<story><title>A carnivorous plant that traps prey underground</title><url>https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/01/world/carnivorous-plant-lives-underground-discovered-scn/index.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>trashcan</author><text>On a tangentially related note, there are some carnivorous plants that have evolved away from carnivory:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Nepenthes_ampullaria&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Nepenthes_ampullaria&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Nepenthes ampullaria has largely moved away from carnivory and acquires a substantial portion of its nutrients from digesting leaf matter that falls to the forest floor. It is thus partially detritivorous.</text></comment>
<story><title>A carnivorous plant that traps prey underground</title><url>https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/01/world/carnivorous-plant-lives-underground-discovered-scn/index.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>elevaet</author><text>On a similar note in subterranean carnivory, there are fungi that specialize in snaring nematodes:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Nematophagous_fungus&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Nematophagous_fungus&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>