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#Thismia

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Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>New endangered <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/FairyLantern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FairyLantern</span></a> plant species discovered in Malaysia <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-03-endangered-fairy-lantern-species-malaysia.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-03-endanger</span><span class="invisible">ed-fairy-lantern-species-malaysia.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Thismia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thismia</span></a> aliasii (Thismiaceae), a <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/NewSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewSpecies</span></a> from Terengganu, Peninsular <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Malaysia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malaysia</span></a> <a href="https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/136085/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/</span><span class="invisible">136085/</span></a> </p><p>"They are mycoheterotrophic, meaning they do not photosynthesize and instead rely entirely on <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fungi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fungi</span></a> for their nutrition. The genus is known for containing species with unusual <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flowers</span></a> that facilitate specialized <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/pollination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollination</span></a> mechanisms involving small <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> such as fungus gnats."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Remarkable <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/NewSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewSpecies</span></a> of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plants</span></a> steals nutrients from underground fungi <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-06-remarkable-species-nutrients-underground-fungi.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-06-remarkab</span><span class="invisible">le-species-nutrients-underground-fungi.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Thismia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thismia</span></a> malayana, a new <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/mycoheterotrophic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mycoheterotrophic</span></a> species from Peninsular <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Malaysia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malaysia</span></a> <a href="https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/120967/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/</span><span class="invisible">120967/</span></a></p><p>"Unlike most plants, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/mycoheterotrophs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mycoheterotrophs</span></a> do not perform <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/photosynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photosynthesis</span></a>. They are stealing <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/carbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carbon</span></a> resources from the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fungi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fungi</span></a> on their roots... this new species thrives in the low-light conditions of dense forest understories where its flowers are pollinated by fungus <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/gnats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gnats</span></a> and other <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a>."</p>
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