Craterellus

Craterellus
Craterellus cornucopioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Cantharellales
Family:	Cantharellaceae
Genus:	Craterellus Pers.
Type species
C. cornucopioides (L.) Pers.
Species
C. caeruleofuscus C. cornucopioides C. erischerhiae C. excelsus C. fallax C. ignicolor C. lutescens C. neferens C. tubaeformis

Craterellus sp.
Mycological characteristics
	ridges on hymenium
	cap is infundibuliform
	hymenium is decurrent
	stipe is bare
	spore print is cream to salmon
	ecology is saprotrophic
	edibility: choice

Craterellus is a genus of generally edible fungi similar to the closely related chanterelles, with some species recently reassigned to this genus. They are distinguished by their lack of gill-like structures on the underside of their caps.

• C. cornucopioides, or black trumpet, is dark coloured, almost black and looks rather unattractive, but has a very good flavour.
• C. tubaeformis, or yellowfoot, is a yellowish-brown and trumpet-shaped.
• C. lutescens, similar to C. tubaeformis but more brightly coloured.

Both species are gathered commercially and, unlike Cantharellus, can be easily preserved by drying.

Molecular phylogenetics have been applied to the problem of discriminating between Craterellus and Cantharellus genera. Results indicate that the presence of a hollow stem may be a synapomorphy to identify Craterellus species. C. cornucopioides appears to be a single polymorphic species, while C. tubaeformis may be two separate genetic groups separated by geography.^[1]

C. cornucopioides C. odoratus Pseudocraterellus sinuosus C. lutescens C. ignicolor western C. tubaeformis eastern C. tubaeformis Cantharellus ssp.

Phylogenetic relationships of some Craterellus species and the Cantharellus genus based on DNA sequences. C. tubaeformis as previously described is two separate genetic groups, corresponding to Europe-eastern North America and western North America.[1]

External links

• Craterellus in Index Fungorum
• Mushroom-collecting.com: Craterellus cornucopioides
• AmericanMushrooms.com: Best Edible Wild Mushrooms
• MykoWeb California Fungi: Craterellus cornucopioides
• MykoWeb California Fungi: Cantharellus tubaeformis
• Taxonomy in Transition: The Cantharellus/Craterellus Clade
• Craterellus cornucopioides Healing-Mushrooms.net, March 2008.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} 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. http://www-mykopat.slu.se/Newwebsite/mycorrhiza/kantarellfiler/texter/craterellus.pdf.