Monotropa hypopitys flowers. This plant does not contain chlorophyll. It is a myco-heterotroph, obtaining its nutrients from parasitism on fungi. Phot

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Monotropa hypopitys flowers. This plant does not contain chlorophyll. It is a myco-heterotroph, obtaining its nutrients from parasitism on fungi. Photographed in the Narke district of Sweden.

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Photo credit: © BJORN SVENSSON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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