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| synonyms: Pearly Parachute, Violetter Schwindling |
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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: White to cream, Violet or purple, Grey to beige |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| cap type: Convex to shield shaped |
| stem type: Stem much longer than cap diameter |
| spore colour: White, cream or yellowish |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on plant material/manure |
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Marasmius wynnei Berk. & Br. syn. M. globularis Fr. apud Quél. Violetter Schwindling Pearly Parachute. Cap 2–6cm across, hemispherical to flattened convex, pallid or violet grey when moist drying from centre to cream buff to clay pink and slightly wrinkled, margin striate when moist. Stem 20–100 x 2–5mm, buff near the apex, reddish-brown to almost black towards the finely white-powdered base. Flesh whitish in cap darker in stem. Gills white at first then pallid or tinged violet. Spore print white. Spores pip-shaped, 5–7 x 3–3.5um. Cuticular cells smooth and subglobose. Habitat in clusters amongst leaf litter in beech woods. Season autumn. Uncommon. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe. |
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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 11 February 2009
Hungarian name, Erdei szegfügomba
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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 24 November 2008
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