Candystick or Sugarstick, Allotropa virgata, is a saprophytic plant that feeds off decaying material in the soil and is without chlorophyll. It is fairly common in mixed or coniferous forests and these were photographed in the thick forests on Hoypus Hill near Deception Pass on the northern end of western Washington's Whidbey Island. Sadly when we went back to see them fully grown, some lout had destroyed them all, not entirely surprising, since they were right along one of the popular trails in that area.

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