A small, bright orange, bell-shaped and deeply pleated Marasmius on a wiry stem, often likened to a tiny beach umbrella. It grows in groups in the leaf litter of eastern hardwood forests in summer and fall. It has very long spores, which helps separate it from similar orange and pink species.
Not known to be poisonous, but too small to be worth eating.
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Habitat
Saprobic on leaf litter and woody debris in hardwood forests, sometimes in white pine needle duff; usually in groups. Summer and fall (July to September in North America).
Distribution
Widely distributed in North America east of the Rocky Mountains; also reported from northern Europe and Asia.
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Cap: 0.5-3 cm, cushion- or bell-shaped, pleated, dry and bald; orange when fresh, fading to pale orange. Gills: very distant, attached or free, white to pale yellowish. Stem: 2.5-6.5 cm long and about 1 mm thick, wiry, whitish or yellowish above and brown toward the base. Spore print: white. Spores: 15-23.5 x 2.5-5 um, smooth, inamyloid (MushroomExpert.com).
