Plutus opal butterflies and black cocktail ants
Chrysoritis plutus, the Plutus opal, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae found only in South Africa. The wingspan is 24â28 mm for males and 26â35 mm for females. Flight period is two broods from August to December and January…
Pluteus (sculpture)
In architecture and sculpture, a pluteus (plural plutei) is a balustrade made up of massive rectangular slabs of wood, stone or metal, which divides part of a building in half; in a church they fulfil the…
Pluteus is a large genus of fungi with over 300 species
Pluteus is a large genus of fungi with over 300 species. They are wood rotting saprobes with pink spore prints and gills that are free from the stem. Etymology The Latin word Pluteus means shed or penthouse. Characteristics of the Pluteus genus are: Pluteus is separated from Volvariella due to…
Echinoderma is a genus of fungiÂ
Echinoderma is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. Its members were for a long time considered to belong to genus Lepiota and the group was then circumscribed by French mycologist Marcel Bon in 1981 as a subgenus of Cystolepiota before he raised it to…
Echinoderm reproduction and pluteus larva
An echinoderm is any member of the phylum Echinodermata. The adults are recognisable by their (usually five-point) radial symmetry, and include starfish, brittle stars, sea urchins, sand dollars, and sea cucumbers, as well as the sea lilies or “stone lilies”. Adult echinoderms…
Plutus Notes
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Plutus (PloĂ»tos, lit. “wealth”) is the god and the personification of wealth, and the son of the goddess of agriculture Demeter and the mortal Iasion. Family Plutus is most commonly the son of Demeter and Iasion, with whom she lay in a…
Acharaca was a village of ancient Lydia with a Ploutonion or a temple of Pluto and a cave named Charonium
Acharaca was a village of ancient Lydia, Anatolia on the road from Tralles (modern Aydın, Turkey) to Nysa on the Maeander, with a Ploutonion or a temple of Pluto, and a cave, named Charonium (Ancient Greek: ΧαÏÏΜΔÎčÎżÎœ ÎŹÎœÏÏÎżÎœ), where the…
Charonium at Aornum
Aornum was an oracle in Ancient Greece, located in Thesprotia in a cave called Charonium (ΧαÏÏΜΔÎčÎżÎœ áŒÎœÏÏÎżÎœ or ÏÎŹÏΌα) which gave forth poisonous vapours. The name of the cave, “Charon‘s Cave”, reflects the belief that it was…
















