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Marasmius cohaerens.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

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  • Marasmius cohaerens Mushroom
    Ref No: 8025
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    location: North America, Europe
    edibility: Inedible
    fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Brown
    normal size: Less than 5cm
    cap type: Convex to shield shaped
    stem type: Bulbous base of stem, Stem much longer than cap diameter
    flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy)
    spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
    habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on wood, Grows on plant material/manure

    Marasmius cohaerens (Pers. ex. Fr.) Cke. & Qu¨¦l. Cap 1-3.5cm, convex-campanulate; dark yellowish brown to cinnamon, darker at disc; smooth, dry, or subhygrophanous at margin; tough, pliable, dry cap texture revives when remoistened. Gills adnexed, distant, broad; yellowish white to brownish at margin. Stem 20-75 x 0.75-3mm, long, slender; white pruinose at apex, yellow-brown below and reddish brown in lower half, with a basal pad of pale yellow or white mycelium; dry, very smooth and polished, pliant to cartilaginous or horny with age. Flesh pallid brown. Odor somewhat pungent, earthy. Taste none to slightly alkaline and with a bitter aftertaste. Spores subfusiform, smooth, (6)7-9.8(11) x 3-5.5¦Ì. Deposit white. Habitat in dense clusters or gregarious on decaying leaves, twigs, etc., in deciduous woods. Found widely distributed in North America. Season July-October. Edibility not known. Comment A drop of alkali (KOH) applied to the reddish areas of the stem turns green. However, this appears to be the first record of this reaction in this species.

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