Flickr - brewbooks - Indian Pipe emerging - growing in forest below Granite Mountain

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Summary[edit] Description: Monotropa uniflora Formerly Monotropaceae, now Ericaceae family Indian Pipe or Ghost Plant en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotropa_uniflora These are mycotrophic plants that obtain their organic carbon from a host green plant by tapping into an intermediary mycorrhizal fungus attached to the roots of the host plant. (Thanks to Darrell G.) i070707 015. Date: 5 July 2007, 17:35. Source: Indian Pipe emerging - growing in forest below Granite Mountain. Author: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA. Camera location47° 24′ 46.13″ N, 121° 28′ 21.55″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 47.412813; -121.472654.