Mitrula elegans (Mitrula elegans)

Mitrula elegans, Swamp Beacon I have never heard of a plant or fungus being referred to as gregarious but this fungus definitely is! It was growing in a swamp next to another inhabitant of the swamp Western Skunk Cabbage. These are not quite as clean as I would have wished. The dirt is a result of a recent downpour that splashed the mud up onto the fungus. Canada,Geotagged,Mitrula elegans,Spring

Habitat

Mitrula are not wood-decaying ascomycetes, but instead grow on dead leaves, conifer cones and needles, and aquatic plants. They can grow in shallow, standing water.

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Taxonomy
Kingdom	Fungi
Division	Ascomycota
Class	Leotiomycetes
Order	Helotiales
Family	Helotiaceae
Genus	Mitrula
Species	Mitrula elegans

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