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Jun 20, 2016 8:04 AM CST
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Been seeing these popping up out of the dirt everywhere here in Northern NM. Anyone know what we're looking at here?




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Jun 20, 2016 8:11 AM CST
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Could this be a type of mushroom?
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Jun 20, 2016 8:16 AM CST
Name: Feng Xiao Long
Bogor, Java, Indonesia (Zone 13a)
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Conopholis americana. A kind of parasit plants. Smiling
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Jun 20, 2016 8:24 AM CST
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XiaoLong said:Conopholis americana. A kind of parasit plants. Smiling


Very cool! Thank you!
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Jun 20, 2016 2:28 PM CST
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If you are in New Mexico, it's probably the closely related Conopholis alpina. C. americana is an Eastern species with C. alpina being its counterpart in the Southwest.
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