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

synonyms: Collared Parachute, Fallschirm-Schwindling, Marasme petite roue
Marasmius rotula Mushroom
Ref No: 8033
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Marasmius rotula2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8034
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Marasmius rotula3 Mushroom
Ref No: 8035
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: White to cream
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Stem much longer than cap diameter
flesh: Flesh fibrous usually pliable (like grass)
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on wood, Grows on plant material/manure

Marasmius rotula (Scop. ex Fr.) Fr. Fallschirm-Schwindling Marasme petite roue Collared Parachute. Cap 0.5–1.5cm across, convex, centrally flattened and ribbed like a parachute with the margin scalloped, whitish, sometimes dark brown in the depressed centre. Stem 20–70 x 1mm, white at apex dark brown below. Flesh white in cap, brown in stem. Gills whitish cream, attached to a collar free of the stem. Spore print white. Spores elongate elliptical, 7–10 x 3.5–5um. Cuticular cells subglobose with tiny dense finger-like processes. Habitat gregarious on dead twigs and roots, less frequently on leaves. Season summer to winter. Common. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe.

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