Fungi > Polyporaceae & Polyporales
The Tinder Conk (Fomes fomentarius), celebrated across human anthropology as the horse’s hoof fungus, ice man’s fungus, or true tinder polypore, is a monumental, rock-hard perennial bracket macrofungus belonging to the polypore family Polyporaceae within...
Fungi > Amanitaceae & Agaricales
Caesar’s Mushroom (Amanita caesarea), venerated since classical Roman antiquity as boletus and universally celebrated across southern Europe as the royal ’emperor of edible mushrooms,’ is an exquisite, highly prized agaric macrofungus belonging to...
Invertebrates > Nephropids & Decapoda
The American Lobster (Homarus americanus), celebrated across the rugged shores of New England and Atlantic Canada as the undisputed titan of the North Atlantic benthos, is a massive, long-lived marine decapod crustacean belonging to the clawed lobster family...
Plants > Araceae & Alismatales
The Dragon Arum (Dracunculus vulgaris), known colloquially throughout the Mediterranean as the black arum, dragon lily, snake lily, or voodoo lily, is a dramatic, visually arresting perennial geophyte belonging to the arum family Araceae within the order Alismatales....
Plants > Salicaceae & Malpighiales
The Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides), celebrated across the American West as the trembling aspen or golden aspen and holding the biological title of the most widely distributed native tree species on the North American continent, is a magnificent deciduous hardwood...
