I've been smiling on the inside since reading this beautifully written story of intricate discoveries about mycoheterotrophic plants 2 days ago
The wonder and new knowledge that results from "nerds freely nerding in their nerd field" (💚 this!) is such a gift
AI never could
The wonder and new knowledge that results from "nerds freely nerding in their nerd field" (💚 this!) is such a gift
AI never could
nerds freely nerding in their nerd field is really lovely www.science.org/content/arti...
These ‘ghost flowers’ thrive without photosynthesis. One scientist is learning how
Japanese botanist Kenji Suetsugu studies plants that steal carbon and nutrients from soil fungi
www.science.org
October 17, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I've been smiling on the inside since reading this beautifully written story of intricate discoveries about mycoheterotrophic plants 2 days ago
The wonder and new knowledge that results from "nerds freely nerding in their nerd field" (💚 this!) is such a gift
AI never could
The wonder and new knowledge that results from "nerds freely nerding in their nerd field" (💚 this!) is such a gift
AI never could
This beautifully written story of discoveries about mycoheterotrophic plants in @science.org is such a lovely contrast (& antidote) to the dreadful AI-boosting PR of the @nature.com story about "a scientific conference in which all of the papers — and all of the reviews" were produced by AI bots
nerds freely nerding in their nerd field is really lovely www.science.org/content/arti...
These ‘ghost flowers’ thrive without photosynthesis. One scientist is learning how
Japanese botanist Kenji Suetsugu studies plants that steal carbon and nutrients from soil fungi
www.science.org
October 16, 2025 at 6:41 AM
This beautifully written story of discoveries about mycoheterotrophic plants in @science.org is such a lovely contrast (& antidote) to the dreadful AI-boosting PR of the @nature.com story about "a scientific conference in which all of the papers — and all of the reviews" were produced by AI bots
Kinda want to do something with Chimaphila since it's one of the only forest herbs we got at work, plus it's partially mycoheterotrophic, and evergreen so we could fit it into a Spring semester course, what do you guys think? 🤔
November 21, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Kinda want to do something with Chimaphila since it's one of the only forest herbs we got at work, plus it's partially mycoheterotrophic, and evergreen so we could fit it into a Spring semester course, what do you guys think? 🤔
Organellar phylogenomics at the epidendroid orchid base, with a focus on the mycoheterotrophic Wullschlaegelia https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38804968/
June 1, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Organellar phylogenomics at the epidendroid orchid base, with a focus on the mycoheterotrophic Wullschlaegelia https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38804968/
Marion's research on parasitic and mycoheterotrophic plants is awesome! Do check it out if you can!
Giving a talk in Philly next month! Gonna be discussing parasitic plants in post-agricultural forests for Philadelphia Botanical Club on May 22nd (ask a sedge freak or tune in on zoom). There's something here for tree parasite and mycoheterotroph fans alike! #ParasiticPlant
April 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Marion's research on parasitic and mycoheterotrophic plants is awesome! Do check it out if you can!
Old Monotropa uniflora aka Ghost Pipes- mycoheterotrophic plant that takes nutrients from members of the Russulaceae family.
📷Taken w/OM-1 M. Zukio 60mm.15 stacked images.
#omsystem #monotropauniflora #parasiticplants #plants #ghostpipes #ghostpipe #russula #fungifriends
📷Taken w/OM-1 M. Zukio 60mm.15 stacked images.
#omsystem #monotropauniflora #parasiticplants #plants #ghostpipes #ghostpipe #russula #fungifriends
August 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Old Monotropa uniflora aka Ghost Pipes- mycoheterotrophic plant that takes nutrients from members of the Russulaceae family.
📷Taken w/OM-1 M. Zukio 60mm.15 stacked images.
#omsystem #monotropauniflora #parasiticplants #plants #ghostpipes #ghostpipe #russula #fungifriends
📷Taken w/OM-1 M. Zukio 60mm.15 stacked images.
