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Ghost Plant Steals Sugar From Fungus
The ghost plant, or Monotropa uniflora, is a parasitic plant found in dark, moist forests across the Americas and Asia that lacks chlorophyll, giving it a translucent white appearance. Instead of photosynthesis, it obtains nutrients by tapping into mycorrhizal fungi connected to nearby trees. The plant features scaly bracts and a single nodding flower pollinated by bumblebees, and its unusual biology highlights a complex underground survival system unlike that of typical plants.
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By Wild WondersThe ghost plant, or Monotropa uniflora, is a parasitic plant found in dark, moist forests across the Americas and Asia that lacks chlorophyll, giving it a translucent white appearance. Instead of photosynthesis, it obtains nutrients by tapping into mycorrhizal fungi connected to nearby trees. The plant features scaly bracts and a single nodding flower pollinated by bumblebees, and its unusual biology highlights a complex underground survival system unlike that of typical plants.
You can listen and download our episodes for free on more than 10 different platforms:
https://linktr.ee/wild_wonders1
Produced by:
https://www.podcaistudio.com/
You can listen and download our episodes for free on more than 10 different platforms:
https://linktr.ee/wild_wonders1
Produced by:
https://www.podcaistudio.com/