Family: Cantharellaceae
Craterellus tubaeformis
(Fr.) Quél.
Yellow Foot Chanterelle
Craterellus tubaeformis group | Mile 20, Cordova
KEY ID FEATURES
- Growing in troops, often large and meandering, around rotting logs or in woody debris on the forest floor. Favors colder weather.
- Small funnel or trumpet shaped fruitbody with a hollow stem and yellow-brown flesh.
- Dirty yellow, honey or brownish convex cap with a darker, depressed center; wavy edges in age.
- Blunt, decurrent, veined gills, same general color as stem but usually lighter.
- Pleasant oder and taste.
NUTRITIONAL STRATEGY: Mycorrhizal
SPORE PRINT: White
EDIBILITY: Edible
SYNONYM: Cantharellus neotubaeformis, Craterellus infundibuliformis, Cantharellus tubaeformis, Cantharellus infundibuliformis
COLLECTIONS
- COLLECTION ID: AKFF-138-14
- LOCATION: Mile 20, Cordova
- DATE: 29-Aug-14
- NOTES: In moss under hemlock, no odor, taste mild.
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