Tawny Grisette

Fungi > Agarics

The Tawny Grisette (Amanita fulva), also known historically as the orange-brown ringless amanita, is an elegant, widely recognized ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete fungus belonging to the cosmopolitan family Amanitaceae. Flourishing across the temperate deciduous,...

American Lotus

Plants > Aquatic Plants

The American Lotus (Nelumbo lutea), also celebrated as the yellow lotus, water chinquapin, or duck acorn, is a magnificent, iconic emergent aquatic perennial macrophyte native to the freshwater wetlands, bayous, and lakes of eastern and central North America....

Black Henbane

Plants > Flowering Plants

Black Henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), historically known as stinking nightshade, henbell, or Jupiter’s bean, is an infamous, highly toxic annual or biennial herbaceous plant belonging to the family Solanaceae. Indigenous to the Mediterranean basin, temperate Europe,...

Green Bush Viper

Reptiles > Snakes

The Green Bush Viper (Atheris squamigera), also widely known as the Variable Bush Viper or African Leaf Viper, is an extraordinarily striking arboreal viperid indigenous to the lush tropical rainforest canopies and swamp forests of Central and West Africa. Celebrated...

Piraíba

Fish > Catfishes

The Piraíba (Brachyplatystoma filamentosum), celebrated across South America as the ‘Goliath of the Amazon’ and known in Spanish-speaking nations as the valentón or lechero, is the undisputed titan of Neotropical freshwater catfishes and one of the largest...