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Photograph of Marasmius rotula, a modern species that resemble Archaeomarasmius.
Photograph of Marasmius rotula, a modern species that resemble Archaeomarasmius.

Archaeomarasmius is an extinct

saprobic on plant litter or other forest debris
.

The genus is solely known from the

Upper Cretaceous. Archaeomarasmius is one of only five known agaric fungus species known in the fossil record, and the only one to be described from New Jersey amber. (see more...
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