Found from June to October. I have not tested it but have no doubt of its esculent qualities.
Marasmius fagineus. Morgan.
Fagineus means belonging to beech.
Pileus a little fleshy, convex then plane or depressed, at length somewhat repand, rugose-striate, reddish-pallid or alutaceous.
The gills are short-adnate, somewhat crisped, close, pale reddish.
The stem is short, hollow, pubescent, thickened upward, concolorous; the base somewhat tuberculose. Morgan, Myc. Flora M. V.
This plant is quite frequently found in our woods growing on the bark at the base of living beech trees. Its habitat, its reddish or alutaceous cap, and its paler gills will clearly identify the species.
Marasmius peronatus. Fr.
The Masked Marasmius.