Source-reviewed species profile
Funeral bell Galerina marginata
Small brown hygrophan cap, ring zone and rusty gills; a dangerous sheathed-woodtuft lookalike. This profile covers broad field features, season and habitat for learning.
Where can I find funeral bell?
Dead wood, especially conifer, singly or in small groups.
In Mycoverse you can select Funeral bell and compare candidate search areas using a species-specific assessment of rainfall, estimated soil moisture, temperature, forest type, tree signals, canopy cover, terrain and season. Where source coverage is available, the assessment also uses historical species observations. Historical observations are historical data, not recent finds.
Images, text and app suggestions cannot confirm a species or food safety.
Field features
- Small brown hygrophan cap, ring zone and rusty gills; a dangerous sheathed-woodtuft lookalike.
Habitat and search guidance
Dead wood, especially conifer, singly or in small groups.
Months
June–November
Species requiring extra care
Compare the complete mushroom, habitat and season. These cards support learning; they do not identify a finding.
Yellowfoot
Yellowfoot has a hollow yellowish stem and grey ridges. Funeral bell has true rusty-brown gills and can be deadly poisonous.
Open and compare →Sheathed woodtuft
Sheathed woodtuft has small scales below the ring zone; funeral bell has rusty-brown gills and can be deadly poisonous. Mixed clusters must never be assessed as food.
Open and compare →Gypsy mushroom
Gypsy mushroom grows on soil and is stouter; funeral bell grows on wood, is smaller and can be deadly poisonous.
Open and compare →Velvet shank
Velvet shank has a pale cap, dark velvety stem base and no ring; funeral bell has a ring zone and rusty-brown gills and can be deadly poisonous.
Open and compare →Safety status
Deadly poisonous species. Never treat an image or app assessment as confirmation. Use qualified expertise.
Sources and review status
Last reviewed: 25 August 2026.