Corallorhiza maculata (2)

Description:

Description: Corallorhiza maculata, or spotted coralroot, is a North American coralroot orchid flower. Varieties are also known as western coralroot and summer coralroot. It is found from Mexico to Canada, mostly in woodlands. This orchid is a myco-heterotroph; it lacks chlorophyll and gets food by parasitizing the mycelium of fungi in the family Russulaceae. Source en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corallorhiza_maculata accessed 25 April 2010 Myco-heterotrophy is a symbiotic relationship between certain kinds of plants and fungi, in which the plant gets all or part of its food from parasitism upon fungi rather than from photosynthesis. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myco-heterotrophy accessed 26 April 2010 Washington Park, Anacortes, Skagit County,Washington, USA Washington Park 030. Date: 25 April 2010, 13:29. Source: Corallorhiza maculata. Author: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA. Camera location48° 29′ 31.36″ N, 122° 41′ 33.93″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 48.492044; -122.692759.