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[coalboat]

Monotropa uniflora, an interesting plant (which means it's not fungus) that does not need photosynthesis. They look like the dwarven pig tail to me.

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[delphonso]

It's beautiful!

Now... How to make clothes out of it...

[coalboat]

Dry them in a well ventilated stone chamber and thread them, maybe!

[scriver]

Those are very cool and a little bit spooky.

They look a little bit like bony fingers. Bone finger bells.

[Reelya]

Sadly you couldn't really farm them since they're a parasitic plant that draws it's energy from tree roots. They're indirectly reliant on photosynthesis.

[King Zultan]

If it can't be made into cloth maybe we could brew it into some kind of exotic alcohol.

[coalboat]

Sadly you couldn't really farm them since they're a parasitic plant that draws it's energy from tree roots. They're indirectly reliant on photosynthesis.

I just learned about that too. Only magic can explain the dwarven crops so far.

This could be what sweet pod may look like:

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[Naturegirl1999]

Sadly you couldn't really farm them since they're a parasitic plant that draws it's energy from tree roots. They're indirectly reliant on photosynthesis.

You might still be able to farm them, if you have trees around to plant them in the roots of.

[Reelya]

Sadly you couldn't really farm them since they're a parasitic plant that draws it's energy from tree roots. They're indirectly reliant on photosynthesis.

You might still be able to farm them, if you have trees around to plant them in the roots of.

The problem isn't that you can grow them, it's that growing them would give a net negative yield compared to what could be grown there instead.

[Frumple]

We do that all the time, though. That's, like, the entire meat industry in one sentence :V

[delphonso]

Learn from the dwarves! No meat, only eggs and mushrooms!

[coalboat]

Quarrybush:

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Another sweet pod:

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[Reelya]

We do that all the time, though. That's, like, the entire meat industry in one sentence :V

However meat focuses protein and other nutrients. Note things like low-protein diets. This has been shown in many other species not just humans. If protein is too low then animals over-eat and get obese. This even goes for insects.
https://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/locusts-help-our-understanding-of-human-obesity/11010030
There are reasons that cultures that eat more meat actually came to dominate the planet. Growing this white plant by leeching off other plants doesn't provide a benefit.

[King Zultan]

So what your saying is that we need plants that grow meat, and once we have our bacon trees we will become the ultimate lifeforms.

[coalboat]

The point of this thread is to find real life saprophytes that resemble dwarven underground plants. (Fungus is also plant for dwarves, as it can be seen from the stock menu)

There's no need to engage in debate over the profitability of a real life monotropa farm.