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Marasmiellus

Marasmiellus
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Marasmiellus ramealis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Marasmiaceae
Genus: Marasmiellus
Murrill (1915)
Type species
Marasmiellus juniperinus
Murrill (1915)

Marasmiellus is a genus of fungi in the family Marasmiaceae. The widespread genus, circumscribed by American mycologist William Murrill in 1915, contains about 250 species. The name comes from the Greek marasmus meaning wasting.


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