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Marasmius rotula (Scop. ex Fr.) Fr. Fallschirm-Schwindling Marasme petite roue Collared Parachute. Cap 0.5–1.5cm across, convex, centrally flattened and ribbed like a parachute with the margin scalloped, whitish, sometimes dark brown in the depressed centre. Stem 20–70 x 1mm, white at apex dark brown below. Flesh white in cap, brown in stem. Gills whitish cream, attached to a collar free of the stem. Spore print white. Spores elongate elliptical, 7–10 x 3.5–5um. Cuticular cells subglobose with tiny dense finger-like processes. Habitat gregarious on dead twigs and roots, less frequently on leaves. Season summer to winter. Common. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe.

Photo: Simon Carpenter
Snowball Meadvale Feb. 2009 - Photo by Tony Gowan
2009