Viruses are everywhere. By some measures they’re the most abundant component of the biosphere. Whether you describe them as “alive” is a semantic distraction that I don’t want to discuss here – they’re biological entities that are classified into species, genera, families, and so on, and they can be…

Could you explain what is the best id for papillomas?

Thank you! I knew about family, I checked now that the second subfamily is some rare fish thing, it’s cool!

This is awesome! I really hope people make a greater effort to observe viruses and their consequences! @user82793 do you know how feasible it is to observe the viruses themselves? My understanding is that they are generally really really small – maybe to small to visualize with a light microscope. …

Australia has Flutracking.net which is a weekly survey that asks about cold and flu symptoms. I do this every week, it is quick and easy. Obviously a very useful resource. I don’t think participation is limited to Australia, but most of the data is coming from Australian participants (often health c…

For those not hasty to get an ID, you can upload plant infections! Some of the most common and easily identified are listed here already. But any time you see odd patches of colour, striping, etc. where they shouldn’t be on a plant, or odd shapes and lumps on stems etc., there is probably an infecti…

I wrote a little journal post about Viruses in May 2020: https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/susanhewitt/36292-viruses-in-nyc-in-plants-not-people

[image] user82793: On your own body or the body of a consenting family member or friend Typical warts – subfamily Firstpapillomavirinae That’s how I got my first virus observation. Surprised nobody mentioned Banana Bunchy Top Virus , considering its economic importance. For that matter, I a…

[image] user82793: I doubt the average iNaturalist user grows their own bananas. I see observations of bananas all the time – because I provide IDs for the Caribbean region often. As iNaturalist is a global platform, it has many users in countries where bananas grow. Thank you for adding the …

[image] user82793: nightshades (Solanaceae) Curly top virus should be relatively easy to observe for many gardeners

How you can easily make virus observations

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Thanks so much James! Great to encourage people to do this.

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