Phoenix Oyster Mushroom

Fungi > Agarics & Gilled Mushrooms

The Marsh Honey Fungus (Armillaria ectypa) is one of the rarest, most ecologically unique, and strictly protected fungi in the world. Unlike all other honey mushrooms which grow on trees or woody roots, this mysterious basidiomycete is an obligate wetland specialist...

Northern California Walnut

Plants > Trees & Shrubs

The Northern California Walnut (Juglans hindsii), also celebrated as Hinds’ Black Walnut, is an imposing, beautiful native hardwood tree endemic to northern California. Named in honor of British botanist Richard Brinsley Hinds who collected it along the...

June Sucker

Fish > Suckerfishes & Loaches

The June Sucker (Chasmistes liorus) is an endangered, long-lived lake sucker found naturally nowhere else on Earth outside Utah Lake in central Utah. Named for its historic mass spawning runs that occurred every June up the Provo River, it is an extraordinary midwater...

Clapper Rail

Birds > Finfoots & Rails

The Masked Finfoot (Heliopais personatus) is one of the rarest, most enigmatic, and critically endangered waterbirds on Earth. The sole Asian representative of the ancient family Heliornithidae, this bizarre waterbird combines a dagger-like yellow bill, a jet-black...

Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby

Mammals > Marsupials

The Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby (Onychogalea fraenata), also known as the Flashjack, is an iconic, beautifully marked Australian marsupial. Thought to be completely extinct for over thirty years, this charismatic wallaby was miraculously rediscovered in 1973 on a...