Marasmiellus vaillantiiSynonymsAgaricus vaillantii Agaricus ericetorum β Agaricus vaillantii Marasmius vaillantii
BiostatusOccurrence uncertain
Images (click to enlarge) Caption: coralloid cheilocystidia and spore Owner: J.A. Cooper | Caption: cutis with ramealis elements and periclinal hyphae with extracellular encrusted bands. Owner: J.A. Cooper | Caption: fruitbodies on Salix cinerea twig. Scale divisions =1mm Owner: J.A. Cooper |
Article: Massee, G.E. (1899) [1898]. The fungus flora of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 31: 282–349 Wellington:. Description: Pileus thin, pliant, at first convex, soon flattened and more or less depressed at the disc,
marked with radiating ridges, whitish, 1.6-2.5 cm. across when expanded; gills adnate, but
from their triangular form appearing somewhat decurrent, broad, distant, distinct, simple,
white; spores elliptical, 10 x 6 µ ; stem about 2.5 cm. long, thickened upwards, glabrous, bay,
shining, apex paler, base blackish, naked, penetrating the substance upon which it is growing. Habitat: On dead wood, fallen twigs, leaves, &c. Distribution: Dannevirke, New Zealand. Europe, United States. Notes: Inodorous. Small, tough, dry. Marasmius impudicus differs in the purplish stem becoming
covered with white velvety down when,dry.
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