#omsystem #monotropauniflora #parasiticplants #plants #ghostpipes #ghostpipe #russula #fungifriends
We sequenced a transcriptome for the rare mycoheterotrophic underground orchid Rhizanthella, which has eluded phylogenetic placement due to its degraded plastome. For the 1st time we recovered Rhizanthella as sister to Prasophyllum, supported by their exclusive partnerships with Ceratobasidiaceae
December 7, 2024 at 10:04 PM
We sequenced a transcriptome for the rare mycoheterotrophic underground orchid Rhizanthella, which has eluded phylogenetic placement due to its degraded plastome. For the 1st time we recovered Rhizanthella as sister to Prasophyllum, supported by their exclusive partnerships with Ceratobasidiaceae
Organellar phylogenomics at the epidendroid orchid base, with a focus on the mycoheterotrophic Wullschlaegelia https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38804968/
May 29, 2024 at 3:55 AM
Organellar phylogenomics at the epidendroid orchid base, with a focus on the mycoheterotrophic Wullschlaegelia https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38804968/
🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Mycoheterotrophic continuum in rhizoctonia associations: Genetic divergence and carbon acquisition variation among Odontochilus orchids
doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
July 1, 2025 at 6:17 AM
🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Mycoheterotrophic continuum in rhizoctonia associations: Genetic divergence and carbon acquisition variation among Odontochilus orchids
doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
Genetic diversity and differentiation of a mycoheterotrophic orchid (Cymbidium macrorhizon) under urbanization https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.01.610666v1
Genetic diversity and differentiation of a mycoheterotrophic orchid (Cymbidium macrorhizon) under urbanization https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.01.610666v1
Urbanization exerts substantial pressures on genetic diversity of plant species. However, depending
www.biorxiv.org
September 3, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Genetic diversity and differentiation of a mycoheterotrophic orchid (Cymbidium macrorhizon) under urbanization https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.01.610666v1
Hexalectris spicata or crested coralroot, a mycoheterotrophic orchid (parasitic on fungi, does not photosynthesize)
28 Jul 2025 Tennessee USA
28 Jul 2025 Tennessee USA
July 31, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Hexalectris spicata or crested coralroot, a mycoheterotrophic orchid (parasitic on fungi, does not photosynthesize)
28 Jul 2025 Tennessee USA
28 Jul 2025 Tennessee USA
After searching for years with no luck, I finally found a snow plant. It was not quite fully unfurled but still beautiful. Only 2 to go and I will have photographed every mycoheterotrophic plant in the USA.
May 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
After searching for years with no luck, I finally found a snow plant. It was not quite fully unfurled but still beautiful. Only 2 to go and I will have photographed every mycoheterotrophic plant in the USA.
Five Mycena species that induce seed germination in the mycoheterotrophic orchid Gastrodia
doi.org/10.47371/myc...
仮訳：菌従属栄養性のラン科植物Gastrodiaにおいて種子発芽を誘導する5種のMycena属菌類
2025 年 66 巻 5 号 p. 282-289
#菌学会 #Mycoscience
doi.org/10.47371/myc...
仮訳：菌従属栄養性のラン科植物Gastrodiaにおいて種子発芽を誘導する5種のMycena属菌類
2025 年 66 巻 5 号 p. 282-289
#菌学会 #Mycoscience
September 20, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Five Mycena species that induce seed germination in the mycoheterotrophic orchid Gastrodia
doi.org/10.47371/myc...
仮訳：菌従属栄養性のラン科植物Gastrodiaにおいて種子発芽を誘導する5種のMycena属菌類
2025 年 66 巻 5 号 p. 282-289
#菌学会 #Mycoscience
doi.org/10.47371/myc...
仮訳：菌従属栄養性のラン科植物Gastrodiaにおいて種子発芽を誘導する5種のMycena属菌類
2025 年 66 巻 5 号 p. 282-289
#菌学会 #Mycoscience
Organellar phylogenomics at the epidendroid orchid base, with a focus on the mycoheterotrophic Wullschlaegelia https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38804968/
May 29, 2024 at 1:24 AM
Organellar phylogenomics at the epidendroid orchid base, with a focus on the mycoheterotrophic Wullschlaegelia https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38804968/
Plastid phylogenomics reveals evolutionary relationships in the mycoheterotrophic orchid genus Dipodium and provides insights into plastid gene degeneration https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38938632/
June 29, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Plastid phylogenomics reveals evolutionary relationships in the mycoheterotrophic orchid genus Dipodium and provides insights into plastid gene degeneration https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38938632/
Organellar phylogenomics at the epidendroid orchid base, with a focus on the mycoheterotrophic Wullschlaegelia https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38804968/
May 29, 2024 at 3:48 AM
Organellar phylogenomics at the epidendroid orchid base, with a focus on the mycoheterotrophic Wullschlaegelia https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38804968/
Plants that survive without sunlight? Dr. Suetsugu studies mycoheterotrophic plants that "cheat" by stealing nutrients from fungi instead of photosynthesizing. His field research reveals nature's hidden partnerships.
