Craterellus fallax

Craterellus fallax is a species of "black trumpets" that occurs in Eastern North America where it replaces the European taxon Craterellus cornucopioides. C. fallax can also be separated by its yellow-orange spore print, where C. cornucopioides has a white spore print. It has often been considered a synonym of C. cornucopioides,[1][2] but according to Species Fungorum, it is a separate species.[3] C. fallax is mycorrhizal, forming associations with Tsuga and Quercus species, among others.[4]

Craterellus fallax
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C. fallax
Binomial name
Craterellus fallax
Craterellus fallax
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Mycological characteristics
ridges on hymenium
cap is infundibuliform
hymenium is decurrent
stipe is bare
spore print is yellow-orange
ecology is mycorrhizal
edibility: choice

C. fallax is a choice edible fungus.[5]

References

  1. Dahlman, Mattias; Danell, Eric; Spatafora, Joseph W. (April 2000). "Molecular systematics of Craterellus: cladistic analysis of nuclear LSU rDNA sequence data" (PDF). Mycological Research. 104 (4): 388–394. doi:10.1017/S0953756299001380. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-04.
  2. Kuo, M. (2003, June). The Cantharellus/Craterellus clade. Retrieved from the MushroomExpert.Com Web site:
  3. See page for Cr. fallax in Index Fungorum.
  4. Matheny, Patrick; Austin, Emily; Birkebak, Joshua; Wolfenbarger, Aaron (July 2010). "Craterellus fallax, a Black Trumpet mushroom from eastern North America with a broad host range". Mycorrhiza. 20: 569–575. doi:10.1007/s00572-010-0326-2.
  5. Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 248. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
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