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]
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. The mushroom is also called fuzzy-foot.
A cluster of X. campanella
