Marasmiellus

Marasmiellus
Marasmiellus ramealis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Basidiomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Marasmiaceae
Genus:	Marasmiellus Murrill
Type species
Marasmiellus juniperinus Murrill
Species
Marasmiellus cocophilus Marasmiellus inoderma Marasmiellus scandens Marasmiellus stenophyllus
Synonyms[1]
Micromphale Gray

Marasmiellus is a genus of fungus in the Marasmiaceae family of mushrooms. The widespread genus, circumscribed by American mycologist William Murrill in 1915,^[2] contains about 250 species.^[3]

The name comes from the Greek marasmus meaning wasting.

See also

Fungi portal

• List of Marasmiaceae genera

References

1. ^ "Marasmiellus Murrill". Species Fungorum. CAB International. http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=18016. Retrieved 2010-12-03. 
2. ^ Murrill WA. (1915). North American Flora 4 (9): 237–69. 
3. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 401. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. 

External links

• Marasmiellus in Index Fungorum.