Photo by C. G. Lloyd.
Plate XVII. Figure 97.—Omphalia campanella.
Campanella means a little bell.
The pileus is membranaceous, convex to extended, centrally depressed, striate, watery, rusty-yellow in color.
The gills are moderately close, decurrent, bow-shaped, connected by veins, rigid, firm, yellowish. The spores elliptical, 6–7×3–4µ.
The stem is hollow, clothed with down, and paler above.
This plant is very common and plentiful in our woods and is widely distributed in the states. It grows on wood or on ground very heavily charged with decaying wood. It is found through the summer and fall. It is delicious if you have the patience to gather them.