SOME COMMON MUSHROOMS AND HOW TO KNOW THEM DAN 
OMPHALIA CAMPANELLA. BELL OMPHALIA. (EDIBLE) 
(Fig. 20) 
In this species the cap is campanulate, sometimes expanded, umbilicate, 
smooth, hygrophanous, rusty yellow, slightly striate; the gills are narrow, 
arcuate, yellow, connected by veins, decurrent; the stem is slender, horny, 
smooth, hollow, brown, paler at apex, and hairy at base. 
FIGURE 20.—Omphalia campanella. (Edible) 
The cap is four to eight lines broad; the stem is very slender and often 
ascending. 
This little fungus may be found during the summer and fall. It is very 
common and widely distributed, growing on rotten logs in clusters or tufts, and 
exhibits a preference for PORUEHOUS wood. It is edible, tender, and of a fairly 
good flavor. 
FIGURE 21.—Tvricholoma equestre. (Edible) 
TRICHOLOMA 
The genus Tricholoma is large and contains both edible and poison- 
ous species, most of which are “autumnal and terrestrial. The cap is 
fleshy, convex, never truly umbilicate or umbonate. A volva and a 
