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| Fruiting Gnome Plant |
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| Flowering Gnome Plant |
Monday, August 30, 2010
Hemitomes congestum
These are the fruiting bodies of Hemitomes congestum, the Gnome Plant. Found near the coast north of SF. It is one of the rarest of monotropoids, plants that are parasitic on fungus, like Allotropa virgata.
Here is a flowering one... with a slug.
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