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Horsehair fungus

Marasmius androsaceus

Description:

Marasmius is a genus of mushrooms, in the family Marasmiaceae. It contains about 500 species of agarics

Habitat:

Spotted in a mix forest near my house

Notes:

https://www.google.pt/url?sa=t&rct=j...

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4 Comments

Thanks Shebebusynow,i think you nail it,i have to check if the range of the species inclued europe ,but it seems exactly the same species,thanks again for your nice comments and for the ID :-)

shebebusynow
shebebusynow 9 years ago

This looks so much like some I found recently on the other side of the world. Look at www.projectnoah.org/spottings/1320056008.... I'm going with Marasmius androsaceus for mine, at least for now.

Thanks very much TheMiesMeister for the correction,i make allready the changes

MichelBeeckman
MichelBeeckman 10 years ago

It is definitely a Marasmius species, but M. rotula has a white cap. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/128...

Braga, Portugal

Spotted on Feb 6, 2014
Submitted on Feb 8, 2014

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