| SCIENTIFIC NAME: | MARASMIUS ROTULA |
| VERNACULAR NAME: | LITTLE WHEEL TOADSTOOL |
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| Fig 1 |
| CAP | 0.5-1.5cm in diameter. Creamy white, convex with parachute-like ribbing. Central depression is brownish. |
| STIPE | Tough and slender, dark brown becoming white towards the apex. |
| GILLS/PORES | Gills are distant, creamy white to yellow. Attached to a collar that is free of the stem. |
| FLESH | White in cap, brown in stem. |
| SPORES | White, ellipsoid with pointed base, tear shaped |
| HABITAT | Common in clusters on dead twigs, roots and leaves. |
| SEASON | Common. Summer to winter. |
| EDIBILITY | Inedible. r |