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Monotropa uniflora
Nice spotting. This is a parasitic plant. It contains no chlorophyll at all and therefore cannot do any photosynthesis. Like mushrooms, most of the plant actually lives underground attached to the host (tree roots), and only comes up above the ground to flower and fruit.
Though it looks like a fungus, it is a plant, so it should probably move categories.
Keep up the nice spottings!