Marasmius elegans
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Species of fungus
| Marasmius elegans | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Marasmiaceae |
| Genus: | Marasmius |
| Species: | M. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Marasmius elegans | |
| Synonyms | |
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Species of fungus
| 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 | |
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]
Taxonomy
[edit ]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]
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ Bougher NL, Syme K. (1998). Fungi of southern Australia. University of Western Australia Press. p. 202. ISBN 978-1-875560-80-6 . Retrieved 2009年10月09日.
- ^ 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 0-7308-0737-1.
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