A Ravenel’s stinkhorn grows amid the wood chips at a local playground. These powerful decomposers, it turns out, are mighty stinkin’ strong.
Ravenel’s Stinkhorn
Chicken of the Woods
Back in the 1960s, marketers of a certain brand of tuna came up with a catchy jingle: “Ask any mermaid you happen to see, What’s…
Nature’s Leftovers
If you’ve ever hosted a holiday feast, you know that leftovers are part of the deal. Some go gracefully, packed up in containers and sent…
Chicken of the Woods
Back in the 1960s, marketers of a certain brand of tuna came up with a catchy jingle: “Ask any mermaid you happen to see, ‘What’s the best tuna?’ Chicken of the Sea.” The white albacore tuna inside those little 5-oz. cans was so delicately flavored that it was deemed to “taste like chicken.” But as
Fungi
Nature isn’t always pretty…unless it’s springtime. When spring is in the air, even the dowdiest woodland denizens take on a new radiance, brought to life by the return of longer days and warmer temperatures. Take fungi, for instance. No, not the type that grows on those forgotten leftovers in the back of the fridge, but