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Found a bit of ghost pipe
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I agree, in fifty years of wandering through the woods, I have found it once.We call it Indian Pipe around here. Dont see if often
You're not going to find it, it finds you. I'm special...lolI 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.
I spend less time in deep woods, now that I am retired & have an orchard to hold my attention.You're not going to find it, it finds you. I'm special...lol
No, it's a mycoheterotroph - a herbaceous perennial flowering plant that has no chlorophyll and is therefore incapable of photosynthesis. Instead, it parasitizes fungi.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.
Okay, the wildflower book I read in the 80s said it was a fungus that lived in deep woods with rotting matter.No, it's a mycoheterotroph - a herbaceous perennial flowering plant that has no chlorophyll and is therefore incapable of photosynthesis. Instead, it parasitizes fungi.
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