Ghost Plant: A Vampire That Sucks Life Out Of Mushrooms

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Created by Dylan Dubeau
Executive Producer, Director, and Director of Photography: Dylan Dubeau
Host: Tasha the Amazon
Editors: Jim Pitts and Cat Senior
Researcher, Producer: Andres Salazar
Writer: Lauren Greenwood
Camera Operator: Colin Cooper
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Exploring the World of Plants and Fungi

[@animalogic]

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[@MysticLGD]

👍

[@haseo8244]

Do the only parasitic conifer species in the world.

[@user255]

Grizzlies eat it? What is the source? Many (if not all) monotropa species contain grayanotoxin, which makes it bit odd.

[@twallace6262]

Since it's autumn, how about an episode on gourds and squashes? Let's get yummy with plants 😋

[@radagast6682]

What is the name of the yellow vine on the tomato plant?

[@stingky3689]

I'm gonna play this video next to some mushrooms to scare them

[@marisirosaurus8987]

Or help them stay away from a toxic relationship 😶

[@SoulDelSol]

Don't do that, be nice!

[@KB-lp7ik]

How cruel 😂

[@animalogic]

Can't tell if this is eveil, or evil genius. Hmmmm..

[@PabloSanchez-qu6ib]

I usually play a video about cooking the perfect mushroom omelette. It gets chickens too.

[@Marrithegreat1]

I saw a grouping of these at the nature preserve a couple summers ago. I had no idea what they were and spent so long trying to figure out what they were because I'd never seen anything like it.

[@Marrithegreat1]

@@thehantavirus I was on a nature preserve so I for sure wouldn't have harvested them, but I agree. They are too rare to harvest without damaging their population.

[@Marrithegreat1]

@@thehantavirus that's really sad people want to make tea out of something so rare and amazing. I'm really happy I saw them, even if I didn't know enough about them at the time to appreciate what I found

[@flipside9608]

Fun fact about mycorrhizal fungi, they connect similar trees through their fungal network, not only sharing nutrients between tree and fungi, but from tree to tree through the fungal network. Older trees will have more branching connections to other trees, making them important to forests. In historical literature and mythology, they're often referred to as a mother tree.

[@anangoons]

so I'm Indigenous (Ojibwe) and, fun fact, we actually use these plants for medicine! (some people in Western herbalism do too, but yknow) When its extracted, it makes a really powerful pain relief!

[@brigidtheirish]

Amazing! I've quite interested, given my chronic pain.

[@anangoons]

@@brigidtheirish it really is an amazing plant. Would you believe looking at that white ghostly flower that the extract turns a deep purple? I actually made medicine from it this year and gave it to my mom who has some bad chronic hip pain and it helps her get comfortable enough to sleep when the pain won't let her. (Obviously i was extremely careful to only harvest a little and not damage the root system bc of its tenuous ecosystem nature, and i have a tribal gathering license to gather medicines) But yeah it's a weird sensation (I've taken it myself before for a migraine)--it doesn't work like normal pain relief. Other methods work by blocking the pain receptors, ynow? Akiwenziimaawi (the name for it in our language) has this weird effect where it kinda sets you beside the pain mentally, so you can still feel it but you're sorta disconnected from it so it's less debilitating. Hence why some people also use it for intense anxiety & PTSD--bc of that "distancing" effect. If I had to describe it, I'd say take that comfy cocoon feeling from a marijuana high and cross it with the "outside your body" feeling of dissociation.

[@SoulDelSol]

Looks potent

[@anangoons]

@@SoulDelSol it definitely is. Usual tincture dosages range from like 10-25 drops (a drop is .05mL) while the ghost pipe dosage for an average adult is THREE drops. It's pretty amazing

[@SoulDelSol]

@@anangoons I posted in another thread that we called them Indian pipes bc Indians used them. I'm in Massachusetts wampanoag area. Indian was a term that was used 35 years ago and as a kid that's what we were told. But I never knew indigenous peoples used them specifically for pain. I never knew what they were for

[@genesis_ink]

Fun fact! Ghost pipe tincture (which can help with pain and anxiety) is dark purple, yet another spooky color to add to the list! Its really such a fascinating plant, one of my favorites since its so strange and fungus like. its pretty well known among indigenous people, but is still obscure for western herbalism, glad its getting some attention!

