Fallopia japonica typical to see much smaller plants in places where they sprout through cracks in the pavement or are repeatedly cut down. The leaves are broad oval with a truncated base, long and broad, with an entire margin. The flowers are small, cream or white, produced in erect racemes long in late summer and early autumn. Closely related species include giant knotweed ("Fallopia sachalinensis", syn. "Polygonum sachalinense") and Russian vine ("Fallopia baldschuanica", "Polygonum baldschuanicum"). Other English names for Japanese knotweed include fleeceflower, Himalayan fleece vine, monkeyweed, monkey fungus, Hancock's curse, elephant ears, pea shooters, donkey rhubarb (although it is not a
Stagnicola (fungus) a rare fungus and is on list of rare mushrooms in the Pacific Northwest of the USA and in Europe. The name "Stagnicola" refers to colonizing (-"cola") of its habitat, stagnant pools. Unfortunately, when the authors coined the name, they were unaware of a genus of snails with the same name, "Stagnicola". The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature is independent of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, and therefore both the snail and mushroom generic names are valid and available. Stagnicola (fungus) Stagnicola is an agaric fungal genus that contains the single species Stagnicola perplexa. This