Xeromphalina campanella

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By Roger Phillips

Published 2006

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Xeromphalina campanella (Batsch) Kühner & Maire (illustrated 35% life size) Cap 0.3–3cm across, convex, usually with sunken centre; bright tawny-ochre to cinnamon, with prominent radial lines; smooth. Stem 10–50×0.5–3mm, often swollen at base; red-brown at base, yellow at apex; smooth, base covered with dense, tawny hairs. Flesh tough; taste and smell not distinctive. Gills decurrent, widely spaced; cream to ochraceous. Spores 5–7×3–4¼, elliptical; amyloid. Spore print pale buff. Habitat densely clustered, often 100 or more, on conifer stumps and logs; summer to autumn. Uncommon, vulnerable on Red Data List. Not edible.