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Horn-of-plenty

Craterellus cornucopioides

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 399, February 295, March 462, April 727, May 1,048, June 1,143, July 1,223, August 1,052, September 772, October 576, November 315, December 246.
United States9,284
Alaska8,257
Russia359
Canada289
Germany232
France212
Ontario181
Austria180
New York169
Finland161

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

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Classification

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

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