Freeloading Orchid Relies on Mushrooms Above and Below Ground (1) (IMAGE)

Kobe University

Freeloading Orchid Relies on Mushrooms Above and Below Ground (1)

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(A) This is Gastrodia pubilabiat flowers and the fruit fly pollinators. (B) flowers with eggs laid by fruit flies. (C) Fruit fly carrying G. pubilabiata pollen mass on the Mycena mushroom. (D) Fruit fly carrying G. pubilabiata pollen mass on fermented kaki fruit.

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