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Pine drop

13 Jun 2014 2 146
Pterospora andromeda .

Pine drop

16 May 2012 1 5 160
Pterospora andromeda . A curious higher plant related to blueberry that is native to the coniferous or mixed forests of North America. It has lost all its chlorophyll and lives in a parasitic relationship with a fungus. Here's the Wikipedia writeup: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_drop . This specimen is in the Sierra Nevada, California, near Ebbets Pass.