Fascinating plants and fungi
Plants can be strange, beautiful, elusive, complex - and essential for life. Below is a selection of some of the weirdest, most wonderful and most useful plants and fungi.
Sutherlandia frutescens
balloon pea
Hericium erinaceus
bearded tooth
Ophrys apifera
bee orchid
Coffea arabica
coffee
Tahina spectabilis
dimaka
Amanita muscaria
fly agaric
Colophospermum mopane
mopane
Oryza sativa
rice
Mimosa pudica
sensitive plant
Tectona grandis
teak
Amorphophallus titanum
titan arum
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