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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Marasmius elegans (Cleland) Grgur. (1997) |
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| Marasmius elegans | |
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| Mycological characteristics | |
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gills on hymenium |
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cap is convex |
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hymenium is adnate |
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stipe is bare |
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spore print is white |
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ecology is saprotrophic |
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.
The species was originally described as Collybia elegans by the Australian mycologist John Burton Cleland in 1933. Cheryl Grgurinovic transferred it to Marasmius in a 1997 publication.
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