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Agaricus bisporus

Published by Daniel Mosquin on July 17, 2018

Two billion dollars is the estimated annual crop value of Agaricus bisporus. Its common names in English include: common mushroom, culinary mushroom, button mushroom, table mushroom, and portobello mushroom.

Tigridia pavonia

Published by Daniel Mosquin on June 13, 2018

Peacock flower or Mexican shellflower is native to México, Guatamemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. It has also escaped cultivation as an ornamental plant, and naturalized in parts of central America and South America.

Querétaro Flower Medley

Published by Daniel Mosquin on February 20, 2018

It is a long road to Xilitla from San Miguel de Allende in México; six hours of driving without stopping. Stops are however necessary, not only for enjoying the plants along the way at the height of wildflower season, but also for the calls of nature. Sometimes the two are combined.

Salvia microphylla

Published by Daniel Mosquin on February 1, 2018

I wavered in my identification of today’s plant. Is it Salvia microphylla (blackcurrant sage) or Salvia greggii (autumn sage)? Complicating matters is that the two have overlapping ranges in the mid- to high-elevations of eastern Mexico, and, apparently, the two species will hybridize.

Fouquieria splendens

Published by Daniel Mosquin on December 8, 2017

This year’s springtime trip to the corridor from Tucson (Arizona) to California’s Anza-Borrego Desert State Park gave me an opportunity to reacquaint with Fouquieria splendens, or ocotillo. Although the plants had leafed-out, few if any were in flower so my traveling companions and I ended up chasing the wonderful wildflower display. Perhaps I took a […]

Querétaro

Agaricus bisporus

Tigridia pavonia

Querétaro Flower Medley

Salvia microphylla

Fouquieria splendens

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