Marasmiellus ramealis    (Bull.:Fr.) Singer 

common name(s) : Twig Parachute, Branch Gilled Mushroom 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Marasmiaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales/Marasmiaceae/Collybieae  

synonyms: Marasmius ramealis 

edibility : inedible

photo gallery of Marasmiellus ramealis
photo gallery of Marasmiellus ramealis potential confusions with Marasmiellus ramealis toxicity of Marasmiellus ramealis genus Marasmiellus  

The cap is whitish to pale pink-brownish ; its margin is wrinkled. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is white to reddish brown, without ring.

The flesh is whitish, unchanging; the odour is not distinctive; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are white to pink, adnate, distant . The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic. It grows on wood (on dead branches), in the woods, on branches or stem of broad-leaved trees, bramble and sometimes conifers.

The fruiting period takes place from June to December.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 1 cm (between 0.3 and 2 cm)
  height of stem approximately 1.5 cm (between 0.3 and 3 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 1 mm (between 0 and 2 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : whitish to ochre-red cap, darker at its centre; stem covered with white scales at its base; small size; in groups on twigs

Marasmiellus ramealis is occasional and widely present in the forest of Rambouillet, and is frequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Marasmiellus ramealis in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Marasmiellus ramealis in the forest of Rambouillet



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