Rhizomarasmius setosus

Rhizomarasmius setosus (syn. Marasmius setosus or Marasmius recubans) is a tiny whitish mushroom having a distinctive hairy stem.[2][3][1] It has been given the vernacular name "Beechleaf Parachute".[4]

Rhizomarasmius setosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Physalacriaceae
Genus: Rhizomarasmius
Species:
R. setosus
Binomial name
Rhizomarasmius setosus
(Sowerby) Antonín & A. Urb, 2015
Synonyms[1]
  • Marasmius recubans Quél., 1873
  • Marasmius setosus (Sowerby) Noordel., 1987
Rhizomarasmius setosus
float
Mycological characteristics
gills on hymenium
cap is convex
hymenium is adnate or subdecurrent
stipe is bare
spore print is white
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: unknown

Description

The species can be described as follows:[2][3][5]

  • The white cap is initially hemispherical and later flat. It grows to about 0.5 cm in diameter.
  • The gills are white and distant, and either adnate or somewhat decurrent. The spore powder is white.
  • The stem can grow to 4 cm long but is very long and thin, being only about 0.5 mm in diameter. It is white at the top and red brown lower down, with long white hairs (up to 1 mm), at least near the base when young.
  • The smell and taste are not distinctive.
  • The spores are usually spindle-shaped, but can be ellipsoid, or almond-shaped and measure roughly 10-14.5 μm x 4-6 μm.
Sowerby's original illustration of A. setosus

The species epithet comes from the Latin adjective "saetosus" or "setosus", meaning "coarsely hairy". That word in turn derives from "saeta" (or "seta"), a bristle.[6]

This species was originally described in 1801 as Agaricus setosus by James Sowerby in his historic work "Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms". The French mycologist Lucien Quélet independently described the species under the name Marasmius recubans in 1873, but much later in 1987 Machiel Noordeloos determined that Sowerby's name takes precedence and defined the combination Marasmius setosus for it. Then in 2015 Vladimír Antonín and Alexander Urban transferred it to the new genus Rhizomarasmius.[1]

Marasmius saccharinus is a similar fungus which has been confused with R. setosus by some authors, but which, however, lacks the hairs on the stipe. There are other tiny Marasmius species such as M. epiphyllus which are comparable but which again have a bald stipe.[2]

Ecology and distribution

This mushroom grows on dead beech leaves, or occasionally on other deciduous leaves such as willow or birch.[2][3] It is widely distributed in central and western Europe.[2][3]

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References
  1. "Rhizomarasmius setosus page". Species Fungorum. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  2. Antonín, V.; Noordeloos, M. E. (2010). A monograph of marasmioid and collybioid fungi in Europe. Postfach 1119, 83471 Berchtesgaden, Germany: IHW Verlag. pp. 125–128. ISBN 978-3-930167-72-2.CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. Knudsen, H.; Vesterholt, J., eds. (2018). Funga Nordica Agaricoid, boletoid, clavarioid, cyphelloid and gasteroid genera. Copenhagen: Nordsvamp. p. 358. ISBN 978-87-983961-3-0.
  4. "Marasmius setosus page". National Biodiversity Network Atlas (UK). Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  5. "Rhizomarasmius setosus page". mycodb.fr. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  6. Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles. A Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Retrieved 2018-11-05. For "saeta", see this link.
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