# Funeral bell (Galerina marginata)

**Galerina marginata**

**Known today as.** A small brown mushroom of rotting wood.

Kind: Fungus  
Poisoning: Amatoxin poisoning (https://thethinkingpress.org/materia-medica/poisons/amatoxin)  
Deadly: yes

> **Deadly.** 

## What was it used for?

None.

## What does modern science say?

Contains the amatoxins of the death cap.

## Pharmacognosy and toxicology

- **alpha-amanitin**: 

**Mechanism.** As the death cap: the amatoxins of *Galerina marginata* are the same, in a small brown mushroom mistaken for the honey fungus and the hallucinogenic *Psilocybe*.

**Dose.** Not established; several poisonings have followed when it was gathered in mistake for the hallucinogenic *Psilocybe stuntzii*.

**Standing.** None.

## What lore surrounds it?

A plain little brown mushroom, which may be mistaken for the edible honey fungus and for some *Psilocybe* species.

## Sources

- Wikipedia contributors. “Galerina marginata.” *Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia*. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galerina_marginata (read 2 October 2026).

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*Funeral bell.* In *Materia Medica*, edited by B. C. P. Statema. Version 1, revised 2026-10-03. The Thinking Press. https://thethinkingpress.org/materia-medica/funeral-bell

Historical description, not medical advice.