Xeromphalina campanella (Batsch) Kuhner & Maire    Synonyms: Bell-shaped Fuzzy Foot.
Kingdom Fungi   >   Phylum Basidiomycota   >   Class Agaricomycetes   >   Order Agaricales   >   Family Mycenaceae   >   Genus Xeromphalina   

Status:

Found in dense clusters on decaying conifer logs and stumps.

Description:

Cap: Small; yellow to orange-brown, smooth, grooved at margin; convex to broadly convex with depressed disc in age. Gills: Pale yellow/pale orange, becoming decurrent, crossveins. Stalk: Yellow at top to dark red-brown at base; long hairs at base. Usually found in groups of dozens to hundreds. Similar X. kauffmanii present only on hardwoods. (J. Solem, pers. comm.)

Relationships:

Associated with conifers versus hardwoods.

There are 29 records in the project database.

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Xeromphalina campanella (closeup) in Howard Co., Maryland (8/2/2012). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Xeromphalina campanella in Howard Co., Maryland (7/26/2019). Determined by Bob and Jo Solem. Photo by Sue Muller. (MBP list)

Xeromphalina campanella growing in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/29/2018). Determined by Bob and Jo Solem. Photo by Anne Looker. (MBP list)

Xeromphalina campanella (group) in Howard Co., Maryland (7/28/2014). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Xeromphalina campanella (gills, stalk, and base) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/13/2009). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Xeromphalina campanella in Howard Co., Maryland (8/15/2020). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Xeromphalina campanella in Howard Co., Maryland (7/26/2019). Determined by Bob and Jo Solem. Photo by Sue Muller. (MBP list)

An Xeromphalina campanella in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/29/2018). Determined by Bob and Jo Solem. Photo by Anne Looker. (MBP list)

Spores of Xeromphalina campanella in Howard Co., Maryland (8/15/2020). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Spores collected from a Xeromphalina campanella specimen in Howard, Maryland (7/28/2014). Elliptical/cylindrical, smooth; measured 6.3-6.3 X 2.5-3.0 microns. Photo by Robert Solem. (MBP list)


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