Plants > Parasitic Plants
The Snow Plant (Sarcodes sanguinea) is an astonishing, otherworldly parasitic wildflower endemic to the high-elevation conifer forests of the western North American mountains. Emerging through melting snowbanks and deep pine needle mulch in late spring, its fleshy,...
Fungi > Rhizinaceae & Cup Fungi
The Pine Firefungus (Rhizina undulata), commonly known as the ‘doughnut fungus,’ is an extraordinary post-wildfire ascomycete fungus found across the temperate and boreal coniferous forests of the Northern Hemisphere. Colonizing recently burned forest...
