Marasmius albopurpureus
| Marasmius albopurpureus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Marasmiaceae |
| Genus: | Marasmius |
| Species: | M. albopurpureus
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| Binomial name | |
| Marasmius albopurpureus T.H.Li & C.Q.Wang (2015)
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Marasmius albopurpureus is a species of mushroom-forming fungus that has only ever been observed in Baili Dao in Southern China.[1] The mushroom grows on the subtropical island's floor, under Casuarina equisetifolia with varying degrees of abundance.[1] The type specimen is housed at the fungal herbarium of the Guangdong Institute of Microbiology (GDGM).[1]
M. albopurpureus is a part of the section Globulares of the genus Marasmius.[1] This species has a grooved mushroom cap, white to purple in color, from 10–20 mm (0.4–0.8 in) wide.[1] It also has cream to purple gills (lamellae), and has clear basidiospores that are 20–25 x 4–6 μm.[1] The wrinkled, hollow stipe is 63–90 mm (2.5–3.5 in) tall, purple towards the top, and browner towards the bottom.[1] This stipe differentiates it from the similar species in China, M. campestris (which has scales on the stipe)[2] and M. subpurpureostriatus (which has a frosty pruina on the stipe),[3] from the similar species in Japan, M. purpureostriatus (which has a purplish-grey to reddish brown stipe), and from the similar species in India, M. indopurpureostriatus and M. odoratus (which both have much longer stipes).[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Wang, C.-Q.; Li, T.-H.; Huang, H.; Xia, Y.-W.; Deng, C.-Y.; Deng, W.-Q. (2015). "Marasmius albopurpureus, a new species of section Globulares from Baili Island, China". Mycological Progress. 14 (6): 32. Bibcode:2015MycPr..14...32W. doi:10.1007/s11557-015-1053-z.
- ^ a b Liang, Z.Q.; Su, M.S.; Jiang, S.; Zeng, N. K. (2017). "Marasmius campestris sp. nov. (Marasmiaceae, Agaricales) from tropical China based on morphological and molecular evidence". Mycoscience. 58 (2): 77–84. doi:10.1016/j.myc.2016.10.003.
- ^ Chen, Hong; Xu, Yu-Qin; Zeng, Hui; Hu, Ya-Ping; Wang, Sheng-Nan; Yan, Jun-Qing (2025-08-15). "Four new species of Marasmius subgenus Globulares (Marasmiaceae, Agaricales) from subtropical regions of China". MycoKeys (120): 317–338. doi:10.3897/mycokeys.120.157997. ISSN 1314-4049. PMC 12374171. PMID 40859949.