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

  • the_weez@midwest.social
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    18 days ago

    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.

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      18 days ago

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

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        18 days 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.