Underscoring the need to go slow and steady, because the consequences can be deadly. In 2020, one man died and at least eight people were hospitalized after eating poisonous mushrooms. Marasmiellusis a genus of fungi in the family Marasmiaceae. The widespread genus contains about 250 species, including Marasmiellus Candidus, Marasmiellus Luxurians, Marasmiellus Confluens and Marasmiellus Dichrous. The name comes from the Greek “marasmus” meaning “wasting.”
In some ways, mushrooms are more closely related to animals than plants. Just like us, mushrooms take in oxygen for their digestion and metabolism and “exhale” carbon dioxide as a waste product. Marasmiellus is a genus of fungi in the family Omphalotaceae (synonym to Marasmiaceae). The widespread genus, circumscribed by American mycologist William Murrill in 1915, contains over 250 species. The name comes from the Greek marasmus meaning wasting….
We believe this is a Marasmius Siccus fungus, but it may be a Marasmius Fulvoferrugineus. This is a family of small mushrooms. Read more about the mushrooms we find at Coal Creek.
We believe this is a Marasmius Siccus, though it may be a Marasmius Fulvoferrugineus. It is quite small in person. To see more of the mushrooms at Coal Creek, click here.