Crinipellis scabella (Alb. & Schwein.) Murrill
(Hairy Parachute)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCrinipellis scabella (Hairy Parachute)
FamilyMARASMIACEAE (a family of toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Crinipellis scabella (Hairy Parachute) :
1: Crinipellis scabella (Hairy Parachute)
25 Oct 2006 OSGR: SS49 51° 40’ N, 4° 20’ W Vice County: Glam (VC 41) Wales
on dead culms of Marram Grass
Image 1: Toadstools on grass stem - side view - enlargedImage 2: Toadstools on grass stem - side view - enlarged (2)Image 3: Toadstools on grass stem - top view - enlargedImage 4: Toadstools on grass stem - top view - enlarged (2)Image 5: Toadstools on grass stem - underside view - enlargedImage 6: Toadstools on grass stem - underside view - enlarged (2)Image 7: Toadstool - top view - dry - highly enlargedImage 8: Toadstool - top view - moist - highly enlargedImage 9: Toadstool - underside view - highly enlarged
2: Crinipellis scabella (Hairy Parachute)
14 Oct 1998 OSGR: SU20 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Image 1: CapImage 2: Cap - undersideImage 3: FruitbodyImage 4: Fruitbody (2)Image 5: Spores
3: Crinipellis scabella (Hairy Parachute)
8 Oct 1984 OSGR: ST25 51° 20’ N, 3° 0’ W Vice County: North Somerset (VC 6) England
Image 1: Fruitbodies - group - top view - in situImage 2: Fruitbodies - side view showing gills - lain downImage 3: Fruitbodies - side view showing gills - lain down (2)Image 4: Fruitbody - top view - in situImage 5: Caps - oblique views - in situ - enlargedImage 6: Cap tomentum - magnifiedImage 7: Cheilocystidia - magnifiedImage 8: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 9: DescriptionImage 10: Description - contd

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. 2014 Readers’ Finds Field Mycology Vol 15 (4): 137-140.
Antonín, V. & Noordeloos, M.E. 2010 A monograph of marasmioid and collybioid fungi in Europe Libri Botanici, 480pp, IHW-Verlag
Antonín, V. & Noordeloos, M.E. 1997 A Monograph of Marasmius, Collybia and related genera in Europe. Part II. Collybia, Gymnopus, Rhodocollyiba, Crinipellis, Chaetocalathus and additions to Marasmiellus Libri Botanici, Vol 17, 256pp, IHW-Verlag
() Noordeloos, M.E. Marasmieae Fay. in Annls Sci. nat., Bot. 7(9): 340, 395. 1889 Bas, C. & Kuyper, T.W. Tricholomataceae R. Heim ex Pouz. (continuation), 8pp, Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 3

Crinipellis scabella (Hairy Parachute) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Crinipellis scabella (Hairy Parachute)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Crinipellis scabella (Hairy Parachute)

A very small toadstool that grows on decaying grass culms, in dry grassland and dunes. It is occasional but widespread.

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