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Ghost Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)

10mon 2h ago by midwest.social/u/Tempus_Fugit in greenspace@beehaw.org from midwest.social

The only ghost pipe I've been able to find so far this year. One of my favorite plants due to its ecology. Ghost pipes lack chlorophyll and are unable to photosynthesize. They parasitize a fungus that grows on tree roots to feed itself.