So this is clear that not only my friend but quite a few people mistake this plant as a mushroom! tanay
On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes Tanay and Ritesh > That reminds me of a similar plant my friend brought back from trip in J & > K. For few days we thought it to be a fungus till we finally identified it > as Balanophora involucrata. I published this as popular science article > under the title "A flowering mushroom". > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired 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 Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 8:03 PM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> This is 100% Balanophora fungosa when it comes out of the >> ground it will turn cream white in colour .. few week back one >> my friend out here went for Vietnam trip he too brought back the >> photo of this plant... he mistaking thought this to be a mushroom >> >> tanay >> >> On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 6:42 AM, Ritesh Kumar Choudhary < >> ritesh....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> Balanophora from Vietnam (could be B. fungosa). Pl validate. >>> >>> Loc.: HonBa Natural Reserve, Vietnam >>> >>> Date: 12th April, 2011. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Ritesh. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> *Tanay Bose* >> Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. >> Department of Botany. >> University of British Columbia . >> 3529-6270 University Blvd. >> Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) >> Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) >> 604-822-2019 (Lab) >> 604-822-6089 (Fax) >> ta...@interchange.ubc.ca >> *Webpages:* >> http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html >> http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ >> >> >> > > > -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
