Ep. 490 - Pinesap: A Parasitic Mystery

In Defense of Plants Podcast

In Defense of Plants

Science & Medicine, Natural Sciences

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Pinesap (Monotropa hypopitys) produces no leaves nor any chlorophyl. It “eats” fungi and can be found growing in many areas around the globe. It flowers in spring, fall, and summer and noby really knows if it is a single species or many. Despite its uniqueness, relatively little scientific attention has been paid to this little parasitic plant. Join me and Bill Michalek of The Field Guides Podcast scratch the surface of pinesap natural history and discuss what the many mysteries they discuss in their recent episode on this enigmatic parasitic plant. This episode was produced in part by Maia, Rens, David, Robert, Thomas, Valerie, Joan, Mohsin Kazmi Photography, Cathy, Simon, Nick, Paul, Charis, EJ, Laura, Sung, NOK, Stephen, Heidi, Kristin, Luke, Sea, Shannon, Thomas, Will, Jamie, Waverly, Brent, Tanner, Rick, Kazys, Dorothy, Katherine, Emily, Theo, Nichole, Paul, Karen, Randi, Caelan, Tom, Don, Susan, Corbin, Keena, Robin, Peter, Whitney, Kenned, Margaret, Daniel, Karen, David, Earl, Jocelyn, Gary, Krysta, Elizabeth, Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts, Pattypollinators, Peter, Judson, Ella, Alex, Dan, Pamela, Peter, Andrea, Nathan, Karyn, Michelle, Jillian, Chellie, Linda, Laura, Miz Holly, Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the Indefensive Plants podcast the official
0:03.0	podcast of Intefensive Plants. What's up this is your host Matt welcome to the show
0:07.1	how is everyone doing this week? I would be doing great if you considered supporting
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0:28.2	Once again, that's Patreon.com.
0:30.0	Indefensive Plants. Consider supporting the show today. But speaking of the show I have a
0:34.8	great returning guest, one of my favorites, one of my best buds, Bill Michaelek from the
0:39.5	Field Guides Podcast is here and we're talking about a really cool plant called Pine Sap.
0:45.0	They recently did a full episode on it as well.
0:48.0	They go into a lot more detail in a lot of different areas.
0:51.0	I highly recommend you go check it out. It's the Field Guides
0:54.1	podcast. Tell them I sent you, make sure to subscribe because they just talk about so many wonderful
0:58.9	topics. But yeah, today we are talking about a unique parasitic plant in the Heath family.
1:05.3	So I don't want to keep it from it any longer. Let's just jump right into it.
1:08.3	Without further ado, here's my conversation with Bill Michaelek. I hope you enjoy. All right, Bill Michaelek. Welcome back, my friend. Thanks for having me. It's been a while, but how you been?
1:33.0	Pretty good. Been busy with the podcast. We have a new third person that has joined our team and he's keeping us motivated.
1:40.0	We've gotten more episodes out over the past year than we have in quite a while.
1:44.0	Yeah, I'm always excited when I sign on in the morning and I see them in my news feed. I was like,
1:47.5	a new episode. I don't always listen to him right away, but it is good to have that backlog.
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