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Cantharellus infundibuliformis.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Chanterelle en tube, Trompeten-Pfifferling, Trumpet Chanterelle
Cantharellus infundibuliformis Mushroom
Ref No: 7391
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Cantharellus infundibuliformis2 Mushroom
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: Yellow, Brown
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Funnel shaped
stem type: Stem much longer than cap diameter
flesh: Flesh fibrous usually pliable (like grass)
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Cantharellus infundibuliformis (Scop.) Fr. syn. C. tubaeformis Fr. Trompeten-Pfifferling, Chanterelle en tube, Trumpet Chanterelle. Cap 2–5cm across, convex with depressed centre, becoming funnel-shaped with an irregular wavy margin, dark dingy brown. Stem 50–80 x 4–9mm, hollow dirty yellow, often grooved or flattened. Flesh thin and tough, yellowish. Taste bitter, smell aromatic. Gills narrow, irregularly branched and vein-like, yellowish at first then grey, decurrent. Spore print yellowish. Spores 9–12 x 6.5–8µ. Habitat on acid soils in deciduous or coniferous woods. Season autumn. Occasional. Edible. Also edible is C. infundibuliformis var. lutescens which differs in the fruit body being entirely yellowish. Distribution, America and Europe.

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