Galerina marginata (Batsch) Kühner
(Funeral Bell)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGalerina marginata (Funeral Bell)
GenusGalerina (bell toadstools)
FamilyCORTINARIACEAE (webcaps, rootshanks and the gypsy)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Galerina marginata (Funeral Bell) :
1: Galerina marginata (Funeral Bell)
24 Sep 1986 OSGR: SO90 51° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: East Glos (VC 33) England
Image 1: Fruitbodies - top view - almost dry caps - in situImage 2: Fruitbodies - top view - dry caps - in situImage 3: Fruitbodies - top view - moist capsImage 4: Fruitbodies - top view - moist caps (2)Image 5: Fruitbodies - undersides showing gill and stipe - lain downImage 6: Fruitbody - underside - in situImage 7: Fruitbody - underside - in situ (2)Image 8: Cheilocystidia - magnifiedImage 9: Pleurocystidia - magnifiedImage 10: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 11: DescriptionImage 12: Description - contd

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
de Haan, A. & 1985 lcones Mycologicae 75-92 Icones Mycologicae 75-92.
Orton, P.D. 1977 Notes on British Agarics V Kew Bulletin Vol 31 (3): 709-721.

Galerina marginata (Funeral Bell) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Galerina marginata (Funeral Bell)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Galerina marginata (Funeral Bell)

A deadly poisonous medium-sized yellowish brown toadstool which is common throughout the British Isles on old broadleaved logs and stumps.

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