Plate VI
Black Trumpet
Craterellus cornucopioides
Choice edible
A hollow, wavy-rimmed horn of plenty — smooth outside, not gilled.
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- 1Trumpet hollow
- 2Wavy margin
- 3Smooth-wrinkled outer
Specimen record
Field notes
A thin-fleshed, trumpet-shaped funnel, grey-brown to nearly black, hollow all the way down the center. The spore surface is the smooth-to-faintly-wrinkled outer wall — there are no gills. Grows gregariously in mossy hardwood duff and hides in plain sight.
Look-alike risk · low
No dangerous look-alike for a careful forager — the cream spore print and the hymenium confirm it. Still, verify every character before eating.
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