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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Pyrolaceae (イチヤクソウ科) > Monotropastrum humile
Monotropastrum H. Andres (ギンリョウソウ)Ginryousou (ギンリョウソウ, 銀龍草/銀竜草)Yuureitake (ユウレイタケ, 幽霊茸), ghost plant Lifeform: perennial forb Distribution: throughout eastern Asia, from the Himalayas to the Islands of Japan Habitat: forest floors, grassalands and open lands with litter Leaf: no green leaves, lacking photosynthesis - saprophytic |
Symbiosis: monotropoid fungi - ectomycorrhizal fungi Synonyms:
Monotropastrum humile (D. Don) H. Hara var. tripetalum (Makino) H. Hara, discarded |
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[1/2] along a tram way in the Wakayama Experimental Forest of Hokkaido University on June 26 2024.