Parasitic plant convinces hosts to grow into its own flesh—it's also an extreme example of genome shrinkage

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Sep 21, 2023, 11:00 am233 pts
If you happen to come across plants of the Balanophoraceae family in a corner of a forest, you might easily mistake them for fungi growing around tree roots. Their mushroom-like structures are actually inflorescences, composed of minute flowers.

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