “Mushroom Picking Does Not Impair Future Harvests—Results of a Long-Term Study in Switzerland.” Biological Conservation 129, no. 2 (April 2006): 271–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2005.10.042.

Ehrlich, Paul R., David S. Dobkin, and Darryl Wheye. “Ring-Necked Pheasant.” Stanford University. Accessed February 17, 2024. https://web.stanford.edu/group/stanfordbirds/text/species/Ring-necked_Pheasant.html.

Elpel, Thomas J. Botany in a Day: The Patterns Method of Plant Identification. Pony, Mont.: HOPS Press, 2013.

Even, Yael. Review of Leonardo da Vinci on Plants and Gardens, by William A. Emboden. The Sixteenth Century Journal 19, no. 2 (Summer 1988): 273. https://doi.org/10.2307/2540428.

Fagan, Damian. Pacific Northwest Wildflowers: A Guide To Common Wildflowers of Washington, Oregon, Northern California, Western Idaho, Southeast Alaska, and British Columbia. Helena, Mont.: Falcon Guides, 2006.

Forsyth, John Victor. “How to Pick Mushrooms Correctly.” FungiFlora, August 25, 2016. .

Gabriele, Matthew, and David M. Perry. The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe. New York: Harper, 2021.

Grube, Martin, Massimiliano Cardinale, João Vieira de Castro Jr., Henry Müller, and Gabriele Berg. “Species-Specific Structural and Functional Diversity of Bacterial Communities in Lichen Symbioses.” The ISME Journal 3, no. 9 (September 2009): 1105–15. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2009.63.

Haight, John-Erich, Karen K. Nakasone, Gary Laursen, Scott Redhead, D. Lee Taylor, and Jessie Glaeser. “Fomitopsis mounceae and F. Schrenkii—Two New Species from North America in the F. pinicola Complex.” Mycologia 111 no. 2: 339–57. https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.2018.1564449.

Halford, Bethany. “The Fight against Fungi.” Chemical & Engineering News, March 1, 2021. https://cen.acs.org/pharmaceuticals/drug-discovery/fight-against-fungi-antifungal/99/i7.

Hall, Marie Boas. The Scientific Renaissance: 1450–1630 (The Rise of Modern Science). Mineola, N.Y.: Dover, 2011.

Hallock, Robert M. A Mushroom Word Guide: Etymology, Pronunciation, and Meanings of Over 1,500 Words. Self-published, 2019.

Hannibal, Mary Ellen. Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction. New York: The Experiment, 2016.

Harrington, Harold David. How to Identify Plants. Athens, Ohio: Swallow Press, 1985.

Harris, James G., and Melinda Woolf Harris. Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary. 2nd ed. Genola, Utah: Spring Lake, 2021.

Hellström, Nils Petter, Gilles André, and Marc Philippe. “Life and Works of Augustin Augier de Favas (1758–1825), author of ‘Arbre botanique’ (1801).” Archives of Natural History 44, no. 1 (April 2017): 43–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/anh.2017.0413.

International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Table 1: Numbers of Threatened Species by Major Groups of Organisms (1996–2014). IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2014.3. IUCN, updated November 13, . https://cmsdocs.s3.amazonaws.com/summarystats/2014_3_Summary_Stats_Page_Documents/2014_3_RL_Stats_Table_1.pdf.

James, Philip. “How Animals Are Adapting to Cope with Their Noisiest Neighbours—Humans.” The Conversation, NPR, September 28, 2016. https://theconversation.com/how-animals-are-adapting-to-cope-with-their-noisiest-neighbours-humans-66166.

Janiskee, Bob. “National Park Mystery Plant 2: There’s Good Reason They Call This Thing ‘the Death Apple.’ ” National Parks Traveler, April 24, 2009. https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2009/04/national-park-mystery-plant-2-there%E2%80%99s-good-reason-they-call-thing-death-apple%E2%80%9D3799.

Kaufman, Kenn. Kaufman Field Guide to Advanced Birding: Understanding What You See and Hear. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.

Kimmerer, Robin Wall. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses. Corvallis, Ore.: Oregon State University Press, .

Kuo, Michael. “The Genus Leccinum and Leccinoid Fungi.” MushroomExpert.com, January 2020. https://mushroomexpert.com/leccinum.html.

