Xeromphalina campanella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Mycenaceae |
Genus: | Xeromphalina |
Species: | X. campanella
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Binomial name | |
Xeromphalina campanella |
Xeromphalina campanella | |
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Gills on hymenium | |
Cap is convex or depressed | |
Hymenium is decurrent | |
Stipe is bare | |
Spore print is white | |
Ecology is saprotrophic | |
Edibility is unknown or inedible |
Xeromphalina campanella is a species of mushroom. The common names of the species include the golden trumpet and the bell Omphalina. The genus name Xeromphalina means "little dry navel" and campanella means "bell-shaped", respectively describing the mature and young shapes of the pileus, or cap. [2] The mushroom is also called fuzzy-foot. [3]
The fruit body of X. campanella has a small umbrella-shaped cap, about .5–2 cm wide. [4] The thin brown stalk is 1–5 cm long and 1–3 mm wide, yellow at the apex, reddish brown below, with brown or yellow hairs at the base. [4] [5] The gills are pale yellow to pale orange. [4] The spore print is pale buff. [5] When the species is young, their caps are bell-shaped. As they mature, the outer part of the cap expands and rises which leaves the center depressed, resembling a navel. [6]
Although the species is not poisonous, [2] the mushrooms are small and bitter tasting with no value as edibles. [6] [7] David Arora suggests that the mushroom is a small morsel that is hardly worth eating. [8] Despite many authors calling the mushroom inedible, author Bill Russell knows people that eat the mushroom frequently. [9]
The fruiting occurs in clumps or very dense clusters on decaying logs, stumps, and woody debris of coniferous trees. The species is commonly found in North America. [5] At times, the species almost entirely covers old tree stumps. [2] The species can be found in any wet season of the year. [6]
Xeromphalina campanelloides is distinguishable via microscopic features. [10] Xeromphalina kauffmanii resembles the species, but has a more yellow cap [10] and grows on decaying wood of broad-leaved trees. [2] Xeromphalina brunneola also resembles the species, but has smaller, narrowly elliptical spores, and differs in odor, taste, and cap color. [11] Xeromphalina cauticinalis, X. cornui, and X. fulvipes are also similar. [10]
Clavariadelphus truncatus.