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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by FGoo to c/[email protected]
 

Anyone know if they're poisonous? Asking for a friend.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They are not photosynthesizing plants, they are parasites of fungi! Pretty cool looking in person, almost translucent. One of my hikes this year had a bunch of clumps of these on the trail.

[–] FGoo 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Of course. I was just commenting on its similar appearance :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

They are still flowers though. It's probably not entirely wrong to think of them as related to other flowers, I didn't know anything about them until I took the picture.