- Marasmius elegans
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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 Collybia elegans Cleland (1933)
Marasmius elegans Mycological characteristics
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 978-1875560806. http://books.google.com/books?id=BQvjx9M-DTgC&pg=PA202. 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 0730807371.
Categories:- Marasmius
- Fungi of Australia
- Fungi described in 1933
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