The relationship between fungi and ghost plants, however, is anything but mutual.

然而，真菌和幽灵植物之间的关系绝不是相互的。

Ghost plants are so delicate that propagating  them at home is next to impossible.

幽灵植物非常脆弱，在家中繁殖它们几乎是不可能的。

The ghost plant catfishes the fungi, tricking it into thinking it's  entering another legit symbiosis.

幽灵植物鲶鱼真菌，欺骗它认为它正在进入另一个合法的共生关系。

But this relationship is a toxic one, since  the ghost plant doesn't give anything back.

但这种关系是有毒的，因为幽灵植物不会回馈任何东西。

If only ghost plants were as nice  to fungi as they are to bumblebees!

要是鬼植物对真菌和大黄蜂一样好就好了！

The Ghost plant is in the Ericaceae family, otherwise known as heaths or  heathers, depending on your preference.

幽灵植物属于石楠科，也称为石南花或石南花，具体取决于您的喜好。

The root system of  the ghost plant is brittle and fleshy.

幽灵植物的根系脆而肉质。

Like dodder, the Ghost plant is a parasite, but they lack the chlorophyll necessary  to make their own food from sunlight.

像菟丝子一样，幽灵植物是一种寄生虫，但它们缺乏利用阳光制作自己食物所需的叶绿素。

These are mycorrhizal fungi that live  around the bases of trees in the deep, dark woods where ghost plants are found.

这些是菌根真菌，生活在幽暗森林深处的树根周围，在那里发现了幽灵植物。

The ghost plant's stem is covered in  scaly modified leaves called bracts.

幽灵植物的茎上覆盖着称为苞片的鳞片状改良叶子。

While not a fungus itself, fungi do  play a key role in how ghost plants get their nutrients.

虽然真菌本身不是真菌，但真菌确实在幽灵植物如何获得营养方面发挥着关键作用。

So if you're hoping for a beautiful  snowy white bouquet of ghost plants to haunt your credenza, I'm sorry to disappoint.

因此，如果您希望有一束美丽的雪白鬼魂植物花束萦绕在您的书柜里，那么我很抱歉让您失望了。

So the tree does the photosynthesizing, the fungi absorbs the nutrients  from the tree's roots, and the ghost plant steals them from the fungi.

因此，树进行光合作用，真菌从树根吸收养分，幽灵植物从真菌那里窃取养分。

The flower of the ghost plant nods downward until it is pollinated by an  insect, at which point, it points upright.

幽灵植物的花向下点头，直到它被昆虫授粉，此时，它直立。

Because it's so delicate and looks like frozen  jelly, the ghost plant is sometimes also called the ice plant because it seemingly  melts away when picked and handled.

因为它非常脆弱，看起来像冷冻果冻，幽灵植物有时也被称为冰植物，因为它在采摘和处理时似乎会融化。

The ghost plant's scientific name Monotropa  uniflora is a real mishmash of classical languages: Monotropa from the Greek for " one  turn" , uniflora from the Latin for " one flowered" .

幽灵植物的学名Monotropa uniflora是古典语言的真正大杂烩：Monotropa来自希腊语，意为“一圈”，uniflora来自拉丁语，意为“一朵花”。

While it may be related to  your favourite yogurt toppings, the pale colour, downturned flower,   and firm, fleshy texture of the ghost plant often lead people to falsely  assume that this plant is a mushroom.

虽然它可能与您最喜欢的酸奶配料有关，但幽灵植物的苍白颜色、向下翻转的花朵和坚实的肉质质地经常导致人们错误地认为这种植物是一种蘑菇。

Today we're talking about a spooky spectre of a plant that lives in the deepest,   darkest, moistest forests of the Americas and Asia: Monotropa uniflora, otherwise known as  ghost pipe, Indian pipe or the ghost plant.

今天我们谈论的是一种生活在美洲和亚洲最深处、最黑暗、最潮湿的森林中的幽灵植物：Monotropa uniflora，也称为幽灵管、印度管或幽灵植物。