Marasmius

noun

Ma·​ras·​mi·​us

-mēəs

: a genus of mostly small-sized white-spored mushrooms (family Agaricaceae) having a tough leathery stem and cap and lacking both ring and volva see fairy ring, thread blight

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Late Latin marasmus

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