Cap: convex; 1–5mm diameter; glabrous; radially rugolose; sulcate; white; margin dentate.

Stipe: cylindrical, tough; 5 – 35 × 0.2–0.5 mm; glabrous; grey brown at base, becoming paler upwards and white at apex.

Gills: adnate; widely spaced; lamellulae in one series; white.

Flesh: white

Spore print: white.

Spores: not examined.

Notes: this Marasmius is characterized by its small stature and its substrate on leaves.It is close to M. epiphyllus but is unlikely to be the same as the European species that has been reported from NC. Needs to be checked in Desjardin & Horak