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Black Chanterelle

Craterellus atrocinereus

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) team_pup-n-suds, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

27 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 36, February 14, March 6, April 6, May 6, June 4, July 4, August 4, September 5, October 5, November 6, December 5.
California68
United States65
Oregon5

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.Checked by the maintainer
  • 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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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