Miscellaneous Photos

Monotropa uniflorum - Ghost Pipe, this mycoheterotrophic plant does not produce chrorophyll and is unable to synthesize it's own nutrients. All nutrients are derived from fungi, ghost pipe parasitizes members of the Russulaceae family.

Red-berried Elder

Agate found in a seasonal stream, used my phone flashlight to make it glow.

Great Grey Owl

Old seed pod of ghost pipe plant, Monotropa uniflora

A most handsome little isopod from my vivarium.