A rare, parasitic 'fairy lantern' plant species was discovered in Malaysia. It might be critically endangered Deep within ...

A new species of fairy lantern has been ­discovered by local researchers in Taman Eko Rimba Sungai Congkak in Selangor.

This plant, called a fairy lantern, is a parasite that steals all its energy and nutrients from mycorrhizal fungi that dwell ...

A new species of fairy lantern has been discovered by local researchers in Taman Eko Rimba Sungai Congkak in Selangor.

In the heart of the southern states of Australia, there lives a curious and elusive plant, so small and hidden that very few people have the luck to ever see one in their lifetime. It’s Thismia ...

Scientists in Japan have rediscovered an extremely rare species of parasitic "fairy lantern" that was presumed to be extinct. The mysterious plant, Thismia kobensis, belongs to a rarely seen, ...

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A mystical plant - called the "fairy lantern" and presumed extinct - has emerged from the floor of a enchanted forest in Japan. Only 90 species of the Thismia plant have ever been found and many of ...