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Yellowfoot

Craterellus tubaeformis

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 106, February 69, March 107, April 126, May 194, June 169, July 134, August 120, September 105, October 196, November 210, December 161.
United States22,503
Canada2,281
British Columbia1,432
Washington995
Oregon710
California637
Finland512
Germany396
Ontario379
Alaska365

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Human edibleListed as edible by a harvested source. This is a research trait, not foraging advice.FungiTastic metadata
  • Human edible commercially tradedRecognized by a harvested source as edible and suitable for commercial food trade.Mushrooms traded as food, Volume I
  • Mycorrhizal fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly form mycorrhizal associations.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderCantharellales
FamilyHydnaceae
GenusTrumpets · Craterellus

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Yellowfoot with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.