The spores of Russula are ornamented with minute tubercles or warts, sometimes joined together by lines, and the disposition of this ornamentation is used by Mr. Crawshay as an accessory character ...
Researchers spent five years studying the gut microbiomes of Northern cardinals, a common backyard songbird known for its vivid red plumage. Their study explores how microbiome diversity impacts the ...
Using a common backyard bird, the Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), a new study provides the first-ever description of how a wild bird's microbiome relates to its ornamentation and body ...