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

synonyms: Rauber Schwindling
Marasmiellus vaillantii Mushroom
Ref No: 8022
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location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Funnel shaped
flesh: Flesh fibrous usually pliable (like grass)
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows on wood, Grows on plant material/manure

Marasmiellus vaillantii (Pers: Fr.) Sing. Syn. Marasmius calopus (Pers. ex Fr.) Fr. Rauber Schwindling. Cap 0.5–1.5cm across, centrally depressed, whitish with rusty-brown tinge at centre, surface uneven. Stem 10–30 x 1–2mm, rusty-brown. Flesh thin, concolorous. Gills distant, white to cream. Cheilocystidia hair-like with irregular knobbly swellings. Spore print white. Spores tear-shaped, 7–8.5 x 3–4.5um. Cap cuticle of irregularly branched hyphae. Habitat on leaf litter, dead grass and other debris. Season autumn. Uncommon. Not edible. Found In Europe.

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