by Elio — Na­ture seems to be in­tent in fool­ing every­one, ex­pe­ri­enced botanists in­cluded. An ex­am­ple is seen in the abil­ity of some fungi to change the ter­mi­nal leaves of cer­tain mus­tard plants into what look like flo­ral petals, mak­ing them look like real flow­ers. Pol­li­nat­ing in­sects are at­tracted to them and land on these struc­tures...