Summary[edit] Description: English: Pholisma arenarium. "It is almost the end of the season for this little beauty. It lacks chlorophyll and is often attached to the roots of mock heather. The leaves are brown and bract-like.". Date: 6 July 2008. Source: originally uploaded to Flickr as Purple Sand Food (Pholisma arenaria). Author: jkirkhart35. Permission(Reusing this file): CC-BY.