Chico, Baby!
“The majority of plant specimens at the Chico State Herbarium are flowering plants, conifers, and ferns, but bryophytes, lichens, and especially slime molds, are also well represented.” Now – and I am not being sarcastic – if you have a general interest in plants, wouldn’t you like to just take a quick look at a slime mold? I would.
How to preserve a cactus? “It takes quite a lot of dehydration before we can mount cacti or other succulents,” admits Lawrence.