CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

These strange white sheaths around the stems of grasses are the spore-producing tissue of the fungus known as choke Epichloe typhina . It...

C ellar spiders Pholcus phalangioides look fragile, with those long, slender legs, but they are formidable hunters. This is what happened w...

 For the second year in succession we have ants nesting in one of the garden waste recycling bins, which happens to be close to a cardoon pl...