Mitrula paludosa
| Mitrula paludosa | |
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| Mitrula paludosa growing on swamp-leaves in the Middlesex Fells Reservation. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Leotiomycetes |
| Order: | Helotiales |
| Family: | Sclerotiniaceae |
| Genus: | Mitrula |
| Species: | M. paludosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Mitrula paludosa | |
Mitrula paludosa (syn. Mitrula phalloides), the swamp beacon (US) or bog beacon, (UK) is a species of fungus. It is inedible.[1]
Habitat
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Wildflowers, wild orchids, fungi, wildlife; nature books, reserves". www.first-nature.com. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
External links
[edit]- Images of the bog beacon in the UK
- Bog beacon locations in Northern Ireland
- Photographs with many European language translations of the name
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