Pine Drops
Also called: Albany beechdrops, or
giant bird's nest
Scientific Name
Pterospora andromedea
Pine Drops "lack chlorophyll.
Plants exist for most of their life as a mass of brittle, but fleshy,
roots.
They live in a parasitic relationship with mycorrhizal fungi, in which plants derive all their carbon from their associated fungus,
but the relationship is not yet well understood."(From Wikipedia)
From Hike 220 Barlow Road 7/25/13
