Galerina marginata  — Funeral Bell — Strophariaceae

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Small to medium mushroom. Convex or bell-shaped cap, flattening with age, sticky when wet or young, bald, honey yellow with orange, maturing to cinnamon or brownish orange, fading. Cap with veil remnants, lined when mature. Gills attached or slightly decurrent, yellowish aging to brownish, covered with partial veil on young mushrooms. Stalk taller than cap, maturing to brown, with thin whitish to rusty ring which can disappear. Saprophytic.

Habitat: Solitary or gregarious, often clusters, on decaying wood, conifers and hardwoods.

Scent: Not distinctive or somewhat mealy

Spores: Rusty-brown

Season: Autumn

Honey-colored cap
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Clusters of sticky mushrooms
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Attached or slightly decurrent gills
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Clusters on decaying conifer
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