Learned something new today!
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Learned something new today!
While outside today cleaning up landmines left by 5 dogs......lol I discovered some rather ugly guests in my yard, they come back every year. Sometimes several times at different places around the yard especially near pine trees. They pop up all over this area as well as other states. (see the Wiki link for more info)
Both my husband and I have been curious about them and pull them up when we spot them growing. So today I sent an email and the photo below to the Horticulture Faculty for Central Oregon at Oregon State University Extension Service. And they wrote back with an answer, it's called a Pinedrop (Pterospora andromedea) and it is a parasitic fungus that grows from the root of pine trees. They said it was NOT harmful to the trees, which was good news.
Here is the Wiki link as well as some images and a search page from Google.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterospora
https://www.google.com/search?q=Pter...bLpDeUQiR4IiQE
https://www.google.com/search?q=Pter...bLpDeUQiR4IiQE
Both my husband and I have been curious about them and pull them up when we spot them growing. So today I sent an email and the photo below to the Horticulture Faculty for Central Oregon at Oregon State University Extension Service. And they wrote back with an answer, it's called a Pinedrop (Pterospora andromedea) and it is a parasitic fungus that grows from the root of pine trees. They said it was NOT harmful to the trees, which was good news.
Here is the Wiki link as well as some images and a search page from Google.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterospora
https://www.google.com/search?q=Pter...bLpDeUQiR4IiQE
https://www.google.com/search?q=Pter...bLpDeUQiR4IiQE
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That is so interesting. I have never seen anything like it. We have mushrooms that grow after too many rains here in the Deep South, but none that ever get very tall. That is sooooo cool!
#7
i don't find them them to be unattractive at all! i think they're fabulous looking & the google images showed them w beautiful, delicate blossoms. i don't have pines here in my yard, but if i did i eould keep the dogs away until they bloomed & finished their life cycle. they're gorgeous!!
#9
Hey, Barb. I think they're pretty cool, too. But sure glad we don't have them here. My hubs goes nuts over the mushrooms that pop up overnight during the rainy spells.
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