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Online Atlas of Michigan Plants
View interactive maps and customized lists of vascular plants occurring in Michigan

Search Michigan Bryophytes and Pteridophytes
Search the MICH holdings of mosses, liverworts, and pteridophytes [incomplete] collected in Michigan

Gazetteer of Obscure Michigan Place Names

Seed Plants and Bryophytes of Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies
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Malpighiaceae — Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Vascular Plants of Mount Kinabalu

Fungal Bioinformatics Project
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Species Focus:
Omphalotus illudens


Omphalotus illudens or the "jack o' lantern" mushroom is a saprophyte that fruits in clusters at the base of deciduous trees. O. illudens is poisonous and must be distinguished from the superficially similar chanterelles. O. illudens is also of significance because it is weakly bioluminescent.

Photo: T. James