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Winter chanterelle

Craterellus tubaeformis

Edible, but easily confused with poisonous lookalikes.

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Winter chanterelle
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

At a glance

Scientific name
Craterellus tubaeformis
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Cantharellales
Family
Hydnaceae
Under the cap
Ridges
Cap
Funnel
Stem
Bare
Lives by
Partner of trees
Season
Autumn, Winter
Habitat
Conifer forest
Spore print
Cream
Difficulty in WildGuessr
Hard

Did you know?

  • Its species name tubaeformis means 'trumpet-shaped', from the Latin tuba.
  • It was long placed in the genus Cantharellus until DNA studies moved it to Craterellus.

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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q371126 · All fungi · All entries