Xeromphalina campanella

Species of fungus

Xeromphalina campanella

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Fungi
Division:  | Basidiomycota
Class:  | Agaricomycetes
Order:  | Agaricales
Family:  | Mycenaceae
Genus:  | Xeromphalina
Species:  |

X. campanella

Binomial name
Xeromphalina campanella

(Batsch) Kühner & Maire 1953[1]

Species of fungus

Xeromphalina campanella

Mycological characteristics

| 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]

A cluster of X. campanella

## Description

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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]

### Edibility

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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]

## Habitat

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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]

## Similar species

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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]

## References

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1. ^ "Xeromphalina campanella". Mycobank. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
2. ^ a b c d C. Roody, William (2003). Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians. University Press of Kentucky. p. 124\. ISBN 978-0-8131-9039-6.
3. ^ G. Cassidy, Frediric (1991). Dictionary of American Regional English: D - H, Volume 2. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-20511-6.
4. ^ a b c Davis, R. Michael; Sommer, Robert; Menge, John A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 170\. ISBN 978-0-520-95360-4. OCLC 797915861.
5. ^ a b c McKnight, Kent H.; McKnight, Vera B. (1998) [1987]. A Field Guide to Mushrooms: North America. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 196, 270. ISBN 978-0395910900.
6. ^ a b c Metzler, Susan and Van (1992). Texas mushrooms: a field guide. University of Texas Press. p. 150\. ISBN 978-0-292-75125-5.
7. ^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 193\. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
8. ^ Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi. Ten Speed Press. pp. 634. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5. "Clavariadelphus truncatus."
9. ^ Russel, Bill (2006). Field guide to wild mushrooms of Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic. Penn State Press. p. 203\. ISBN 978-0-271-02891-0.
10. ^ a b c Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. pp. 132–133. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.
11. ^ Bessette, Alan (1995). Mushrooms of North America in color. Syracuse University Press. p. 93\. ISBN 978-0-8156-0323-8.

Taxon identifiers

Xeromphalina campanella|

* Wikidata: Q3270252
* AusFungi: 60024762
* BioLib: 60450
* CoL: 5CD34
* EoL: 1005488
* EPPO: XERMCA
* GBIF: 2527302
* iNaturalist: 56251
* IndexFungorum: 259499
* IRMNG: 11173733
* MycoBank: 259499
* NatureServe: 2.912017
* NBN: NHMSYS0001501978
* NCBI: 182033
* NZOR: 964e4c7c-d966-4f54-be3e-441f16d82981
* Observation.org: 265194
* Open Tree of Life: 918135
* SpeciesFungorum: 259499

Agaricus campanella|

* Wikidata: Q59565402
* AusFungi: 60024763
* CoL: 5TNKF
* GBIF: 2527303
* IndexFungorum: 243184
* IRMNG: 10782998
* MycoBank: 243184
* NZOR: a7e70ee6-8d7e-48dd-ac5f-02b8ab685a25
* SpeciesFungorum: 243184