* Oh, sorry for the misidentification. Dendrophthoe falcata* of Loranthaceae?
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 6:58 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > 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 >> >> -- >> Muthu Karthick, N >> Junior Research Fellow >> Care Earth >> Chennai >> www.careearthtrust.org >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "indiantreepix" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> > > > > > -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Chennai www.careearthtrust.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