[@anangoons]

lol I literally just posted a comment about this, as an Indigenous person who works with herbal/traditional medicine. Shoutout for the mention of Indigenous traditional ecological knowledge! I actually made ghost pipe tincture this year (I don't every year bc if the plant population isn't doing well, I DONT harvest bc thats disrespectful and greedy toward the plants. But they were doing well this year where I was.) But yeah I gave it to my mom and it helps her get to sleep sometimes when her chronic hip pain won't quit. I'm really honored I have the opportunity to work with it--its an awe-inspiring plant relative!

[@scottredding2719]

I wonder why she didn't mention any of that. I use it for sleep

[@scottredding2719]

I might download Instagram just for that

[@fastinradfordable]

Now if you can combine medications with meditations in cold water. Immediate brain reprogramming is not only attainable. It’s inevitable.

[@anangoons]

@@scottredding2719 id be cautious, this person is posting this sort of thing promoting their insta on multiple places in the comments. I mean they have an entire account that's named basically "check out my insta!" Not to discredit their experiences but the "promotional" manner of the comments feel a little sus

[@LindaB651]

Have had these at the edge of my lawn (more like an unkempt meadow) for several years, also have been harvesting miatake mushrooms nearby. Knew they were parasitic, but did not know they affected 'shrooms. I think I'll be giving them the "side eye" from now on. Thank you for explaining this wonderfully complex system!

[@SoulDelSol]

I hope they don't get any closer

[@KOKO-uu7yd]

You may want to research those plants and ther uses? I'm reading just in these comments, several references to their powerful medicinal uses.

[@RTFManuel]

Why not look at them as an indicator that your soil is so healthy and saturated with fungi that these plants can scrape stuff from the top?

[@richardbidinger2577]

I want to see Tasha do a collaboration with Joey Santore from Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't. That would be epic.

[@madarab37]

That would be neat but if he showed on her channel they'd probably have to censor some of that salty language and what the $h*t

[@Jerryberger9235]

Psychedelic’s definitely have potential to deal with mental health symptoms like anxiety and depression, I would like to try them again but it’s just so hard to source here

[@georgewilliams1062]

Psychedelics are the reason why i didn’t take my life when i was at my end. I was stripped of my ego and saw the beauty of life and interconnectivity and even though i still battle anxiety and depression, I’m doing better everyday and will never think in such a self destructive way again.

[@sarahh321]

[_James_tray] Got psychs

[@Jerryberger9235]

@@sarahh321 Where to search?? Is it IG?

[@nishaelvert1104]

Last year, I took shrooms at Las Vegas thinking it was going to hit like an edible or something. Shit was scary at first but amazing once you start getting deeper into your thoughts

[@sarahh321]

@@Jerryberger9235 Yes

[@evilferris]

So the connection with fungus is not that far _flungus._ [smirks] Incredibly cute! 4:25

[@Cillana]

I found a few of these in the woods behind my house last year and was so excited. Then this year there were too many to count! Some even came up in the grass close to the treeline.

[@kinglyzard]

I see a lot of these in Duck Lake, Northern WI. They are parasites upon the mycorrhizae of beech trees

[@Cillana]

@@kinglyzard I heard the same but I never find them near beech trees

[@DracowolfieDen]

I am always so excited when there is a new Floralogic video!!

[@gerrieberry]

saaame! I love plants the most

[@thebogsofmordor7356]

Awesome! I found so many ghost pipes this summer just romping around the back 40. First time I've ever seen them & they were everywhere!!

[@Zahri8Alang]

Maybe Tasha is actually a Ghost plant in disguise, quite delicate and seemingly able melt like ice

[@pluralizor2957]

These grow all over Vancouver island, nice to see more information on them, they are actually a sign of a healthy forest, they grow both in the light or dark. Commonly known as the Indian ghost pipe locally, they are oddly a welcome inhabitant as they indicate the biome is healthy enough to support them. They actually are used medicinally for stress and anxieties if I remember

[@DanGamingFan2846]

I had no Idea there were plants that can't photosynthesize.

[@apdroidgeek1737]

Moon cactus cant photosynthesis

[@kinglyzard]

Doddervine, woevine and Rafflesia are all nonphotosynthetic parasites as well.

[@accelerationquanta5816]

Plants don't photosynthesize. Their symbiotic cyanobacteria, chloroplasts, do. Some plants just don't have those symbiotic bacteria.

[@Viniter]

Tasha has way too much fun filming these episodes! :D

[@Vlidery13]

Tasha you truly are my favorite 😂 always so quirky and funny 💜

[@michaelblacketter6337]

Never knew this species occurred outside the Americas. I wonder if the Asiatic plants have any noticeable differences. Also, I think a video on chestnut trees would be awesome, whether it's more of an overview on the genus or about a specific species, like Castanea dentata.

