Each of the 10 patients ate wild mushrooms, identified as Amanita franchetii and Ramaria rufescens, and suffered gastrointestinal symptoms prior to sudden deaths.

At first glance, physalis resemble tiny lanterns hanging from a bush. The fruit, native to the Americas and Australasia, is a ...

The physalis fruit is also known as the cape gooseberry, goldenberry or ground cherry. It is native to South America, but has been introduced to Hawaii and Australia and can be grown in California.

I wonder if Ronnie had ever been around the blooms of Stapelia gigantea. This South African native has stunning flowers that look like a starfish, but that smell! Ooh that smell! It has very aptly ...

“Today, we are laying the keel for the Navy’s next generation small surface combatant, the future workforce of our fleet,” Franchetii declared. “This ship will be critical to putting more ...

To add insult to injury, John Lindley of the Horticultural Society, who was assigned the task of naming the introduction, opted for the decidedly un-American Wellingtonia gigantea to commemorate the ...

Let it then bear henceforward the name of Wellingtonia gigantea. Emperors and kings and princes have their plants, and we must not forget to place in the highest rank among them our own great warrior.

They range from golf ball size to as large as a watermelon. A big specimen of the giant puffball (Calvatia gigantea) can be almost two feet long and contain 7,000,000,000,000 (7 trillion) spores. For ...

Unfortunately, this doesn't mean anything for their ability to survive as a species, as Jonathan is part of the Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa family, otherwise known as the Seychelles giant ...

Stapelia gigantea is hardy to USDA Zone 9, where it thrives in sunny locations with well-drained soil. It looks like a spineless cactus, forming low-growing patches 12-18 inches tall. It is drought ...

Set of two watercolor traditional Chinese lanterns. Vector illustration for decoration in the Chinese New Year festival. Chinese New Year lanterns watercolor heart shaped illustration Watercolor heart ...

Tropical fruits sketches of exotic apple cashew, bergamot and cherimoya, physalis, tangerine and soursop, pandan, jambolan and longkong, mombin, puhala and mamoncillo, cocona and lucuma. Vector sketch ...