We found these ghost-white plants on July 30, 2023. They were coming up in a stand of mixed tree types in our back yard (mostly alders, aspens, spruce, fir, and pines). While these look like they should be some kind of mushroom, they are not. They are actually flowering plants that have become parasitic, and […]

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Sandy and I were out on the hiking/skiing trails south of Chassell on September 8, 2024 when we found these plants growing in some profusion alongside the trail. They had elongated, deeply-veined leaves, and a very large number of small red berries. The berries are kind of unusual, red with irregular white speckles on their […]

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