[@kinglyzard]

Interestingly enough, oaks and chestnuts are in the same plant family, Fagaceae

[@Emmygedden]

I love finding these in the Green Mountain National Forest, they are so beautiful in contrast to the gloom of woods. They remind me of those eyeless white animals found deep in cave systems. I have never tried picking them so I had no idea they turned black!

[@cantnv1]

They are EDIBLE! Omg, they make it seem like it's some terrible plant, but anything that's edible is awesome!

[@metallosmonstermeltdown]

TASHA!😍 You're still the cutest.😊 I love your puns and spooky noises! Have a great day❤️

[@treyweeeee]

As someone who was born and raised in the Northeast I'd love to hear a story done on a "Jack in the Pulpit"! When I was growing up in Vermont my PE teacher used to take out us kids and go on nature walks. Our school was semi located in a forest so at some point during the schools foundation I'm unaware of they made this very long and extravagant nature trail that is only supposed to be used by my school. One day when we were on a hike our PE teacher recognized a protected plant under Vermont's wildlife law. At the time they were experiencing over poaching and so like the California poppy, it became illegal to cut or transport them. But, since it was growing on private property owned by the state/school, r p e teacher got to show us up close and personal the plant, how it feeds, why it's indigenous to the area, how it's endangered, and a bit more. She then allowed us to individually look at the "flower" and see the little thing sticking up in the middle of it. It was really cool because then when I was at home and ran off into the forest like I did often as a kid for fun I saw one in the wild and I knew to keep my distance from it and make sure that I wasn't going to hurt it in any way.

[@Momcat_maggiefelinefan]

I have several Jack in the Pulpit plants in my shade garden. They were going to be ploughed under to widen a road, so I researched them, dug them up with lots of their native soil, and stuck them in my safe garden. They’ve prospered and definitely multiplied. And the pulpits are enormous now. I teach the neighbourhood kids about the importance of wild flowers and native plants when they visit my dog … not me, the dog! … and the kids love the science they get out of the visit!

[@treyweeeee]

@@Momcat_maggiefelinefan you very much made my day! Thank you so much!

[@osmia]

I'm pretty sure I've seen this plant before. In the Kootenays in BC. I didn't pick it and this was years ago but from memory it looks just like the plant you're showing and I did indeed think it was a mushroom

[@grantnorton2495]

I have noticed that most information about Monotropa Uniflora mentions it being odorless… despite the fact it has a fairly strong and quite distinctive smell. I wonder if it’s because the King’s American Dispensary Vol. II calls the flowers “inodorous”… and everyone references that book?

[@robgraham5697]

Very cool. I've seen both stages of the plant in the wild. Did not know its life cycle or its method of feeding. Thanks for the learning experience.

[@kevinwijayaoey281]

Wow thanks for showcasing this! I think I wanted this for some time.

[@purpleghost106]

Great plant for pre-spooky season! I'd be curious to know more about those Orchids that look like bees (Also wanna say I straight up love how much of a ham Tasha is. Perfect for the Animal logic brand built on bad puns XD)

[@samhaines8228]

so cool. more outliers like these please! Have you done Airplants yet? (Epiphytes I believe)

[@MeetJarred]

Great Host, Great Episode, Thank You!!

[@rafaelmoreno9597]

Oh wow... I love experiencing your growth. Keep up the great job you're doing.

[@applegal3058]

I remember the first time I saw these 20 years ago. They are so cool looking!

[@danolantern6030]

“If only ghost plants were as nice to fungi as they are to bumblebees” Bro they literally can’t

[@TotallyACat]

I see these plants all the time in the forests around where I live. It’s nice to finally know what they’re called! Very Spoopy!

[@kimbratton9620]

I love how these episodes turn out Animalogic! How about an episode about the Western fence lizard?!

[@lokiiago_x0x]

Have you done one about baobabs yet? thatd be so rad!

[@Barakon]

This plant is even more an embodiment of “you are what you eat” than any of the crustacean tinted birds.

[@Beryllahawk]

Odd as this might sound, what about yard plants? I just found out a few things about the "weeds" in my yard, but I'd be fascinated to learn more, even if they might be kinda common.

