Muthu ji
Balanophora as I know is a root parasite with rhizome, scale leaves and
spadix inflorescence, at least one species I know B. involcrata looks like a
red mushroom. In fact it resembles mushroom so much that it took us good
time to identifify it as an angiosperm. In fact I had published a paper in
Science Reporter in 1972: A Flowering mushroom? *Science Reporter*. *9*(5):
236-237.
This plant to me looks like a mistletoe, may be a species of
Dendrophthoe
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On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear members,
> Id this parasite please. Could this be *Balanophora* sp.?
> Location: Satyamangalam forest plains
> Date: 08 Dec 2009
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