Fairy Ring Champignon - Marasmius oreades
Cap: 1 to 5 cm wide, at first bell-shaped with incurved cap edge, becoming convex to almost plane with broad knob; dry, smooth, usually buff to tan, sometimes white to reddish - brown. Gills attached; wide-spaced from one another; broad; white to pale brown.
Lawns and short grass in groups or rings.
Autumn.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Saharima Roenisch
Leicester Ellis Meadows
30 August 2020
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
24 September 2013
specimen examined
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
24 September 2013
specimen examined
meadowlark
Croft Hill
28 July 2023
meadowlark
Croft Hill
28 July 2023
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
24 September 2013
specimen examined
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Species profile
- Common names
- Fairy Ring Champignon
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Marasmiaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 27
- First record:
- 24/09/2013 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 13/10/2024 (Hollingworth, Jane)
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