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Pinedrops

Pterospora andromedea

Photo by Ivy
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Field Notes

Description:

Red - Yellow stalk with sticky hairs on it...just had to touch it. Looks very much like a slender, overgrown mushroom.

Notes:

Came across this in Custer State Park - S. Dakota on an evening hike.

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Pterospora

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Comments (2)
Ivy
Oops, in fact a plant - thanks for catch!
AntonRacela
Hi! Sorry, but I think you mistakenly put this fungi in the reptiles =)))

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PublishedNovember 15, 2011

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