This “mushroom” is not a fungus, it’s a bizarre plant that breaks all the rules

出典: ScienceDaily – https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251219093322.htm

This “mushroom” is not a fungus, it’s a bizarre plant that breaks all the rules

This “mushroom” is not a fungus, it’s a bizarre plant that breaks all the rules
This plant gave up photosynthesis, shrank its genome, and learned to clone itself—and somehow survived for 100 million years.
Date:

December 20, 2025

Source:

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

Summary:

Balanophora is a plant that abandoned photosynthesis long ago and now lives entirely as a parasite on tree roots, hidden in dark forest undergrowth. Scientists surveying ra

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