Kenji Suetsugu: Combining Childhood Curiosity with Scientific Rigour
Botany One interviews Dr Kenji Suetsugu, a Japanese plant ecologist fascinated with plants that completely abandoned photosynthesis.
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July 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Plants that survive without sunlight? Dr. Suetsugu studies mycoheterotrophic plants that "cheat" by stealing nutrients from fungi instead of photosynthesizing. His field research reveals nature's hidden partnerships.
Biology, yes, botany no! What person trapped in the 18th c. is trying to claim otherwise now? I suppose there’s a decent intersection of the fields when it comes to stuff like mycorrhizal relationships and mycoheterotrophic plants, but “fungi ≠ plants” was settled aaaaaages ago.
October 28, 2023 at 10:46 PM
Biology, yes, botany no! What person trapped in the 18th c. is trying to claim otherwise now? I suppose there’s a decent intersection of the fields when it comes to stuff like mycorrhizal relationships and mycoheterotrophic plants, but “fungi ≠ plants” was settled aaaaaages ago.
Pinedrops--Mycoheterotrophic--parasite on fungus that is symbiotic with pine family--probably. No chlorophyll/photosynthesis. Proto-carnivorous--sticky hairs trap small insects and absorb carbon. Anyway, a complicated and wonderous natural history.
September 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Pinedrops--Mycoheterotrophic--parasite on fungus that is symbiotic with pine family--probably. No chlorophyll/photosynthesis. Proto-carnivorous--sticky hairs trap small insects and absorb carbon. Anyway, a complicated and wonderous natural history.
Mycoheterotrophic continuum in rhizoctonia associations: Genetic divergence and carbon acquisition variation among Odontochilus orchids https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40365822/
May 15, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Mycoheterotrophic continuum in rhizoctonia associations: Genetic divergence and carbon acquisition variation among Odontochilus orchids https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40365822/
Meet #newspecies of mycoheterotrophic orchid from Brunei Darussalam: Gastrodia microchila
More in our paper in @phytokeys.pensoft.net
doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
More in our paper in @phytokeys.pensoft.net
doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
Gastrodia microchila (Orchidaceae, Epidendroideae), a new species from Brunei Darussalam
A new orchid species, Gastrodia microchila is described and illustrated. The species was found in a mixed dipterocarp forest in the Belait district, Brunei Darussalam, northern Borneo in 2024. It is d...
doi.org
May 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Meet #newspecies of mycoheterotrophic orchid from Brunei Darussalam: Gastrodia microchila
More in our paper in @phytokeys.pensoft.net
doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
More in our paper in @phytokeys.pensoft.net
doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
Among others of her many skills, Fats Waller is proficient at helping me with ecology field work, herbaria sample collection and observing long-term effects of landscape fire on species composition #researchcat #queerinstem #catsofbluesky www.inaturalist.org/observations...
August 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Among others of her many skills, Fats Waller is proficient at helping me with ecology field work, herbaria sample collection and observing long-term effects of landscape fire on species composition #researchcat #queerinstem #catsofbluesky www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Organellar phylogenomics at the epidendroid orchid base, with a focus on the mycoheterotrophic Wullschlaegelia https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38804968/
May 29, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Organellar phylogenomics at the epidendroid orchid base, with a focus on the mycoheterotrophic Wullschlaegelia https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38804968/
Organellar phylogenomics at the epidendroid orchid base, with a focus on the mycoheterotrophic Wullschlaegelia https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38804968/
May 29, 2024 at 1:24 AM
Organellar phylogenomics at the epidendroid orchid base, with a focus on the mycoheterotrophic Wullschlaegelia https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38804968/
Genetic diversity and differentiation of a mycoheterotrophic orchid (Cymbidium macrorhizon) under urbanization https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.01.610666v1
Genetic diversity and differentiation of a mycoheterotrophic orchid (Cymbidium macrorhizon) under urbanization https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.01.610666v1
Urbanization exerts substantial pressures on genetic diversity of plant species. However, depending
www.biorxiv.org
September 3, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Genetic diversity and differentiation of a mycoheterotrophic orchid (Cymbidium macrorhizon) under urbanization https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.01.610666v1