Marasmius
| Marasmius | |
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| Marasmius elegans | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Marasmiaceae |
| Genus: | Marasmius Fr. (1836) |
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Scop. ) Fr. (1838)
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| Marasmius saprotrophic |
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Marasmius is a
fungi in the family Marasmiaceae. It contains about 500 species of agarics,[1] of which a few, such as Marasmius oreades, are edible. However, most members of this genus are small, unimpressive brown mushrooms. Their humble appearance contributes to their not being readily distinguishable to non-specialists, and they are therefore seldom collected by mushroom hunters. Several of the species are known to grow in the characteristic fairy ring
pattern.
The author of the genus was
mycologists no longer consider the marcescence/putrescence distinction a reliable criterion for taxonomy
, but Fries's definition of the genus is still roughly applicable.
Species
Below is a list of more prominent species (for a complete list see List of Marasmius species). Note that some well-known former members of Marasmius, such as M. alliaceus, have been moved into the new genus Mycetinis; a few others have been reclassified as Rhizomarasmius or Gloiocephala. Former M. androsaceus is now considered to belong to genus Gymnopus.
- M. amazonicus
- M. anomalus
- M. atrocastaneus
- M. auklandicus
- M. aurantiobasalis
- M. bambusinus
- M. bellus
- M. bulliardii
- M. buxi - box parachute
- M. caperatus
- M. capillaris
- M. caricis
- M. chordalis
- M. cladophyllus
- M. cohaerens
- M. collinus
- M. corbariensis
- M. crinis-equi
- M. croceus
- M. curranii
- M. curreyi
- M. cylindraceocampanulatus
- M. delicatus
- M. delectans
- M. elegans - velvet parachute
- M. epiphylloides - ivy parachute
- M. epiphyllus - leaf parachute
- M. exocarpi
- M. exustoides
- M. favrei
- M. fishii
- M. fulvoferrugineus
- M. funalis
- M. galbinus
- M. gelatinosipes
- M. graminum
- M. haematocephalus
- M. hudsonii - holly parachute
- M. indopurpureostriatus [4]
- M. insititius
- M. kanukaneus
- M. koae
- M. kroumirensis
- M. limosus
- M. masonii
- M. meridionalis
- M. micraster
- M. midnapurensis
- M. minutus
- M. nigripes
- M. oreades - fairy ring mushroom
- M. otagensis
- M. pallenticeps
- M. palmivorus
- M. perforans
- M. perpusillus
- M. phalaricola
- M. podocarpicola
- M. prasiosmus
- M. pulcherripes
- M. pyrrhocephalus
- M. pusillissimus
- M. pusio
- M. quercophilus
- M. resinosus
- M. rhombisporus
- M. rhopalostylidis
- M. rimuphilus
- M. rosulatus
- M. rotula - collared parachute or pinwheel mushroom
- M. sacchari
- M. saccharinus
- M. sasicola
- M. semiustus
- M. setosus
- M. siccus
- M. spaniophyllus
- M. splachnoides
- M. subsupinus
- M. stenophyllus
- M. strictipes (edible)[5]
- M. sullivantii
- M. tageticolor
- M. tenuiparietalis
- M. tenuissimus
- M. tinctorius
- M. torquescens
- M. unilamellatus
- M. wettsteinii
- M. wynneae - pearly parachute
See also
References
- ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- ^ See record in Index Fungorum
- ^ E. M. Fries Epicrisis systematis mycologici (1838) Uppsala: Typographia Academica
- ^ Twilley, Nicola "The Year in Fungi", The New Yorker, New York, 20 December 2015. Retrieved on 21 December 2015.
- ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
External links
Data related to Marasmius at Wikispecies- Genus Marasmius at Mushroom Expert.com
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