Taxonomy

Marasmiellus affixus (Berk.) Singer 1973

Red List Status -


Description

Pileus: convex; 5 –15 mm diameter; glabrous; white becoming fawn; margin acute.

Stipe: lateral, curved; 4 –8 × 0.5 –1.5 mm; glabrous; white becoming pale fawn

Gills: adnate; distant; white turning fawn; lamellulae in two series.

Flesh: thin; white.

Smell: strong, unpleasant.

Spore print: white.

Spores: not recorded.

Notes: this small white fungus grows in clusters on sticks and bark of Eucalyptus and its relatives and has a strong unpleasant smell.

Patrick Leonard 2019

Geographical distribution