Ghost Pipe: Vampire Plant of the Forest #ghostpipe #parasite #botany

Monotropa uniflora, the ghost pipe, is a vampire. It shuns the light, seeking the deep darkness of mature forest floors where it tricks fungi into giving it nutrients.

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This beautiful and unusual plant is slow growing, so foragers should be conservative in harvesting it, but it has both food and medicinal applications. In this video, we will examine the ghost pipe in depth and walk you through how to make a tincture from it.

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