Friday, September 7, 2012

Saravanan: Parasitism

Monotropa uniflora
42.153295, -71.384854

Interesting at first, but boring when you've seen is as many times as I have. The small flowers are parasites on the mycelium of the Russula ochrolueca in the bottom left corner. Because Monotropa uniflora only parasitizes fungi in the family Russulaecea, its presence can be used to identify fungi.

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