Marasmius elegans
| Marasmius elegans | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Marasmiaceae |
| Genus: | Marasmius |
| Species: | M. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Marasmius elegans (Cleland) Grgur. (1997) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Collybia elegans Cleland (1933) | |
| Marasmius elegans | |
|---|---|
 | |
 | gills on hymenium |
 | cap is convex |
 | hymenium is adnate |
 | stipe is bare |
 | spore print is white |
 | ecology is saprotrophic |
Marasmius elegans, commonly known as the velvet parachute, is a species of fungus in the Marasmiaceae family of mushrooms. It has a reddish-brown cap, and a whitish stem 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]
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.