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White/opaque, 5 + inches tall, has the appearance of a flower or rose but definitely not one.
Wooded area
Commonly called Indian Pipe or Ghost Plant or Corpse Plant.
This is not actually a fungus. It is a plant that does not have any chlorophyll so it cannot make (photosynthesize) its own food. It gets its nutrients by tapping into the network of fungal fibres called mycellia that live beneath the ground, the main body of a mushroom. Unlike fungus that associate with trees in a mutualistic (mutually beneficial) relationship, the plant gives nothing back... an example of a free lunch.
Spotted on Sep 3, 2011
Submitted on Sep 14, 2011
