| Rhizomarasmius pyrrhocephalus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Physalacriaceae |
| Genus: | Rhizomarasmius |
| Species: | R. pyrrhocephalus
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhizomarasmius pyrrhocephalus (Berk.) R.H.Petersen (2000)
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Rhizomarasmius pyrrhocephalus is the type species of the genus Rhizomarasmius, split from Marasmius due to morphological differences such as the cystidia and the rooting stipe (hence the prefix rhizo-).[1] It has a 1–2.5 cm (0.39–0.98 in) wide orange colored cap and a long, rooted black stipe with velvety hairs.[2] Like its original genus, Marsmius, Rhizomarasmius has a white spore print and attached gills. This mushroom is known mainly from North America East of the Rocky Mountains, and grows from Spring to Fall on leaf litter and wood.
- ^ Petersen, RH (2000). "Rhizomarasmius, gen. nov. (Xerulaceae, Agaricales)". Mycotaxon. 75: 333–342. ISSN 0093-4666.
- ^ Bessette, Alan E.; Bessette, Arleen R.; Hopping, Michael W. (23 February 2018). A Field Guide to Mushrooms of the Carolinas. Southern Gateways Guides. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-4696-3854-6.