The plant was first spotted near a popular picnic site within a forest. But subsequent surveys have found fewer than 20 ...

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

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

While most plants form a symbiotic partnership with mycorrhizal fungi, the fairy lantern is a mycohetertroph which manages to ...

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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Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Fairy ...

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 ...