Plants and Fungi

Insectivorous Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea ssp. venosa)

Fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris)

Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)

Cross section through Loofah (Luffa aegyptiaca) - showing vascular structure

Cactus (Notocactus leninghausii) flower

Dog Rose (Rosa canina) Surrey, England

Gazania krebsiana - Eden Project, Cornwall

Honey Fungus (Armillaria mellea) Surrey, England

Time-lapse image composed from two images of Daffodil opning over a period of 12 hours

Bleeding Hearts: Dicentra spectabilis

Brillantaisia

Pollen being dispersed from Pendulous Sedge

Monkey Orchid (Orchis simia), Oxfordshire

Tawny Grisette fungus.

Seashore Lichens Xanthoria parietina and Ramalina siliquosa

Rosebay Willowherb: Epilobium angustifolium. Seeds.

Bird's Nest Fungus: Cyathius striatus. Devon.

Bloody Cranesbill

Convolvulus sabatius

Olive tree - section through branch

Ramsons, or Wild Garlic. Surrey.

Parasitic fungus Spinellus fusiger, growing on Bonnet toadstool: Mycena sp.

Spring Blossom: RHS garden, Wisley, Surrey

Rosebay Willowherb

Rosebay Willowherb seeds

monkshood

Slender Broomrape: Orobanche gracilis. Growing parasitically on Birdsfoot Trefoil: Lotus corniculata

Calico Flower: Aristolochia littoralis.

Butter Cap: Collybia butyracea.

Ginkgo Tree:

Pasque Flower: Pulsatilla vulgaris

Polypody Fern: Polypodium vulgare, growing amongst iron piping at site of old pumping station. Dartmoor, England

Sawfly Orchid: Ophrys tenthredinifera. Mallorca, Spain.

Sycamore seed spiralling down from tree

Albany Pitcher: Cephalotus follicularis,

Earthstar fungus: Geastrum triplex.

Fungal mycelium

Lobster Claw: Heliconia rostrata

Map Lichen: Rhizocarpon geographicum

Meadow Clary: Salvia pratensis

Carnivorous Pitcher Plant: Nepenthes robcantleyi

Dyer's Mazegill Fungus: Phaeolus schweinitzii

Wildflower Sign, Sussex, England

Carnivorous plant: Nepenthes spathulata, in visible light, and fluorescing in UV light.

Native "British" Bluebell, and Spanish Bluebell

Pea Pod

Long Leaved Sundew (Drosera capensis) with captured cranefly

Kiwi fruit in visible and fluorescing in UV light

Rudbeckia in visible, UV and "bee vision"

Dog Stinkhorn: Mutinus caninus

Devil's Fingers: Clathrus archeri. Sussex. UK

Lichen: Usnea florida. Snowdonia, north Wales

Pollen dispersing from Oak (Quercus robber) flowers in the wind.

Cauliflower fungus: Sparassis crispa

Bulbous Honey Fungus: Armillaria gallica

Porcelain fungus: Oudemansiella mucida.

Earthstar (Geastrum triplex) discharging spores
