This is 100% Balanophora fungosa when it comes out of the ground it will turn cream white in colour .. few week back one my friend out here went for Vietnam trip he too brought back the photo of this plant... he mistaking thought this to be a mushroom
tanay On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 6:42 AM, Ritesh Kumar Choudhary < ritesh....@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > > Balanophora from Vietnam (could be B. fungosa). Pl validate. > > Loc.: HonBa Natural Reserve, Vietnam > > Date: 12th April, 2011. > > Regards, > Ritesh. > -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/