BASIDIOMYCETES: Agaricales, Tricholomataceae

Fuzzy Foot, Xeromphalina campanella or Omphalina campenella

Basidiomycetes, order: Agaricales, family: Tricholomataceae

Height to 2"

This very small, delicate mushroom has a cap up to 1" wide that is convex with a depressed center and radial striping, colored golden brown to reddish with a paler margin. Stalk is thin, often with a bulbous base, and covered with thin dark hairs below. Gills descend the stalk and are widely spaced and pale brownish-yellow. Spore print is pale yellow-brown. The Fuzzy Foot is found on decaying wood in coniferous woodlands throughout North America during the summer and fall. Not edible.