Marasmius 3456117 222157602 2008-06-27T20:56:31Z Ka Faraq Gatri 6892069 Category:Marasmiaceae [[Image:Marasmius oreades garden 050829B.JPG|200px|thumb|left|''Marasmius oreades'']] {{Taxobox | name = ''Marasmius'' | image = Marasmiusjpg.jpg | image_width = 220px | regnum = [[Fungus|Fungi]] | divisio = [[Basidiomycota]] | classis = [[Agaricomycetes]] | subclassis = [[Hymenomycete]]s | ordo = [[Agaricales]] | familia = [[Marasmiaceae]] | genus = '''''Marasmius''''' |genus_authority=[[Elias Magnus Fries|Fr.]] (1838) |type_species = ''M. rotula'' }} {{mycomorphbox | name = Marasmius sp. | whichGills = adnate | capShape = convex | hymeniumType=gills | stipeCharacter=bare | ecologicalType=saprotrophic | sporePrintColor=white | howEdible=unknown}} There are about 300 [[species]] of [[Agaricales|agarics]] in the genus '''''Marasmius''''' (family [[Marasmiaceae]]), of which a few, such as ''[[Marasmius oreades]]'', are edible. However, most members of this genus are small, nondescript brown mushrooms. Their small size and unimpressive appearance mean they are often not readily distinguishable to non-specialists, and they are therefore seldom collected by 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]]<ref>See record in [http://www.indexfungorum.org/Names/genusrecord.asp?RecordID=18018 Index Fungorum]</ref>, who in 1838<ref>[[Elias Magnus Fries|E. M. Fries]] ''Epicrisis systematis mycologici'' (1838) Uppsala: Typographia Academica</ref> classified white-spored agarics having a tough central 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 "putrescent" nature of most mushrooms) was an important character for 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 a Greek word ''Marasmos'', meaning "drying out". Modern mycologists no longer consider the marcescence/putrescence distinction a reliable criterion for taxonomy, but Fries's definition of the genus is still roughly applicable. The listing below is by no means complete, but represents some of the better-known members of the genus. *''[[Marasmius alliaceus]]'' *''[[Marasmius cohaerens]]'' *''[[Marasmius delectans]]'' *''[[Marasmius nigripes]]'' *''[[Marasmius oreades]]'' - the fairy ring mushroom *''[[Marasmius pulcherripes]]'' *''[[Marasmius pyrrhocephalus]]'' *''[[Marasmius rotula]]'' *''[[Marasmius siccus]]'' *''[[Marasmius strictipes]]'' *''[[Marasmius sullivantii]]'' ==See also== * [[Mushroom hunting]] * [[Mushroom poisoning]] ==References & External links== <div class="references-small"> <references/> * Genus Marasmius at Mushroom Expert.com [http://www.mushroomexpert.com/marasmius.html] [[Category:Marasmiaceae]] {{Basidiomycetes-stub}} [[an:Muixardina]] [[fr:Marasmius]] [[it:Marasmius]] [[pl:Twardzioszek]]