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The Micenov family is represented by small mushrooms growing in noticeable groups. Omphalina bell-shaped is one of the representatives of this family with a typical appearance.
What does xeromphalin campanulate look like?
This species is distinguished by a leg height of up to 3,5 cm, a miniature hat reaching up to 2,5 cm in diameter.
This mushroom grows in large colonies.
Cap Description
The size of the hat resembles a two-kopeck Soviet coin. It has the shape of an open bell with lines arranged along a radius, a characteristic dimple in the middle. Gradually, it straightens, the edges fall down. The light brown surface of the omphaline is smooth, translucent. Through it, the plates located on the inside shine through. Between them are alternating partitions.
Hats become lighter towards the edges
Description of the leg
The stem is thin, up to 2 mm wide, widens upward, thickens closer to the mycelium. Its color is brown, ocher, to the base – dark brown. The surface is covered with small fibers.
The legs are brittle, with a slight omission at the base
Where and how to grow
It occurs in spring, summer and autumn in the coniferous forests of the temperate zone of Eurasia, North America. The mass appearance is noticed at the beginning of the mushroom season: in the absence of other mushrooms, they feel at ease on the stumps, grow over the entire area of uXNUMXbuXNUMXbthe wood.
Is the mushroom edible or not?
There is no information about the edibility of the species. The thin pulp has no smell, mushroom taste.
Twins and their differences
Miniature young omphalins bell-shaped can be confused with scattered dung beetle. But the latter retain a light brown, gray hue until the end of ripening. Hats are like bells. The pulp has no smell, no taste.
Dung beetle is inedible
Xeromfalina Kaufman – a fragile, flexible fruiting body with a diameter of up to 2 cm. It grows in a few colonies on stumps, rotting hardwood logs, spruce, pine, and fir in forests of temperate latitudes. Inedible.
The leg of Xeromfalina Kaufman is curving, thin, light brown in color
Conclusion
Omphalina bell-shaped is a miniature species that has no nutritional value. But this saprotroph is an important link in the ecological chain. It contributes to the rapid decomposition of wood residues, their transformation into inorganic elements.
