Marasmius oreades (Bolton) Fr.
(Fairy Ring Champignon)

Interactions where Marasmius oreades is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody (subterranean) subterranean mycelium of fruitbody is associated with live root Major POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Marasmiaceae/Marasmius oreades/Marasmius oreadesfairy ring champignonsubterraneanmyceliumfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couchliverootMajor

Interactions where Marasmius oreades is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
mycelium mycelium is food source of subterranean larva Pseudovadonia livida Fairy-ring Longhorn Beetle Coleoptera: Cerambycidae Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 1, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2006
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Pseudovadonia livida/Pseudovadonia lividafairy-ring longhorn beetlesubterraneanlarva Fungus / feeder /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Marasmiaceae/Marasmius oreades/Marasmius oreadesfairy ring champignonmycelium subterranean larva feeds on mycelium

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2006Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 1British Wildlife Vol 18, No 6: 406-414.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Marasmius oreades (Fairy Ring Champignon) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Marasmius oreades (Fairy Ring Champignon) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMarasmius oreades (Fairy Ring Champignon)
GenusMarasmius (a genus of parachute toadstools)
FamilyMARASMIACEAE (a family of toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Marasmius oreades (Fairy Ring Champignon)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Treu, R. 1996 IMI Description Sheet 1277: Marasmius oreades I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1277.

Fairy Rings

Ingold, C.T. 2000 A note about a fairy ring of Marasmius oreades Mycologist Vol 14 (1): 33-34.

Marasmius oreades (Fairy Ring Champignon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Fox, R.T.V. 2006 Fungal foes in your garden no 62: Fairy Ring Mushrooms Mycologist Vol 20 (1): 36-37.
Ingold, C.T. 1988 Chlamydospore formation during basidiospore germination in Marasmius oreades TBMS Vol 90 (3): 495-496.
Ingold, C.T. 1985 Water and spore discharge in ascomycetes and hymenomycetes TBMS Vol 85 (4): 575-583+Plate.

Fairy Rings

Rutter, G. 2002 Fairy Rings Field Mycology Vol 3 (2): 56-60.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Marasmius oreades (Fairy Ring Champignon):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 5 images of Marasmius oreades (Fairy Ring Champignon)

The Fairy Ring Champignon is the main cause of ’Fairy Rings’ - circles of longer and darker green grass - in grassland, including meadows, lawns and road verges throughout the British Isles. The toadstools appear after rain during the summer and autumn and being somewhat leathery are quite long-lived. It is comparatively tolerant of pollution and fertilizer. Although frequently eaten, great care should be taken to avoid confusion with the deadly poisonous white Clitocybes with which it often grows.

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