by Mason Scher Detritivores like fungi are often heralded as forest heros: they are absolutely integral to the breakdown of dead matter and nutrient cycling. Not to mention, they look pretty neat.…
by Colleen Dabrowski Symphyotrichum lateriflorum, known colloquially as the Calico Aster, is a wild flowering plant that is native to eastern North America. The Missouri Botanical Garden website says that the genus…