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Bryum capillare showing their sporophytes that emerge from the gametophyte (the green part of the plant) like tiny "stalks" filled with spores.
A Phallus impudicus (stinkhorn) with several insects attracted by its nauseating odor serves a purpose: to leave the fungus's spores attached to the dipteran's body, which will later spread these spores far from the individual that produced them when it flies away.
First edition cover.
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The Tajo Valley in the Iberian Peninsula
Grey Heron showing its serene flight with an S-shaped neck, that acts as a spring of the harpoon like beak, when hunting