Funeral Bells - Galerina marginata

I don't like the lighting in this photo, but I thought the fungal mycelium (black strands) was cool.

Habitat: Rotting wood

comments (6)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Wow, are they always this huge? Posted 5 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  The mycelium? I find thick, black ones like this frequently. I think they are technically called 'rhizomorphs', which (again, I think) are aggregations of white mycelium/hyphae surrounded by a black sheath. Posted 5 years ago, modified 5 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Can't believe I never noticed, always figured they're white and impossibly thin, like hairs. Posted 5 years ago
  2. 1. Christine Young
      
      Lion
      
      The mycelium are often just the white hair-like structures that you see under logs, so you are right :). Posted 5 years ago

Flown Kimmerling

Lion

The rhizomorphs look a lot like the conspicuous Armillaria rhizomorphs. Did you confirm that the rhizomorphs are from G. marginata? Posted 5 years ago, modified 5 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  No, I don't think they were from G. marginata. I assume Armillaria. Posted 5 years ago

The Funeral Bells

"Galerina marginata", known colloquially as the funeral bell or the deadly skullcap, is a species of poisonous fungus in the family Hymenogastraceae of the order Agaricales.

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Similar species: Agaricales

Species identified by Christine Young