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| location: North America |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Grey to beige |
| normal size: Less than 5cm |
| cap type: Conical or nearly so |
| stem type: Stem much longer than cap diameter |
| flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy), Flesh fibrous usually pliable (like grass) |
| spore colour: White, cream or yellowish |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on wood, Grows on plant material/manure |
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Marasmius cystidiosus (Smith & Hesler) Gilliam Cap 2-5cm across, obtusely bell-shaped; pale tan to buff becoming pale, creamish, with a darker center; smooth, striate when moist. Gills adnate-seceding, crowded; pale buff. Stem 60-120 x 3-6mm, long, thin, sometimes twisted; whitish above, very pale gray-brown toward the white mycelium base; cartilaginous. Odor strong. Taste slight. Spores ellipsoid, 7-9 x 2.5-3.5ì. Deposit white. Pleurocystidia subfusoid, apex often ripple-like, 36-67 x 3-8ì. Habitat in clusters on decayed wood of deciduous trees. Not common. Found in northeastern North America. Season May-July. Edibility not known. |
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