Funeral bell
Galerina marginata · 秋生盔孢伞
Common层腹菌科☠️ Deadly Poisonous
Reference sources describe this as highly toxic, with recorded fatalities.
The same species can be described differently across regions and stages of maturity, and countless look-alike species cannot be told apart by eye. Never use the information on this page to judge whether a real mushroom is safe to eat.
How to Tell
- Cap small, honey-yellow to brown, darker when wet
- Stem with a membranous ring; gills rusty brown
- Clusters on rotten wood, common in autumn, sharing habitat with velvet shank
ID notes are compiled by AI from public sources, not reviewed by a mycologist, for learning only — never a basis for foraging.
Basics
- Family
- 层腹菌科
- Hymenium
- Gills
- Grows On
- Wood
- How Big
- 1.5–5 cm (cap diameter)
- Encounter Rate
- Common
- Habitat
- Rotting conifer wood, often on the same log as edible species
Easily Confused With
Velvet shankVelvet shank has a dark brown velvety stem and no ring; funeral bell has a membranous ring on the stem.
Honey fungusHoney fungus is large, clumped at tree bases, with a prominent white ring; funeral bell is small, with a thin ring that soon falls away.
EnokiWild enoki has a dark brown velvety stem, no ring and a white spore print; funeral bell has a ring and a rusty-brown spore print.
Sheathed woodtuftSheathed woodtuft has small brown scales on the lower stem and a two-toned cap; funeral bell has a smooth stem with a membranous ring.
Humongous fungusHumongous fungus is large, with a prominent ring, clumped at tree bases; funeral bell is small with a thin ring.Fun Fact
It carries the same amatoxins as the death cap but looks like velvet shank or honey fungus, often crowding onto the very same rotting log — a rusty-brown spore print is the key giveaway.