Marasmius elegans
Marasmius elegans | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Marasmiaceae |
Genus: | Marasmius |
Species: | M. elegans
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Binomial name | |
Marasmius elegans (Cleland) (1997)
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Synonyms | |
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Marasmius elegans | |
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gills on hymenium | |
cap is convex | |
hymenium is adnate | |
stipe is bare | |
spore print is white | |
ecology is saprotrophic | |
edibility: unknown |
Marasmius elegans, commonly known as the velvet parachute, is a species of fungus in the family Marasmiaceae. It has a reddish-brown cap, and a whitish stipe with white hairs at the base. It can be found in eucalypt forests in Australia.[1]
Taxonomy[]
The species was originally described as Collybia elegans by the Australian mycologist John Burton Cleland in 1933.[2] Cheryl Grgurinovic transferred it to Marasmius in a 1997 publication.[3]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Bougher NL, Syme K. (1998). Fungi of southern Australia. University of Western Australia Press. p. 202. ISBN 978-1-875560-80-6. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
- ^ Cleland JB. (1933). "Australian fungi: notes and descriptions. - No. 9". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia. 57: 187–94.
- ^ Grgurinovic C. (1997). Larger Fungi of South Australia. Adelaide, Australia: The Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and State Herbarium. p. 250. ISBN 0-7308-0737-1.
Categories:
- Marasmius
- Fungi of Australia
- Fungi described in 1933
- Taxa named by John Burton Cleland
- Marasmiaceae stubs