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Marasmiellus nigripes.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

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  • Marasmiellus nigripes Mushroom
    Ref No: 8020
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    location: North America
    edibility: Inedible
    fungus colour: White to cream, Black or blackish
    normal size: Less than 5cm
    cap type: Convex to shield shaped
    stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
    flesh: Flesh fibrous usually pliable (like grass)
    spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
    habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on wood

    Marasmiellus nigripes (Schw.) Singer Cap 1-2 cm across, convex; white translucent; overlapping with distinct radial ridges; rubbery in feel. Gills decurrent, distant, forked; pure white, bruising a touch reddish. Stem;10-15 x 2mm, shortish and rather stout, covered in dense white hairs; black or white at first then black from the base up. Odor slight. Spores triangular or star-shaped, 8-9µ. Deposit white. Habitat on dead wood and twigs of many tree species. Found in northeastern North America, west to Michigan. Season August-October. Inedible. Comment The stems of my collection were only just beginning to blacken.

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