Flora and Fauna
- 1548
- Coral fungus
- Photograph of Ramaria stricta and information from Wikipedia on this family of Coral Fungi which consists of seven genera.
- 1550
- Dictyophora duplicata
- Article by Tom Volk on the Veiled or Netted Stinkhorn and other species which rely on flies for the dissemination of their spores.
- 1551
- Geastraceae
- Article from Wikipedia on this family of Earthstars, which include the genera Geastrum and Myriostoma.
- 1552
- Gomphaceae
- Article from Wikipedia describing this diverse family which includes eleven genera. Also two photographs of the Club Fungus, Clavariadelphus ligula, and one of Gomphus clavatus.
- 1553
- Mutinus caninus, the Dog Stinkhorn
- Tom Volk provides photographs and much information on this foul-smelling species.
- 1554
- Phallaceae
- Article with several photographs from Wikipedia on this family of foul-smelling fungi which rely on flies to spread their spores.
- 1555
- Phallales
- Article from Wikipedia on this order which includes the stinkhorns but now also the earthstars, the coral fungi, some false truffles, club fungi, and chanterelloid fungi.
- 1556
- Sphaerobolus stellatus, the Cannonball Fungus
- Article by Tom Volk on this interesting species, with an animated drawing of how it can shoot its spore mass a considerable distance.
- 1557
- Albatrellus peckianus
- Photograph of this species found here in the oak forests of Central America.
- 1558
- Albatrellus pescaprae
- Photograph and information on this distinctive species with hexagonal pores.