Amanita bisporigera
Deadly mushrooms sprout from the mulch along a path at the Naples Botanical Garden.
Destroying Angels
mushroom
Ephemeral Ghost Pipe
Monotropa uniflora
The illusive rows of ghostly flowers are actually a fungus feeding on fungi that’s feeding on tree roots. They’re epiparasites, or parasites sourcing nutrients from other parasites.
Monotropa unifloraHiawa
Eastern Native American tribes once used ghost pipe as an anticonvulsive and painkiller.
Pedagogy of the Plants 