Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Marasmius graminum (Libert) Berk. & Br.; Berk. Outl
Brit. Fungol. 222. 1860.
Agaricus graminum Libert, PI. Crypt. 119. 1832.
Pileus membranous, convex to plane, umbonate, 3-6 mm. broad; surface reddishwhite, becoming darker in dried plants, margin sparingly sulcate: lamellae free with a collar, equal, distant, whitish: spores 9 X 4.5 m: stipe capillary, tough, black or pallid at the apex, glabrous, shining.
Type locality: France.
Habitat: Dead grass.
Distribution: Temperate North America; also in Europe.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso MurrilI, Gertrude Simmons BurIingham, Leigh H Pennington, John Hendly Barnhart. 1907-1916. (AGARICALES); POLYPORACEAE-AGARICACEAE. North American flora. vol 9. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
