Ghost Plant or Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)

[floydstinkyboy]

these are neat. they grow up north, too. one place you see them, where few other plants can grow, is in very very dense forest where almost no light can penetrate to the forest floor. we have the purple-reddish variety.

fyi there is an extra period at the very end of your USFS link that sends the browser to an error page.

[Jena_Tools]

Why didn't you step on them to see if black mist comes out and lands in your ear?