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That is so incredibly cool!
Terrifying. But cool!
Damn nature, you scary
The bees feed on a sweet, sticky substance similar to nectar that the fungus forces the plant to produce on the imitation flowers.
So, mushroom honey is possible. I wonder if it tastes good.
There are a lot of fungi that might be the genus "P."! This is Puccinia monoica a rust fungus.
Thanks! It's a pet peeve of mine when people use an abbreviated genus name without having written the full genus name first.
Good thing we are on speaking terms with fungi 💀
Neat
Pseudoflowers?? That sounds like quite an elaborate adaptation! I suppose that's to co-opt pollinators to spread spores?