Marasmius elegans
Velvet Parachute at Cotter River, ACT
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| Marasmius elegans | Heino | 8 Aug 2016 | |
| Marasmius elegans | KenT | 7 Aug 2016 |
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User's notes
Count of fruit bodies growing on the ground, fruit body colour more towards a yellow-orange hue than some picture books show
2 comments
9 Aug 2016
I can see why you thought of Marasmius elegans, even if these specimens lack the more striking cap colour that I'm accustomed to. Can't think of anything else with that two-toned stem, of that size and growing amongst forest litter. Do you remember if the cap had a velvety feel?
22 Aug 2016
I've added a close up of the cap, my vague memory is of a glistening textured look but I didn't actually touch it. I have subsequently come across an online Victorian Field Naturalist Publication "Fungi in Australia" http://www.fncv.org.au/fungi-in-australia/ which has a species similar in look to this ascribed to Marasmius elegans and illustrated on p210 of Part 3.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.836417-35.395417
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 5 Abundance
- 9 Jul 2016 11:43 AM Recorded on
- KenT Recorded by
Collections
- Fungi Caps on stems; gills below caps [mushrooms or mushroom-like] KenT Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Marasmius elegans
Species information
- Marasmius elegans Scientific name
- Velvet Parachute Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1442m Recorded at altitude