Indian Pipes!

We've had lots of mushrooms growing in the yard this year, and other assorted molds and slimes, possibly due to a very wet Winter and an abundance of humid days this Spring and Summer. We also have the subject plants popping through the leaf litter in the Hickory stands out back, plants I usually associate with early Autumn. I always considered these to be a form of fungus, but the internet tells me they belong to the plant kingdom. They are also parasitic Myco-heterotrophs... I somewhat understand the information in the wiki articles and won't regurgitate it here ;o)

I just love their local name and how they look in the wild!

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