Marasmius sp.

Horse hair fungus at Wattamolla, NSW

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Identification history

	Marasmius sp.	16 Jan 2025	Teresa
	Unverified	5 Mar 2020	WattaWanderer

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User's notes

The head of the mushroom was only approx 5mm in diameter, the stem was incredibly fine, similar to a human hair. Very dainty! The second photo has my blurry fingertip for scale.

3 comments

Pam wrote:

15 Mar 2020

Great to see this unusual Marasmius species. A name that is not on our species list. I will add it as soon as I can overcome some technical difficulties I'm currently having uploading new species! You've done well to be able to capture such a tiny specimen with the stems so clearly.

WattaWanderer wrote:

15 Mar 2020

Thanks Pam - once again your expertise appreciated!

Ry wrote:

4 Apr 2020

'WattaWanderer', I think we should petition for a 'BestNewContributor' badge. ?

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Location information

Coordinates 150.648854 -34.725286
Altitude 192.7m
Places Wattamolla, NSW

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
4 Mar 2020 10:20 AM Recorded on
WattaWanderer Recorded by
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WattaWanderer NatureMapr South Coast Caps on stems; gills below caps [mushrooms or mushroom-like] Fungi

Species information

Marasmius sp. Scientific name
Horse hair fungus Common name
Not Sensitive
Cosmopolitan
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1106m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning

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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

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Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania