Mitrula paludosa    Fr. 

common name(s) : Bog Beacon 

New classification: Ascomycota/Pezizomycotina/Leotiomycetes/Leotiomycetidae/Helotiales/Helotiaceae  
Former classification: Ascomycota/Hymenoascomycetes/Pezizomycetideae/Leotiales/Leotiaceae  
(unconfirmed synonyms: Mitrula norvegica, Mitrula phalloides)  

edibility : inedible

photo gallery of Mitrula paludosa
photo gallery of Mitrula paludosa potential confusions with Mitrula paludosa toxicity of Mitrula paludosa genus Mitrula  

The fruiting body is club-shaped or drumstick-shaped, with an orange head, orange-yellow.

The flesh is white, thin;

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on the ground, in very wet areas (puddles, wet leaves, peat).

The fruiting period takes place from April to December.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 1 cm (between 0.75 and 1.25 cm)
  total height approximately 3 cm (between 1 and 5 cm)

Distinctive features : sorry, no English description yet

Mitrula paludosa is rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Mitrula paludosa in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Mitrula paludosa in the forest of Rambouillet



page updated on 14/01/18