Marasmius Nigripes

''Marasmius'' is a genus of mushroom-forming fungi in the family Marasmiaceae. It contains about 500 species of Agaricales, agarics, of which a few, such as ''Marasmius oreades'', are edible mushroom, edible. However, most members of this genus are small, unimpressive brown mushrooms. Their humble appearance contributes to their not being readily distinguishable to non-specialists, and they are therefore seldom collected by mushroom hunting, mushroom hunters. Several of the species are known to grow in the characteristic fairy ring pattern.

The author of the genus was Elias Magnus Fries, who in 1838 classified white-spored agarics having a tough central Stipe (mycology), stipe in this taxon if they were Marcescence, marcescent, i.e. they could dry out but later revive when moistened. For Fries, marcescence—by contrast with the "wikt:putrescent, putrescent" (decomposing) nature of most mushrooms—was an important character for classification (biology), classification, which he used to separate this group from genus ''Collybia'' (which has now been split into many newer genera). The name ''Marasmius'' itself comes from the Greek (language), Greek word ''marasmos'', meaning "drying out; withering". Modern mycologists no longer consider the marcescence/putrescence distinction a reliable criterion for Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy, but Fries's definition of the genus is still roughly applicable.

Species

Below is a list of more prominent species (for a complete list see List of Marasmius species, List of ''Marasmius'' species). Note that some well-known former members of ''Marasmius,'' such as ''Mycetinis alliaceus, M. alliaceus'', have been moved into the new genus ''Mycetinis''; a few others have been reclassified as ''Rhizomarasmius'' or ''Gloiocephala''. Former ''M. androsaceus'' is now considered to belong to genus ''Gymnopus''.

*''Marasmius amazonicus, M. amazonicus''
*''Marasmius anomalus, M. anomalus''
*''Marasmius atrocastaneus, M. atrocastaneus''
*''Marasmius auklandicus, M. auklandicus''
*''Marasmius aurantiobasalis, M. aurantiobasalis''
*''Marasmius bambusinus, M. bambusinus''
*''Marasmius bellus, M. bellus''
*''Marasmius bulliardii, M. bulliardii''
*''Marasmius buxi, M. buxi'' - box parachute
*''Marasmius caperatus, M. caperatus''
*''Marasmius capillaris, M. capillaris''
*''Marasmius caricis, M. caricis''
*''Marasmius chordalis, M. chordalis''
*''Marasmius cladophyllus, M. cladophyllus''
*''Marasmius cohaerens, M. cohaerens''
*''Marasmius collinus, M. collinus''
*''Marasmius corbariensis, M. corbariensis''
*''Marasmius crinis-equi, M. crinis-equi''
*''Marasmius croceus, M. croceus''
*''Marasmius curranii, M. curranii''
*''Marasmius curreyi, M. curreyi''
*''Marasmius cylindraceocampanulatus, M. cylindraceocampanulatus''
*''Marasmius delicatus, M. delicatus''
*''Marasmius delectans, M. delectans''
*''Marasmius elegans, M. elegans'' - velvet parachute
*''Marasmius epiphylloides, M. epiphylloides'' - ivy parachute
*''Marasmius epiphyllus, M. epiphyllus'' - leaf parachute
*''Marasmius exocarpi, M. exocarpi''
*''Marasmius exustoides, M. exustoides''
*''Marasmius favrei, M. favrei''
*''Marasmius fishii, M. fishii''
*''Marasmius fulvoferrugineus, M. fulvoferrugineus''
*''Marasmius funalis, M. funalis''
*''Marasmius galbinus, M. galbinus''
*''Marasmius gelatinosipes, M. gelatinosipes''
*''Marasmius graminum, M. graminum''
*''Marasmius haematocephalus, M. haematocephalus''
*''Marasmius hudsonii, M. hudsonii'' - holly parachute
*''Marasmius indopurpureostriatus, M. indopurpureostriatus''
*''Marasmius insititius, M. insititius''
*''Marasmius kanukaneus, M. kanukaneus''
*''Marasmius koae, M. koae''
*''Marasmius kroumirensis, M. kroumirensis''
*''Marasmius limosus, M. limosus''
*''Marasmius masonii, M. masonii''
*''Marasmius meridionalis, M. meridionalis''
*''Marasmius micraster, M. micraster''
*''Marasmius midnapurensis, M. midnapurensis''
*''Marasmius minutus, M. minutus''
*''Marasmius nigripes, M. nigripes''
*''Marasmius oreades, M. oreades'' - fairy ring mushroom
*''Marasmius otagensis, M. otagensis''
*''Marasmius pallenticeps, M. pallenticeps''
*''Marasmius palmivorus, M. palmivorus''
*''Mariasmus perforans, M. perforans''
*''Marasmius perpusillus, M. perpusillus''
*''Marasmius phalaricola, M. phalaricola''
*''Marasmius podocarpicola, M. podocarpicola''
*''Marasmius prasiosmus, M. prasiosmus''
*''Marasmius pulcherripes, M. pulcherripes''
*''Marasmius pyrrhocephalus, M. pyrrhocephalus''
*''Marasmius pusillissimus, M. pusillissimus''
*''Marasmius pusio, M. pusio''
*''Marasmius quercophilus, M. quercophilus''
*''Marasmius resinosus, M. resinosus''
*''Marasmius rhombisporus, M. rhombisporus''
*''Marasmius rhopalostylidis, M. rhopalostylidis''
*''Marasmius rimuphilus, M. rimuphilus''
*''Marasmius rosulatus, M. rosulatus''
*''Marasmius rotula, M. rotula'' - collared parachute or pinwheel mushroom
*''Marasmius sacchari, M. sacchari''
*''Marasmius saccharinus, M. saccharinus''
*''Marasmius sasicola, M. sasicola''
*''Marasmius semiustus, M. semiustus''
*''Marasmius setosus, M. setosus''
*''Marasmius siccus, M. siccus''
*''Marasmius spaniophyllus, M. spaniophyllus''
*''Marasmius splachnoides, M. splachnoides''
*''Marasmius subsupinus, M. subsupinus''
*''Marasmius stenophyllus, M. stenophyllus''
*''Marasmius strictipes, M. strictipes'' (edible)
*''Marasmius sullivantii, M. sullivantii''
*''Marasmius tageticolor, M. tageticolor''
*''Marasmius tenuiparietalis, M. tenuiparietalis''
*''Marasmius tenuissimus, M. tenuissimus''
*''Marasmius tinctorius, M. tinctorius''
*''Marasmius torquescens, M. torquescens''
*''Marasmius unilamellatus, M. unilamellatus''
*''Marasmius vagus, M. vagus'' - wandering creamsicle
*''Marasmius wettsteinii, M. wettsteinii''
*''Marasmius wynneae, M. wynneae'' - pearly parachute

See also

* List of Marasmiaceae genera

References

External links

*
Genus ''Marasmius''
at Mushroom Expert.com

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Marasmius,
Agaricales genera
Taxa named by Elias Magnus Fries
Bioluminescent fungi