Botany: Fungus. Hongos. Funji: Various 3

Volvariella speciosa


Weraroa cucullata


Xerocomus badius


Xeromphalina campanella


Xylaria hypoxylon


Xylaria hypoxylon


Xylaria sp


Yesquero


Yutaka Wada

NG National Geographic. Patterns in Nature Animals photos

A map puffer fish's (Arothron mappa) eye appears like coral to casual observers in Indonesia's Tukangbesi Islands.


A close view of a cheetah's wet coat


A giraffe's spots form irregular patterns.


A moth's wings appear iridescent when photographed close-up in the Danum Valley Conservation Area in Sabah, Malaysia.


Bird feathers create a colorful show.


Black-and-white stripes ripple across the hide of a Grant's zebra.


Boa constrictors use their heat-sensitive scales to locate prey.


Elephant skin


Intricate rings and dots mark the coat of a jaguar (Panthera onca).


The sensory glands on the side of an Arctic char are used by the fish during its annual spawning migration.


A neglected eighty-eight butterfly (Diaethria neglecta) in Brazil’s Pantanal displays the design of lines and dots that gave it its unusual common name.