Clover, soybean, broad bean, black locust, pea, bean, lupine, lentil, vetch, pea, licorice, broom, alfalfa – these are names that we probably associate with specific plants known from the meadow, garden, park or, in many cases, from the kitchen (legumes).

Last week we wrote about parasitic fungi that turn their victims into zombies and infect much more effectively than those in the game and the series. If you thought that was all nature could do, we invite you to read this article.

In nature, there are fungi that turn their victims into mindless zombies programmed for only one purpose: to spread the parasite's spores. They are so effective that the truth is much more terrifying than in the series "The Last of Us". At least for the hosts, among which fortunately there is no human. For now.

The name of this plant is not at all misleading. It is a close relative of the garlic that we buy in stores. The same genus Allium also includes chives and onions. And all of these plants belong to the same family as the daffodil, snowdrop, and potted amaryllis.

Not quite. Both of these types belong to the cabbage family, but real wasabi is made from the rhizome of a plant called Japanese horseradish, which belongs to the genus Eutrema, while our horseradish spice, without which it is hard to imagine Easter, is finely grated root of common horseradish, a representative of the genus Amoracia.