RHH's photos with the keyword: symbiosis

Western Coralroot (Corallorhiza mertensiana)

RHH
20 Jan 2010 1 270
This was photographed on Whidbey Island near Deception Pass in the San Juan Islands. The Coralroots are saprophytes, leafless and without chlorophyll, relying on a symbiotic relation with a fungus for their sustenance. Because of this relationship they are impossible to cultivate.