City/Town:San Lawrenz
Name of the place:Il-?ebla tal-?eneral (The General's Rock)/Fungus Rock
Country:Malta
Province/Département:Gozo and Comino District
Region:Gozo
Natural characteristics:Islet
Location:https://goo.gl/maps/8MVjwnBsdU6QP5Qa8
Reasons for its inclusion:Related to the Knight Hospitaller hystory
Related stories or tales:The Knights Hospitaller apparently discovered what is popularly known as the Maltese fungus growing on the rock's flat top. This plant, which is a kind of parasitic flowering plant, not a fungus, has a repulsive smell. Doctors at the time believed that it had medicinal properties.