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Dutchman's Pipe

Monotropa hypopitys

Photo by Vital
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Description:

Very rare plant. It does not contain chlorophyll, it is a myco-heterotroph, getting its food through parasitism upon fungi rather than photosynthesis. Thus it is capable of living in very dark conditions, such as the floor of a deep forest, because it does not need any sunlight.

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Monotropa hypopitys

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PublishedApril 20, 2011

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