Yellow Bird's-Nest (Hypopitys monotropa) (formerly Monotropa hypopitys)

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Dutchman's pipe, false beech-drops, pinesap. It does not contain chlorophyll; it is a Saprophyte or myco-heterotroph, getting its food through parasitism upon fungi rather than photosynthesis.

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Size: 3400px × 5100px
Location: Minera Quarry, Minera, Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Sabena Jane Blackbird / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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