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Go to the NZFungi website for more indepth information on Marasmiellus vaillantii. Marasmiellus vaillantii

Synonyms

Agaricus vaillantii
Agaricus ericetorum β Agaricus vaillantii
Marasmius vaillantii

Biostatus

Occurrence 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.