Xeromphalina campanella    (Batsch:Fr.) Kühner & Maire 

common name(s) : Pinewood Gingertail 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Mycenaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales/Marasmiaceae/Collybieae  

synonyms: Omphalina campanella 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Xeromphalia campanella)  

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with  Xeromphalina campanella toxicity of Xeromphalina campanella genus Xeromphalina  

The cap is orange-brown, ochre-orange to yellowish.

its texture is fibrous.

The gills are . The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic.

The fruiting period takes place from March to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 1.5 cm (between 0.3 and 3 cm)
  height of stem approximately 2.5 cm (between 0.5 and 5 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 2 mm (between 0.5 and 5 mm)


Xeromphalina campanella is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .



page updated on 14/01/18