White Ash

Plants > Trees & Shrubs

The White Ash (Fraxinus americana) is an aristocratic, towering native hardwood tree celebrated across North America for its magnificent, soaring columnar trunk and its famous, shock-resistant timber that has carved every classic wooden baseball bat in Major League...

Black Oak

Plants > Deciduous Trees

The Black Oak (Quercus velutina), also celebrated historically as the Yellowbark Oak, is a magnificent, rugged native timber tree belonging to the red oak group. Widespread across the dry ridgetops and sandy savannas of eastern North America, this imposing forest...

Hairy Rubber Cup

Fungi > Sarcosomataceae & Cup Fungi

The Hairy Rubber Cup (Galiella rufa) is one of the most distinctive, tactilely astonishing, and structurally peculiar cup fungi inhabiting the deciduous woodlands of eastern North America. Fruiting in summer and autumn on decomposing hardwood logs, this ascomycete...

Eastern Caesar’s Mushroom

Fungi > Amanitaceae & Caesar Mushrooms

The Eastern Caesar’s Mushroom (Amanita jacksonii), also known as the American Slender Caesar, is one of the most magnificent and brilliantly colored mushrooms in the forests of eastern North America. Named in honor of Canadian mycological illustrator H.A.C....

Moose Horns Fungus

Fungi > Sarcoscyphaceae & Cup Fungi

The Moose Horns Fungus (Wynnea americana) is one of the most visually extraordinary ascomycete fungi in North America. Restricted primarily to the ancient hardwood and mixed forests of the Appalachian Mountains, this striking species erupts from the forest floor in...