Fairy Parachutes

Appearance

Cap 0.6-4 cm broad, convex when young, expanding to plane or plane with a depressed center in age; surface dry, glabrous to slightly pruinose; color white, becoming buff to orange-white, often staining pinkish in age; flesh very thin, soft; odor and taste mild.

Gills adnate to subdecurrent, distant, intervenose; color white to buff; often staining pinkish in age; lamellulae present.

Stipe 7-20 mm long, 1.5-4 mm thick, equal or tapered, central or eccentric; surface glabrous to pruinose with a pubescent to fibrillose base; color white to grey or black at base.

Spores 11-15 x 3.5-5.5 µm, long lacrymoid to subfusiform, smooth, nonamyloid. Spore print white.

Naming

Synonyms: Marasmius candidus, Agaricus candidus, Marasmius magnisporus, Marasmiellus albocorticis, Marasmiellus albus-corticis

Distribution

North America, Europe, Japan, Taiwan, North Korea, New Zealand

Habitat

Gregarious to densely gregarious on dead conifers, hardwoods, & shrubs; fall through spring.