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Mitrula paludosa

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Mitrula paludosa
Mitrula paludosa growing on swamp-leaves in the Middlesex Fells Reservation.
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M. paludosa
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

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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

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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

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  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.
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