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HistoryMar 08, 2024 - 10:11 p.m.

Friday Squid Blogging: New Plant Looks Like a Squid

2024-03-0822:11:17
Bruce Schneier
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plant discovery
squid-like appearance
fairy lanterns
relictithismia kimotsukiensis
photosynthesis
fungi energy

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Newly discovered plant looks like a squid. And it's super weird:

> The plant, which grows to 3 centimetres tall and 2 centimetres wide, emerges to the surface for as little as a week each year. It belongs to a group of plants known as fairy lanterns and has been given the scientific name Relictithismia kimotsukiensis.
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> Unlike most other plants, fairy lanterns don't produce the green pigment chlorophyll, which is necessary for photosynthesis. Instead, they get their energy from fungi.

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