Largent, David L., and Daniel E. Stuntz. How to Identify Mushrooms to Genus I: Macroscopic Features. Eureka, Calif.: Mad River Press, 1986.

Larson, Kelli L., Jeffrey A. G. Clark, Heather L. Bateman, Annika Enloe, and Bryan Hughes. “To Kill or Not to Kill? Exploring Normative Beliefs and Attitudes toward Snakes.” Biological Conservation 290 (February 2024): 110399. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110399.

Lepczyk, Christopher A., Owen D. Boyle, and Timothy L. V. Vargo, eds. Handbook of Citizen Science in Ecology and Conservation. Oakland: University of California Press, 2020.

Leroi, Armand Marie. The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science. New York: Penguin Books, 2015.

Lexa, Rebecca. “Before Monocots and Eudicots: The Basal Angiosperms.” Rebecca Lexa, Naturalist (blog), October 19, 2022. https://rebeccalexa.com/basal-angiosperms/.

Lindberg, David C. The Beginnings of Western Science: The European Scientific Tradition in Philosophical, Religious, and Institutional Context, 600 B.C. to A.D. 1450. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008.

Linnaeus, Carl. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Holmiae, Impensis Direct, Laurentii Salvii: 1758. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542.

Magnus, Albertus. Book of Minerals. Translated by Dorothy Wyckoff. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1967.

Mayr, Ernst. The Growth of Biological Thought: Diversity, Evolution, and Inheritance. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press, 1982.

McCulloch, Florence. Mediaeval Latin and French Bestiaries. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1962.

McCune, Bruce, and Linda Geiser. Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest. 2nd ed. Corvallis, Ore.: Oregon State University Press, 2009.

McCune, Bruce. Microlichens of the Pacific Northwest. 2 vols. Corvallis, Ore.: Wild Blueberry Media,

Miller, Renee, Simon J. Owens, and Bjørn Rørslett. “Plants and Colour: Flowers and Pollination.” Optics and Laser Technology 43, no. 2 (March 2011): 282–94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlastec.2008.12.018.

Milliot, Jim. “Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing Will Limit Daily Number of New Titles.” PublishersWeekly.com, September 18, 2023. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/93207-kdp-will-limit-daily-number-of-new-titles.html.

Murphy, Jazmin “Sunny.” “Black Americans Re-embrace the Outdoors after Generations of Exclusion.” YES! Solutions Journalism, January 4, 2023. https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2023/01/04/black-americans-outdoors.

Ogilvie, Brian W. The Science of Describing: Natural History in Renaissance Europe. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006.

Ota, Kinya G., Satoko Fujimoto, Yasuhiro Oisi, and Shigeru Kuratani. “Identification of Vertebra-like Elements and Their Possible Differentiation from Sclerotomes in the Hagfish.” Nature Communications 2, Article 373 (June 2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1355.

Parsley, Kathryn M. “Plant Awareness Disparity: A Case for Renaming Plant Blindness.” Plants, People, Planet 2, no. 6 (October 2020): 598–601. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10153.

Pliny the Elder. Pliny’s Natural History in Thirty-Seven Books, Volume 1. Translated by Philemon Holland. London: The Wernerian Club, 1847. https://archive.org/details/plinysnaturalhis00plinrich/page/n7/mode/2up.

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Juliette Rochet, Pierre-Arthur Moreau, Sophie Manzi, and Monique Gardes. “Comparative Phylogenies and Host Specialization in the Alder Ectomycorrhizal Fungi Alnicola, Alpova and Lactarius (Basidiomycota) in Europe.” BMC Evolutionary Biology 11, no. 40 (February 2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-11-40.

Saad, Bashar, Hassan Azaizeh, and Omar Said. “Tradition and Perspectives of Arab Herbal Medicine: A Review.” Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2, no. 4 (January 2006): 475–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/neh133.

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Sibley, David Allen. Sibley Birds West: Field Guide to Birds of Western North America. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.

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Spribille, Toby, Veera Tuovinen, Philipp Resl, Dan Vanderpool, Heimo Wolinski, Mary Catherine Aime, Kevin Schneider, et al. “Basidiomycete Yeasts in the Cortex of Ascomycete Macrolichens.” Science 353, no. 6298 (July 21, 2016): 488–92. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf8287.

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*I won the “Longest Way to Tell a Very Short Story” award in 8th grade, and I am bound and determined to defend that title to the death.