Marasmius capillaris

{{Short description|Species of fungus}}

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| genus = Marasmius

| species = capillaris

| authority = Morgan (1883)

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| synonyms = Chamaeceras capillaris (Morgan) Kuntze (1898)

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Marasmius capillaris is a species of agaric fungus in the family Marasmiaceae. A saprobic fungus, it produces fruit bodies (mushrooms) that grows in groups on decaying oak leaves in North America. The caps on the mushrooms are convex and then centrally depressed with radial furrows, measuring {{convert|2|–|15|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} in diameter. The wiry, shiny stems are thin (less than 1 mm thick) and up to {{convert|60|mm|in|abbr=on}} long. Its spore print is white, and the spores are smooth and pip-shaped, measuring 7–11 by 3–5 μm. The mushrooms somewhat resemble Marasmius rotula, but are smaller and darker in color.

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{{cite book |author=McKnight VB, McKnight KH. |title=A Field Guide to Mushrooms: North America |series=Peterson Field Guides |publisher=Houghton Mifflin |location=Boston, Massachusetts |year=1987 |page=168 |isbn=0-395-91090-0}}

{{cite web |title=Marasmius capillaris |url=http://www.mushroomexpert.com/marasmius_capillaris.html |author=Kuo M |date=October 2006 |publisher=MushroomExpert.Com |accessdate=2012-06-18}}

{{cite web |title=Marasmius capillaris Morgan |url=http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICS.aspx?Table=Mycobank&Rec=319061&Fields=All |publisher=MycoBank. International Mycological Association |accessdate=2012-06-18}}

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