A Plant called Arachnitis
Added 2025-02-03 06:26:42 +0000 UTCArachnitis has been on my list of bizarre and unusual plants to see for a few years. It is a plant that parasitizes fungi - a mycoheterotroph - specifically mycorrhizal fungi in the endomycorrhizal fungal genus Glomus (Glomeromycota/Glomeromycetes).
Even more bizarre, the closest relatives of Arachnitis live in Australia, in the genus Corsia.
In this episode we check out Arachnitis, then climb 1800' feet to see some rosulate violets and other weirdos growing in the Alpine zone at 37° S in Southern Chile.
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Indian Pipe? Strong pain reliever, if so.
F. De Mascio
2025-02-04 15:01:42 +0000 UTC
