Rickenella fibula

Rickenella fibula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Hymenochaetales
Family:
Repetobasidiaceae
Genus:
Rickenella
Species:
R. fibula
Binomial name
Rickenella fibula
(Bull.) Raithelh. (1973)
Synonyms
  • Agaricus fibula Bull. (1784)
  • Omphalina fibula (Fr.) Quél. (1886)
  • Gerronema fibula (Bull. ex Fr.) Sing.
Rickenella fibula
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is depressed or infundibuliform
Hymenium is decurrent
Stipe is bare
Spore print is white
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is unknown

Rickenella fibula or Omphalina fibula, and commonly known as the orange moss navel[1] is a species of fungus belonging to the genus Rickenella.

The fruit body is orange to yellow and occurs among moss, which is why it is sometimes called moss sentinel.[2] The cap is quite small, with a diameter usually less than 1 centimetre (3⁄8 in).[3] The stipe is relatively long,[2] about 1.5–4.5 cm (5⁄8–1+3⁄4 in).[4] It has little odor or taste, and is regarded as nonpoisonous.[5] The spore print is white.[4]

Similar species

According to molecular analysis, the species is more closely related to certain polypores and crust fungi than other gilled mushrooms.[2] A similar species is Rickenella swartzii.[2]

It may resemble its relative Loreleia marchantiae as well as Mycena acicula and Entoloma unicolor. The stems of Xeromphalina are darker.[4]

References

  1. ^ "iNaturalist". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  2. ^ a b c d Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.
  3. ^ Grand guide encyclopédique des champignons, Jean-Louis Lamaison
  4. ^ a b c Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
  5. ^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.


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