candystick

English

candystick (Allotropa virgata)

Etymology

From its resemblance to a red-and white striped peppermint stick candy.

Noun

candystick

1. A type of myco-heterotroph with a red and white striped stem (Allotropa virgata)
   • 2001, Nez Perce National Forest (N.F.), Starbucky Restoration Project: Final Environmental Impact Statement, page 117:

     There are approximately 1500 acres of potential candystick habitat in the Conservation Unit, which is located entirely within the analysis area, mainly in VRU 6.

   • 2011, Fran Kelso, Frances Kelso Graham, Plant Lore of an Alaskan Island, page 260:

     This family also includes some unusual fleshy, chlorophyll-lacking plants, such as Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora) and candystick (Allotropa virgata), which are saprophytic (feeding or growing upon dead or decaying organic matter).

   • 2011, E. C. Pielou, The World of Northern Evergreens, page 75:

     Examples of them, shown in figure 7.1, are candystick (Allotropa virgata), pinesap (Monotropa hypopithys), Indian-pipe (Monotropa uniflora), and gnome-plant (Hemitomes congestum).