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Marasmius alliaceus.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Agaric porreau, Garlic Parachute, Knoblauch-Schwindling, Marasme alliacé
Marasmius alliaceus Mushroom
Ref No: 8023
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location: Europe
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)
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on wood, Grows on plant material/manure

Marasmius alliaceus (Jacq. ex Fr.) Fr. Knoblauch-Schwindling Marasme alliacé, Agaric porreau Garlic Parachute. Cap 1–4cm across, convex to broadly bell-shaped, whitish to pallid or clay-brown, often grooved or striate at margin. Stem 45–200 x 1–3mm, minutely velvety, clay-brown at apex becoming black below, base rooting. Flesh thin, whitish in cap, grey in stem. Smell strongly of garlic. Gills whitish to pallid. Spore print cream. Spores broadly elliptic, 7–11 x 6–8um. Cuticular cells rounded and smooth. Habitat on leaf litter, buried twigs and other debris, usually beech, especially on chalk. Season late summer to late autumn. Uncommon. Not edible. Found In Europe, reported from America but possibly an undescribed species with an onion scent.

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