[@SoulDelSol]

Yards are all over the world. What part of world is your yard

[@Beryllahawk]

@@SoulDelSol southeastern USA, near the Gulf Coast but closer to the Mississippi River than to Florida, basically. There are plenty of places I can go learn about what's growing in the woods out at my in-laws place, but so far I still don't know what most of what's in my yard, murdering the crab grass. (I'm cheering for the weeds, btw, crab grass is dumb.) Very recently learned that I have sorrel, and I know money plant (dollar weed I think it's also called), and what my grandfather used to call "monkey grass." But after that, no idea, and that's after grabbing pictures and checking botanical guides in my local library! Worse, even if I find out WHAT a plant is, I'm likely not to get the nifty facts Tasha always has for us!

[@Leomoon101]

Fun fact: One of those "weeds" is actually edible. Think you can figure out what it is?

[@SoulDelSol]

@@Leomoon101 dandelion. I've dug them up and eaten them

[@peggedyourdad9560]

@@SoulDelSol There’s also wild garlic depending on where you live. They look like grass at first, but their leaves are round and darker green (depending on the surrounding grass), when you break them they should smell like garlic. These are perfectly edible and can be used like chives or regular garlic.

[@Fortjul]

Great great great video. Love the humor and the spookiness . I very much enjoyed observbving this video.

[@emelidiez4789]

I love Tasha's bloopers

[@ooooneeee]

Same. Wonderfully silly 😂.

[@northsnow4128]

Such an adorable looking plant! I Just moved to a new apartment, ordered that calming chew bone, that discount was nice and I appreciate you

[@growingpainssuccs3332]

I’ve always known ghosts plants to be succulents. Learned something new.

[@charlesmills6621]

WOW! Intelligent tutorial, humor, and eye candy, too. Can't get any better than that.

[@redhammer5783]

Eye candy? Where

[@Leomoon101]

I have hear many times of fungi stealing nutrients or withdrawing them from trees. This plant however sounds like a real doppelganger.

[@sturmey]

Super interesting and at the same time Taza cracks me up, haha

[@peachylavender]

i came across a few of these whilst camping, they're very cool to see in person!

[@JorunnyAnimate]

now i know how to fight the mushroom zombies from last of us... plant a lot of ghost plants... oh this is is now a true plant vs zombies game lol

[@pamelamays4186]

Suggestion: The Borrachero Bush/The Devil's Breath plant.

[@empresshemmalaya1802]

We had some of these in my University’s woods last year! I actually press dried them, they are now pink and black and yellow and definitely my favorite specimen to date! I’m hoping we have some more this year so I can try and make a tincture!

[@anangoons]

If harvesting these, please take care to not damage the roots and to only take one or two from a bunch to make sure they can continue reproducing!

[@henricksonkurt]

Spooooky bye is my new fave

[@DjurrenArt]

This plant fits the theme since Spooky Season's just around the corner.

[@YeeSoest]

Far flungus... That one ended me 🤣

[@stevenpapageorge]

Awesome video, thanks for sharing !!!

[@socialstories789]

the fact that the ghost plant sucks the life out of mushrooms is creepy

[@PerryTrails]

What about a profile on Sarlix arctica? It's the northernmost woody plant in the world. Loves tundra.

[@idraote]

This should really have been a Halloween episode.

[@Mekanik.b]

There's a couple large patches that pop up around the cottage yard throughout the year, very unique looking plant.

[@WilliamGlenBatemanJr]

"Indian Pipes" here in Fl, saw some in my front yard where a tree stump was only partly ground down and ton of mounded mulch sank until a few inches below ground level. Saw them first at age 50. My son and I thought it to be a fungus. No elevation over sea level more than50ft - was BEACH only 15k y.a....Florida peninsula, with my county separating Trampa Bay ,& Gulf Mex. Pineless...err Pinellas County preserve near botanical gardens in guld coastal upland scrub-cabbage palm/cedar hammocks, w/ well drained silaceous myakka and immokalee grain sands. Under a saw palmetto (Serenoa repens)

[@fireandice9032]

Tasha at the end just screams at the fiddle leaf fig

[@vlrissolo]

She's a real hoot! What a cornball! She looks like she's having a good time well entertaining us as well. Hey, not many folks could pull off that hair color girl you do it well! Interesting video

[@js66613]

Them appearing fungus like certainly breathes some truth into the phrase "you are what you eat."

