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Marasmius rotula (Scop.) Fr., 1838 (Collared Parachute)

Notes (MWS) A tiny toadstool with a white radially-grooved cap and gills attached to a small collar. The stipe is dark and horsehair-like except for the pale apex. It is very common on fallen sticks and branches, rarely leaves.

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Marasmius rotula Fruitbody 29 September 2004 South Devon England 3
Marasmius rotula Fruitbody 27 September 1974 Derby England 2
Marasmius rotula Fruitbody 2 October 1971 East Norfolk England 1

Suggested Literature

Marasmius rotula may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)
Marasmius
(a genus of parachute toadstools)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Marasmius rotula is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Broadleaved trees and shrubs fruitbody is saprobic on dead, buried twig Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Broadleaved trees and shrubs fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen wood Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Pinopsida - conifers fruitbody is saprobic on dead, buried twig Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Pinopsida - conifers fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen wood Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Pinus sylvestris - Scots Pine (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, buried twig Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Pinus sylvestris - Scots Pine (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen wood Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Marasmius rotula:

Marasmius rotula may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

References

Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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