Fig. 1

a Growth habit of Cytinus hypocistis growing on Cistus salvifolius, showing a clump of multiple inflorescences arising from a single parasite; b C. hypocistis inflorescences, side view; c Cynomorium coccineum, the Maltese mushroom, growing in a coastal area of south-western Sardinia, Italy; d a classic portrait of C. hypocistis and C. coccineum, depicted in the same plate (from [42])