Everything about Marasmius totally explained
There are about 300
species of
agarics in the genus
Marasmius (family
Marasmiaceae), of which a few, such as
M. oreades, are edible. However, most members of this genus are small, nondescript brown mushrooms. Their small size and unimpressive appearance mean they're often not readily distinguishable to non-specialists, and they're 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, who in 1838 classified white-spored agarics having a tough central stipe in this taxon if they were
marcescent, for example 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.
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