The fungus itself consists of an almost microscopically fine web called a mycelium, made up of long, thread-like structures usually buried beneath the soil.
When I first met the reality star last spring while working on our cover story for the annual Celebrity 100 issue, we talked extensively about the microscopically thin line between her public and private lives.
Sikeliote craftsmen became the masters of the ancient world at carving microscopically detailed dies from which gold and silver coins were stamped in a great variety of intricate images not just of gods and humans, but of flying four-horse chariots and great eagles devouring their prey.