Collared Parachute

Collared Parachute Marasmius rotula (Scop.) Fr. (illustrated 80% life size) Cap 0.5–1.5cm across, convex, centrally flattened and ribbed like a parachute, margin scalloped; whitish, sometimes dark brown in the depressed centre. Stem 20–70×1mm; white at apex, dark brown below. Flesh white in cap, brown in stem. Gills attached to a collar free of the stem; whitish-cream. Spores 7–10×3.5–5¼, elongate elliptical. Spore print white. Cuticular cells subglobose, with tiny, dense, finger-like processes. Habitat gregarious on dead twigs and roots, less frequently on leaves; summer to winter. Common. Not edible.