Mitrula paludosa

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Mitrula paludosa
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Mitrula paludosa growing on swamp-leaves in the Middlesex Fells Reservation.
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Helotiales
Family: Sclerotiniaceae
Genus: Mitrula
Species:
M. paludosa
Binomial name
Mitrula paludosa
Fr.

Mitrula paludosa (syn. Mitrula phalloides), the swamp beacon (US) or bog beacon, (UK) is a species of fungus. It is inedible. [1]

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Habitat

These mushrooms are found in swamps and bogs across North America in the cooler climates of south-eastern Canada, New England south to the Mason–Dixon line, and much of the mid-western United States. Also present in Europe from the British Isles to Eastern Europe.

On the West Coast of the United States, the Mitrula elegans looks similar.

Identification

Many related species of Mitrula look identical without microscopic study. The cap or club is yellow with a white stalk (possibly with some pink coloration). It is around 2–3 mm wide, and up to 4 cm tall. [2]

References

  1. Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuides. p. 519. ISBN   978-0-7627-3109-1.
  2. "Wildflowers, wild orchids, fungi, wildlife; nature books, reserves". www.first-nature.com. Retrieved 2021-10-19.