Fungi > Boletes & Agaricomycetes
The King Bolete (Boletus edulis), celebrated worldwide under its culinary names ‘porcini’, ‘cepe’, or ‘penny bun’, is an iconic, massive, and highly prized ectomycorrhizal mushroom belonging to the bolete family Boletaceae....
Fungi > Polypores & Bracket Fungi
The Chaga Mushroom (Inonotus obliquus), revered across Siberian and Nordic folklore as the ‘King of Herbs’ or ‘Black Gold of the Taiga’, is a unique, slow-growing parasitic wood-decay fungus belonging to the family Hymenochaetaceae, indigenous...
Plants > Conifers & Taxads
The English Yew (Taxus baccata), also known as the common yew or European yew, is an ancient, slow-growing, evergreen gymnosperm conifer belonging to the yew family Taxaceae, native to the temperate woodlands and limestone crags of Europe, the Caucasus, and North...
Plants > Asparagales & Succulents
The Century Plant (Agave americana), also known as the American aloe or maguey, is a colossal, rosette-forming monocarpic succulent belonging to the asparagus family Asparagaceae, indigenous to the sun-scorched deserts and rugged limestone plateaus of Mexico and the...
