It’s peak season for many kinds of mushroom, but to find this unique species you’ll have to travel someplace tropical. This cup fungus, cookeina, was photographed growing on the rainforest floor in Costa Rica. Like other fungi, it serves as a decomposer, helping to break down dead plants and animals in the ecosystem. Their unique cup shape aids in spore dispersal; it helps raindrops to splash spores out into the forest where the fungi can spread.
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Today in History
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Bathing in the light of Pride
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Fiesta at Siesta
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A seabird gets schooled
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Who created the Easter Bunny?
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Great Fountain Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
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Happy birthday to Crater Lake National Park
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The monsoon arrives in the desert
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Tegallalang terrace farms in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
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Bright and colorful peacock feathers
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Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park shines
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Hoh Rain Forest, Olympic National Park, Washington
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Oymyakon, Russia
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Keep your hands inside the ride at all times…
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The borrowed days are here
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Grand finish of Le Tour
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Flocking together in the Antarctic
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Sandhill cranes, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
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Giants of the avian world
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Waiting for winter
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When in Rome...celebrate Saturnalia
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A long path to freedom
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Did it see its shadow?
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Islands that turned the tide
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Wildebeest on the move
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I am the walrus
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It s Computer Science Education Week
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Exploring the wilder side of New York
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Aurora borealis
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Portland celebrates its bounty
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Russell lupines, Lake Tekapo, New Zealand