Albino-ish Looking Plant ID?

[Cabin Fever]

I was out in the woods today and came across a plant that I've never seen before. It's solid white... stem, leaves, and flowers. Any idea what kind of plant it is? It's 8-10" tall. Pretty neat looking, whatever it is...

 

 

[Paula]

Looks very interesting. What did it feel like, fungus?

Edited August 21, 2014 by Paula

[turkeyfeathers]

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[Culvercreek hunt club]

Indian Pipe. It is a Fungus

[Cabin Fever]

Just smooth. I guess if I had my eyes closed and felt it, I probably wouldn't have known it was any different than a regular green plant.

[Paula]

That's is cool. Would love to see it

[Cabin Fever]

Interesting! Thanks guys! Looks like I have some reading to do!

[Two Track]

Not sure what kind of plant it is, but reminds me of the grass and dandelions that sprouted up under my overturned canoe in the spring. Some of it was very pale green and some was white like bean sprouts.

 

Plant itself may not be an unusual species, but just denied sufficient light to end up lacking its normal colors.

 

[Culvercreek hunt club]

really., It is Indian Pipe. Use to see it in the Daks along trails when backpacking. Seem to always find it on dead and rotting stumps and logs.

[Cabin Fever]

I'm surprised I've never seen this growing back in the woods before? It was growing just off the path that I've used for many years. It stuck out like a sore thumb too!

[Culvercreek hunt club]

Pretty rare. Google the medicinal uses that the native Americans used it for.

[Doc]

Actually, I have seen those quite often. We have some very well shaded stretches of dark woods around a deep ravine that never got logged very heavily and so we have what might be called "old-growth" hemlocks that keep the area in a dark, damp and cool condition that apparently these things like. I never knew the actual name of them, but I have seen them frequently for all of my life.

 

However, there was a plant that I saw only once back when I was a kid camping with my brother. It was something that covered the ground where we had raked a bunch of leaves back, and after dark, these things glowed. They actually glowed in the dark. I never saw it since, but of course that particular set of circumstances never happened again. I have never heard of plant material like that that glowed in the dark. Anybody ever seen anything like that?

[Culvercreek hunt club]

Doc, Never seen it but have heard of fungi that are bioluminescent in New York.  was it a plant?

[blackradio]

I see these a lot. They remind me of an asparagus.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

We  see a lot of that fungus in our woods. Couple of days ago, I saw Doll's eyes for the first time. Deadly poisonous , will stop your heart if ingested:

 

Have seen it but never knew what it was. Didn't know we had so much stuff up here that could mess you up.

[wooly]

I bet these would be delicious wrapped in bacon!

Who's gonna be the first to try one?

Got a mess of them around here for anyone having a hard time finding their own.

 

[turkeyfeathers]

I bet these would be delicious wrapped in bacon!

Who's gonna be the first to try one?

Got a mess of them around here for anyone having a hard time finding their own.

Wooly, I'm sure there's a few guys on here you wouldn't mind porch bombing with a box of this stuff