Wednesday, 15 February 2012

Fairy Ring Champignon

Facts
Common Name: 
Fairy Ring Champignon
Scientific Name: 
Marasmius oreades
Cap Diameter (mm): 
3-10mm
Stem Height (mm): 
12-50mm
Information
Description: 

A very small and delicate fungus found usually in small trooping groups in braodleaf woodland on the leaves of Oak.

Distribution: 

Infrequent during Autumn.

Habitat: 

Deciduous or mixed woodland growing on the leaves of the Oak tree.

Cap: 

Convex then flattened, sometimes depressed at the centre, whitish-buff, finely roughened surface, often a darkish pink at the centre,  radially wrinkled, membraneous.

Flesh: 

Cap flesh very thin and concolorous. Stem flesh thin and tough. Odour and taste not distinctive.

Gills: 

Adnate, narrow, distant, whitish-pink in colour.

Stem: 

Very slender and smooth, reddish-brown, paler at the apex. Ring absent.