Saprophytes Gallery

Jelly ears (Auricularia auricula), group on dead wood. Japan

Lacandonia schismatica
A member of the Triuridaceae, a family of saprophytes. Found only in the Lacandon rainforest in southeast Mexico

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Birds Nest Orchid (Neottia nidus-avis) flowering, growing in mossy woodland, France, May

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Birds Nest Orchid (Neottia nidus-avis) flowering, growing amongst leaf litter in deciduous woodland habitat, Holt, Norfolk, England, May

Fungi on dead wood in a beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest. Photographed in Plitvice National Park, Croatia, in autumn

Toadstools growing on moss-covered wood

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Violet Limodore (Limodorum abortivum) flowering, growing in pine woodland, Chios, Greece, April

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Birds Nest Orchid (Neottia nidus-avis) flowerspike in seed, Norfolk, England, July

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Violet Limodore (Limodorum abortivum) close-up of flower, Causse de Gramat, Massif Central, Lot, France, May

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Birds Nest Orchid (Neottia nidus-avis) flowerspike, growing in woodland, Buckinghamshire, England, May

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Birds Nest Orchid (Neottia nidus-avis) flowerspike, growing amongst leaf litter in shady woodland, Oxfordshire, England, June

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Birds Nest Orchid (Neottia nidus-avis) close-up of flowerspike, growing in woodland, Buckinghamshire, England, May

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Ghost Orchid (Epipogium aphyllum) flowering, growing in deep shade woodland, Bavaria, Germany, July

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Ghost Orchid (Epipogium aphyllum) flowering, growing in deep shade woodland, Bavaria, Germany, July

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Violet Limodore (Limodorum abortivum) flowering, growing in open woodland on limestone, Causse de Gramat, Massif Central, Lot, France, may

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Snow Plant (Sarcodes sanguinea) flowering, parasitic on fungi in conifer forest, Sierra Nevada, California, U.S.A. july

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Birds Nest Orchid (Neottia nidus-avis) flowering, growing in beech woodland habitat, Slovenia, june

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Snow Plant (Sarcodes sanguinea) flowering, parasitic on fungi in conifer forest, Sierra Nevada, California, U.S.A. july

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Early Coralroot (Corallorhiza trifida) flowering, growing in deep shade, Slovenia, june

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Pinedrops (Pterospora andromedea) close-up of flowers, growing in pine woodland, Oregon, U.S.A. july

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Birds Nest Orchid (Neottia nidus-avis) close-up of flowers, with ant pollinator on flower, Italy, june

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Birds Nest Orchid (Neottia nidus-avis) flowering, growing in beech woodland, Slovenia, june

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Birds Nest Orchid (Neottia nidus-avis) flowering, growing in beech woodland, Slovenia, june

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