And the birds have gifted us a new plant! Indian pipe, ( Monotropa uniflora ), also called ghost plant!

Indian pipes or ghost plant is a perennial flowering plant (the only such plant totally lacking in chlorophyll). It was originally thought to be a fungus/mushroom species but it is not. It has a sort of symbiotic relationship (mycoheterotrophic) with a fungus that feeds off of green plants roots – providing indian pipes with nourishment? It is considered rare and found only in moist shady areas. Weird, but cool!