Craterellus cornucopioides

Craterellus cornucopioides
Craterellus cornucopioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Cantharellales
Family: Cantharellaceae
Genus: Craterellus
Species: C. cornucopioides
Binomial name
Craterellus cornucopioides
(L.) Pers.
Craterellus cornucopioides
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Mycological characteristics
ridges on hymenium
cap is infundibuliform
hymenium is decurrent
stipe is bare

spore print is cream

to buff
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: choice

Craterellus cornucopioides is an edible mushroom, also known as trumpet of death, black chanterelle, black trumpet, or horn of plenty. The Cornucopia, in Greek mythology, referred to the magnificent horn of the goat (or goat of the nymph) Amalthea, that filled itself with whatever meat or drink its owner requested. It has become the symbol of plenty.

The mushroom is dark, almost black, and looks rather unattractive, but has a very good flavour. When dried its flavour even improves becoming quite like that of black truffle. It is hard to find because of its dark color, which easily blends in with the leaf litter on the forest floor. Hunters of this mushroom say it is like looking for black holes in the ground.

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