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Wiwaxia corrugata is a soft-bodied Cambrian animal best known from exceptionally preserved fossils in the Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada. Its body bore overlapping rows of mineralized scales called sclerites, along with two rows of longer defensive spines, while its underside carried a ra...
The Scale-breasted Woodpecker is a medium-sized bird native to the Amazon Basin in South America, belonging to the genus Celeus. It is easily identified by its distinctive plumage, which features dark-edged feathers across its pale breast and belly that create the appearance of overlapping scales. T...
Sarcodon imbricatus (Hawk's Wing) is a large edible tooth fungus of European and North American coniferous forests, distinguished by its coarse, dark-brown overlapping cap scales.
Bigscales are a family of deep-sea ray-finned fishes known for their notably large head scales, which feature prominent sensory pores to detect prey in the dark ocean depths.
The Shaggy Parasol (Chlorophyllum rhacodes) is a popular edible mushroom native to Europe and North America, identified by its large size and distinctive, shaggy brown cap scales.
Known as dryad's saddle, this large bracket fungus is recognizable by its pale brown scales and cucumber-like scent, found on dead and dying hardwoods worldwide.
Lentinus tigrinus, a white mushroom with dark brown fibrous scales found on submerged or waterlogged hardwood across Europe, Asia, and North America.
