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Where do plants that are not capable of photosynthesis get their energy?

Most plants obtain energy through photosynthesis. But there are also mycoheterotrophic plants that do not carry out photosynthesis due to the lack of chlorophyll, but instead parasitize fungi. An example of mycoheterotrophs is the single-flowered podelnik, a completely white plant without leaves. Since it does not need sunlight at all, it can grow freely on the soils of very dense forests and in even darker places.

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