Pterospora

Mushroom Observer Image 156713: Pterospora andromedea Nutt.

Mushroom Observer Image 156714: Pterospora andromedea Nutt.

Mushroom Observer Image 156717: Pterospora andromedea Nutt.

Mushroom Observer Image 156718: Pterospora andromedea Nutt.

Mushroom Observer Image 230916: Pterospora andromedea Nutt.

Mushroom Observer Image 241630: Pterospora andromedea Nutt.

Mushroom Observer Image 247497: Pterospora andromedea Nutt.

Mushroom Observer Image 404405: Pterospora andromedea Nutt.

Mushroom Observer Image 435400: Pterospora andromedea Nutt.

Mushroom Observer Image 448462: Pterospora andromedea Nutt.

Mushroom Observer Image 50941: Pterospora andromedea Nutt.

Mushroom Observer Image 88831: Pterospora andromedea Nutt.

This is the first in a series of images, the first two being as the flowering stalk is just emerging from the soil, about 9 cm tall.

This is the second in a series of images, the first two being as the flowering stalk is just emerging from the soil, about 9 cm tall.

This is the third in a series of images, the first two being as the flowering stalk is just emerging from the soil, about 9 cm tall. Later images such as this are a mature plant. Wildlife occasionally intervenes for scale and contrasting background.