Just saw this article and thought it was super cool!
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/01/world/carnivorous-plant-lives-underground-discovered-scn/index.html
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Very cool. I wish the video showed what was inside the traps.
Cool!
Of course, Arthrobotrys oligospora (and kin), do the lassoo the nematode thing with just 3 cells…
(But who’s counting, right?)
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That’s cool, thanks for the heads-up on this! Another interesting tidbit to add to botany lectures. I also had to immediately think of those nematode-catching fungi. The underground can be a dangerous place.
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I’m not familiar with those fungi. My immediate thought was the bladderworts that have traps underground.
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I saw this on tik tok and thought it was clikbait. That’s wild!!
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