Black Trumpet

Craterellus cornucopioides

Family: Cantharellaceae

Black Trumpet (Craterellus cornucopioides)
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Overview

Hollow black-grey trumpets with no true gills, hidden in beech and oak leaf litter across Europe, eastern North America, and East Asia. One of the world's great culinary mushrooms — intensely flavoured fresh and dried.

Edibility
Edible
Rarity
common
Trophic mode
mycorrhizal

Host trees & substrate

  • Local forest substrate

Key identification features

  • Hollow trumpet to the base
  • Smooth or barely wrinkled outer surface
  • Grey to black, dries jet-black
  • No true gills

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