[@slcRN1971]

I enjoy her presentations every time. Just seeing her makes me smile (her jokes are fun too). Thanks for another very interesting and informative video. 👍👍👏👏❣️

[@budderbawlz6564]

The ghost pipe plant also has amazing pain relief properties

[@crimsononaut_in_space]

So pain killers

[@JohnDoe-cd6ro]

Love the Ghostface shirt for this video. Perfect.

[@JapaneseAnimalover]

I keep track of where these pop up (and other relatives) in my forest because they have hooked I to the local chantrelle population.

[@bludwurm]

I'm an indigenous (Floridian). We have these in Florida and harvest some for a number of ailments, including pain relief. Once it's a tincture, it makes a very pretty purple liquid, has very little taste, and is effective in small amounts. We are always sure to leave enough of the little vampires so we can harvest more later. They are beautiful plants. Thanks for the video.

[@zzzzzz4556]

I use to collect these in the woods pf PA as a kid! They had a really interesting texture, somewhere between a plant and a mushroom.

[@floramew]

Aww, shame they can't really be cultivated. That's rad as hell, would love to keep some of these in a dark closet or something lol.

[@noshit61]

The ghost pipe around here is doing really well this year

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

i love plants, fungi and molds. i also love Halloween and the weather that usually surrounds it, so this was a fun video 😄👍

[@b.l.a.c.k-shiva]

Ah-ha...! I forage for mushrooms and definitely looked up this plant in my journey. It was identified as an edible mushroom, "Indian Ghost Pipe" mushroom they called it, but on closer inspection, it looked looked like it had a flower. I thought perhaps it's a pretend flower and intended to look up more info on mushrooms with false flowers, but now you've cleared up the mystery for me! Thanks! Peace and Health

[@suki_ig]

Had a few of these outside in my backyard! They really are cool.

[@inigoplateu4650]

I've seen these before, primarily in catacombs and underground ruins.

[@thatwingsoffirelover2480]

This is a cool video! I was wondering if you could do a video on nightjar birds?

[@HayTatsuko]

What a cool plant! I love that it plays the UNO Reverse card on fungi by behaving much like some of those do!

[@lokiiago_x0x]

Oooooh spooky! Love it :)

[@murderycatdoll1380]

Hahaha her Uuuuuhuuuuuuu's a A-Tear 🤣🤣🤣

[@AzureEnzi]

I actually saw a cluster of Ghost Pipes in my forest on one of my hikes on the East Coast (looking for moss mind you!) And I didnt really know how rare they really were to find! It was such an amazing feeling!

[@wasd____]

"How do you say creepy as hell in Latin?" _superstitio ad inferos_

[@Sarappreciates]

I'd love to hear Floralogic's take on the plants in the Voynich Manuscript. I know everyone wants to read the text, but I'm curious to know a plant expert's opinion on the drawings.

[@gotcha4688]

YASSS i love these. They don't exist where I live, but they're so cool

[@NWforager]

i do think i see these in PNW hikes. i wonder what the honey or nectar would taste like , or the roots 🤔

[@ThePenguin4120]

I found some of these a few weeks ago in NC and they were definitely not odorless. They had like a subtle sweetness to 'em.

[@keithmanfredi]

Cool, I came across some in Algonquin park and thought they were fungus due to the way they look and the fact they were near all types of mushroom/fungus.

[@kyleknopp8093]

I had over 50 of these in my small backyard last year. Know all about them.

[@sassa82]

Its very interesting, I had never heared about such a plant.

[@Hootymchootsifer]

I came accost some ghost pipes in northern mn last summer! What an incredible species 😮

[@onetwocue]

Living in the PNW these were everywhere along with coral root orchids

[@mark6302]

I frequently have mushrooms suck the life out of my reality

[@TheInufalo]

Absolute favorite plant. Even have a tattoo of it

[@MuzakFavo]

I find the ghost pipe very beautiful - always have. But the “other worldly” name fits it well as it’s so pale and translucent.

[@bradenhaynes865]

I LOVE THESE PLANTS OMGMOGMGMGOGM

[@samwill7259]

They have to eat all that fungus to make space for themselves. There's just not mush-room.

[@mrunalmhatre9295]

I saw this plant near my forest and since then I want to know what it is ...my 6 yrs of wait is finally over 🙏

[@slfrules1]

Love your hair!!

[@BMFC]

I discovered these in my yard two years ago. They were everywhere for like a week this past summer.

[@Glitch_Online]

The spooky bey got me.

[@titsmcgee8885]

Used to see these things when i was living in Wisconsin.

[@ZChiller666]

Awesome video!!

[@Noukz37]

One love for Tasha ♥