MARASMIUS ROTULA
Fig 1
CAP: 0.5-1.5cm in diameter.  Creamy white, convex with parachute-like ribbing.  Central depression is brownish. STIPE: Tough and slender, dark brown becoming white towards the apex. GILLS/PORES: Gills are distant, creamy white to yellow.  Attached to a collar that is free of the stem. FLESH: White in cap, brown in stem. SPORES: White, ellipsoid with pointed base, tear shaped. HABITAT: Common in clusters on dead twigs, roots and leaves. SEASON: Common.  Summer to winter. EDIBILITY: Inedible.

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