Xeromphalina campanella (Batsch ex Fr.) Kühn & Maire
Bull. Soc. Mycol. Fr. 50: 18. 1934.

Common Name: none

• Pileus

  Cap 0.5 - 2 cm broad, convex to planoconvex with a depressed center; surface smooth, orange-brown to yellow-brown with a striate margin.

• Lamellae

  Gills bright yellow to orange, decurrent, widely spaced, intervenose.

• Stipe

  Stipe 1-4 cm long, 0.5-2.5 mm broad, round in cross section, equal; smooth, tough, polished, yellowish above, reddish- brown below with yellowish-brown hairs at the base.

• Spores

  Spores 5-8 X 3-4 µm, elliptical, smooth, amyloid. Spore print white to pale buff.

• Habitat

  Densely gregarious to clustered, on rotting conifer wood, fall, winter, and early spring.

• Edibility

  Unknown.

• Comments

  Xeromphalina campanella is very common in our coniferous forests. Its coloration, cap shape, decurrent gills, tough thin stipe, absence of an annulus, habitat, and amyloid spores distinguish this species from similar fungi. Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca is similar in color, but larger with dichotomously branched decurrent gills and dextrinoid spores. In our area it tends to grow on wood chips.

• References

  Antonín, V. & Noordeloos, M.E. (2004). A monograph of the genera Hemimycena, Delicatula, Fayodia, Gamundia, Myxomphalia, Resinomycena, Richenella, and Xeromphalina in Europe. IHW Verlag: Eching, Germany. 279 p.
  Miller Jr., O.K. (1968). A revision of the genus Xeromphalina. Mycologia 60: 156-188.
  Smith, A.H. (1949). Mushrooms in their Natural Habitats. Sawyer's Inc: Portland, OR. 626 p.
  Watling, R. & Turnbull, E. (1998). British Fungus Flora: Agarics and Boleti. Vol 8. Cantharellaceae, Gomphaceae, and Amyloid-Spored and Xeruloid Members of Tricholomataceae (excl. Mycena). Royal Botanic Garden: Edinburgh, Scotland. 189 p.

• Other Descriptions and Photos
  • Tom Duffy: Xeromphalina campanella (CP)
  • Tom Duffy: Xeromphalina campanella (CP)
  • Boleslaw Kuznik: Xeromphalina campanella (CP)
  • Taylor F. Lockwood: Xeromphalina campanella (CP)
  • Robert Mackler: Xeromphalina campanella (CP)
  • Michael Wood: Xeromphalina campanella (CP)
  • Michael Wood: Xeromphalina campanella (CP)
  • Boleslaw Kuznik -- Hunting for Mushrooms: Xeromphalina campanella (CP)
  • Elias Fries' fungus plates: Xeromphalina campanella (I)
  • Pilze, Pilze, Pilze: Xeromphalina campanella (CP)
  • Mushroom Observer: Xeromphalina campanella (CP)
  • Arora (1986): p. 222 (D) plate 44 (CP)
  • Breitenbach & Kränzlin (v. 3): sp. 446 (D, I, & CP)
  • Lincoff: p. 809 (D), plate 58 (CP)
  • Miller: sp. 85 (D & CP)
  • Phillips: p. 78 (D & CP)
  
  

  (D=Description; I=Illustration; P=Photo; CP=Color Photo)