Ghost pipe

[randyt]

Found a bit of ghost pipe

 

[Caribou]

What is ghost pipe?

 

[randyt]

Same as indian pipe https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotropa_uniflora

 

[randyt]

Some make a tincture from it to use as a nervine for pain

 

[Bacpacker]

We call it Indian Pipe around here. Dont see if often

 

[joel]

We call it Indian Pipe around here. Dont see if often

I agree, in fifty years of wandering through the woods, I have found it once.
I may have walked over it when it was dormant or passed it a few feet away from my path.
It is a fungus & like deep shade in thick leaf litter. I found it in mixed hardwood & confer forest in the 1980's, here in S.C.

 

[randyt]

I agree, in fifty years of wandering through the woods, I have found it once.
I may have walked over it when it was dormant or passed it a few feet away from my path.
It is a fungus & like deep shade in thick leaf litter. I found it in mixed hardwood & confer forest in the 1980's, here in S.C.

You're not going to find it, it finds you. I'm special...lol

 

[joel]

You're not going to find it, it finds you. I'm special...lol

I spend less time in deep woods, now that I am retired & have an orchard to hold my attention.

 

[randyt]

After 24 hour tincturing

 

[DrHenley]

It is a fungus & like deep shade in thick leaf litter. I found it in mixed hardwood & confer forest in the 1980's, here in S.C.

No, it's a mycoheterotroph - a herbaceous perennial flowering plant that has no chlorophyll and is therefore incapable of photosynthesis. Instead, it parasitizes fungi.

 

[joel]

No, it's a mycoheterotroph - a herbaceous perennial flowering plant that has no chlorophyll and is therefore incapable of photosynthesis. Instead, it parasitizes fungi.

Okay, the wildflower book I read in the 80s said it was a fungus that lived in deep woods with rotting matter.
That as before everyone had a computer, I may still have the book on a dusty shelf somewhere.
A year or so later I found one in the same in deep woods popping out of thick leaves.

 

[Canon29]

It's pink around here.

 

[Patchouli]

I’ve seen it in Pennsylvania, deep, damp, wooded area. Looked unreal.

 

[sonya123]

I looked for it as I was taking dog for a hike up the mountain, and I can't believe it! Found one right on the path! I will take my phone and take a photo tomorrow if it is still there and nobody stepped on it

 

[TexasCharm]

awesome find!

 

[sonya123]

finally managed to download photo, I found some more today