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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Bradley Jolly

Otherworldly 'fairy lantern' plant that was presumed extinct emerges from forest floor

A mystical plant - called the "fairy lantern" and presumed extinct - has emerged from the floor of a enchanted forest in Japan.

Only 90 species of the Thismia plant have ever been found and many of these are thought to be extinct, largely due to the destruction of habitat.

The plant has, over the years, adapted and developed new survival strategies, somewhat ditching photosynthesis to instead obtain its nutrients from other organisms.

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