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Ghostlike mushrule (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Anyone know if they're poisonous? Asking for a friend.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I believe they are called Ghost Pipes

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I thought these where ghost pipes:

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wow those looks so cool! Almost like a distant relative of white roses.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They are not photosynthesizing plants, they are parasites of fungi! Pretty cool looking in person, almost translucent. One of my hikes this year had a bunch of clumps of these on the trail.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Of course. I was just commenting on its similar appearance :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

They are still flowers though. It's probably not entirely wrong to think of them as related to other flowers, I didn't know anything about them until I took the picture.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Ah yeah, thanks for that, haven't seen them in a while