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Wildflowers That Subvert Fungi to Steal Food

Kamloops Naturalist Club Posted on May 17, 2019 by Gary HuntOctober 23, 2025

There have been reports of Striped Coralroot recently so I will repost this story from April of last year.

There is a group of wildflowers that have learned how to cheat photosynthesis. This allows them to simplify physical structure and eliminate the work of making chlorophyll and their own food. It confers a significant survival advantage in low-light forest conditions.

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Posted in Fungi, Naturalist Posts, News | Tagged Fungi, mushrooms, OK, wildflowers

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