Marasmius fruit bodies are small mushrooms,with a stem centrally positioned under the cap, that are found growing amongst twig and leaf litter.They are litter decomposers and inhabit twigs, bark and dead leaves.
The caps are about 1-2 cm in diameter, and a few mm thick. The caps come in a range of colours. The gills are commonly white. The stems are 1 or 2 mm in diameter but may grow to 2 or 3 centimetres tall. Some commonly seen species have black stems, looking very much like thick, black hairs but other coloured stems occur in the genus.
Neither a universal nor a partial veil is present.
Spore print: white.
The fruit bodies often appear in large numbers.
True identification of these is not possible without examining the specimen so here we must leave it at the genus level.