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Species of fungus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Marasmius elegans | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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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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 is unknown |
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]
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