Fungi > Xylariaceae & Dung Cup Fungi
The Nail Fungus (Poronia punctata), also known charmingly as the dung button or nail-head mushroom, is a rare and ecologically distinctive coprophilous ascomycete fungus. Shaped remarkably like an antique wrought-iron nail or golf tee driven into a weathered dung...
Mammals > Viverridae & Civets
The Sulawesi Palm Civet (Macrogalidia musschenbroekii), also known as the brown palm civet, is the largest native mammalian carnivore on the biodiverse Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Representing a monotypic genus that evolved in isolation east of Wallace’s...
Reptiles > Xenosauridae & Knob-scaled Lizards
The Knob-scaled Lizard (Xenosaurus grandis) is a morphologically unique, prehistoric-looking reptile native to the moist cloud forests and rugged limestone gorges of eastern central Mexico. Representing an ancient, relict family of lizards whose fossil history extends...
Mammals > Cricetidae & Voles
The Dinaric Karst Vole (Dinaromys bogdanovi), also known as Martyno’s snow vole, is an ancient, relict alpine rodent found exclusively across the rugged limestone karsts of the Dinaric Alps in the western Balkan Peninsula. Representing the sole living survivor...
Plants > Cactaceae & Cacti
The Rattail Cactus (Disocactus flagelliformis) is one of the most distinctive and historically celebrated epiphytic cacti in the botanical world. Native to the cool, mist-shrouded montane oak forests and steep ravines of central and southern Mexico, this remarkable...
