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Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.
Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.
Microscopic image of this species showing the fruitbodies, and information on the infections it can cause in birds, mammals and man.
The principal characteristics of the genus Agaricus and links to other sites. Also a list of those species found in California with photographs of about 20 of them.
Photograph and notes on this species.
Photograph and information on this species from the montane scrub of Costa Rica.
Article by Tom Volk on this fungus, which is one of a number of fungi used in the dyeing of wool.
Photographs and article by Tom Volk on this Honey Fungus, a new species discovered by him on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, and why it was so named.
Photograph and information on this dainty agaric.
Photograph of this bird’s nest fungus which grows on bark or wood mulch, and an illustrated account by Tom Volk of its unusual reproductive structures.
Article by Tom Volk on this interesting fungus, which besides living on rotting wood, also traps and eats nematodes.
Article by Tom Volk on this edible fungus, the Oyster Mushroom, some other fungi with which it might be confused, and some other Pleurotus species.
Photographs of this species in both its mature and egg stage.
A list of those species in this genus to be found in California with photographs of 4 of them.
Paul Stamets provides a number of photographs of members of this genus with information on their habitats and characteristics.
This delicate species was photographed in Puerto Rico.
Information from Wikipedia on this family of fungi which seems to include any white-, yellow-, or pink-spored genus in the Agaricales not already classified in another family.
Article by Tom Volk on this fungus, commonly known as the American Matsutake, a delicious edible mushroom.
Photograph and information on this species.
A photograph of the leaves of a Sphagnum plant.
Description and range of the cypress-pines of Western Australia.
Description, image, and range of this endemic of Tasmania.
Distribution and Occurrence; Value and Use; Characteristics; Fire Ecology
Information on distribution and occurrence, value and use, characteristics, and fire ecology.
Taxonomy, description, range, and species accounts.
Images.
Description and images.
Description and images.
Description of the family.
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Description, characteristics, seasonality, ecology.
Family description, genus Isoetes description and key to species with descriptions and bibliography.
Includes synonyms, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Information on this family and its cultural requirements.
General description and images of the family of epiphytic herbs or terrestrial xerophytes comprising about 45 genera and 2,000 species.
Botanical details of this family.
Habit and leaf form; Anatomy; Morphology; Physiology; Biochemistry; Geography.
Habit and leaf form; Anatomy; Morphology; Physiology; Biochemistry; Geography.
Habit and leaf form; Anatomy; Morphology; Physiology; Biochemistry; Geography.
Photos and information on perennial herbs.
Habit and leaf form, anatomy, morphology, physiology, biochemistry, and geography.
Features list of species with photos and descriptions as well as their distribution in this country. Includes information on the Estonian Orchid Protection Club.
Brief details of the family, and descriptions and photographs of a range of its members.
Devoted to the tropical orchid genus, Sobralia, native to Central and South America. Includes taxonomy, images, culture, AOS awards, and plant sources.
Photos and short descriptions of about 20 grasses important in Hawaii.
Brief description of the family, illustrations and account of many members of it.
Botanical description of this family with illustrations of Actinidia arguta and Clematoclethra actinidioides.
Information from Wikipedia on this family of flowering plants which is now usually considered to include the family Chenopodiaceae.
Description of the plant family, with descriptions and images of some of its members.
Botanical description of this family of trees and shrubs, with technical drawings of Barringtonia and Carreya.