Global InformationBalanophora fungosa information
| Balanophora fungosa | |
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| B. fungosa growing in rainforest near Kuranda in Far North Queensland. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Balanophoraceae |
| Genus: | Balanophora |
| Species: | B. fungosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Balanophora fungosa J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.[1]
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Balanophora fungosa, sometimes known as fungus root is a flowering plant in the family Balanophoraceae and occurs in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and some Pacific Islands. It is an obligate parasite growing on the roots of rainforest trees. The flowering structure is shaped like a puffball but in fact consists of a globe covered with thousands of tiny female flowers. The globe is surrounded at its base by a much smaller number of male flowers. In flower, the plant emits an odour resembling that of mice.[2][3]
- ^ "Balanophora fungosa". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ "Balanophora fungosa". BSA Parasitic Plant Pages. St. Louis, MO: Botanical Society of America. Archived from the original on 20 April 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ^ F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Balanophora fungosa subsp. fungosa". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 29 June 2021.