Bizarre “Fairy Lantern” Species Discovered in Malaysian Forest

Thismia aliasii is a newly discovered endangered species in Malaysia, dependent on fungi and rare in the wild. Researchers have identified a new species of the elusive ‘fairy lantern’ genus Thismia in a hill dipterocarp forest in eastern Peninsular Malaysia. A recent study published in the open-access journal PhytoKeys describes the distinct features of this [...]