Pteridology (FERNS) with Fay-Wei Li

2025-12-03 · 64 min · episode 481 · 11 entities

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Fronds. Forest dwellers. Spores. Houseplants. Queer icons. We’ve got ferns. The charming and hilarious professor and author of “Ferns: Lessons in Survival from Earth’s Most Adaptable Plants,” Dr. Fay-Wei Li, tells me all about fern evolution, what ferns not to have in your house, the most expensive ferns, the tastiest ferns, mathematical mysteries, and a genome that makes no sense, to me or a lot of Pteridologists. Also, can Between Two Ferns save science? This episode is, in Fay-Wei’s words, “ferntastic.” Visit Dr. Li’s lab website and follow him on Google Scholar Buy his book, Ferns: Lessons in Survival from Earth’s Most Adaptable Plants , on Bookshop.org or Amazon A donation went to the ASPT Herbarium Emergency Fund More episode sources and links Other episodes you may enjoy: Bryology (MOSS) , Domestic Phytology (HOUSEPLANTS) , Neuroendocrinology (SEX & GENDER) , Paleontology (DINOSAURS) , Foraging Ecology (EATING WILD PLANTS , Ethnoecology (ETHNOBOTANY/NATIVE PLANTS) , Dendrology (TREES) , Myrmecology (ANTS), Forest Entomology (CREEPY CRAWLIES) 400+ Ologies episodes sorted by topic Smologies (short, classroom-safe) episodes Sponsors of Ologies Transcripts and bleeped episodes Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, hoodies, totes! Follow Ologies on Instagram and Bluesky Follow Alie Ward on Instagram and TikTok Editing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions and Jake Chaffee Managing Director: Susan Hale Scheduling Producer: Noel Dilworth Transcripts by Aveline Malek Website by Kelly R. Dwyer Theme song by Nick Thorburn Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.