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Can anyone identify this?

16 years ago

It appears to be some kind of fungus to me. These come up in large clumps in the woods. The tops look sort of like a dead flower and within a few days the whole thing turns brown and starts rotting. I took a picture of one next to a ruler to give an idea of size.

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Comments (2)

Iris GW
16 years ago
Looks like an Indian pipe, Monotropa uniflora perhaps.

Here is a link that might be useful: Monotropa uniflora
kendra2003
Original Author
16 years ago
Thank you so much. That is it. I would have sworn it was a fungus, but instead it turns out to be a plant that feeds off a fungus. Just fascinating.
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