ID question from emails
This questions arrived in our emails.
I was wondering if you could help me positively identify these mushroom. I'm pretty sure they are black chanterelles (horn of plenty or black trumpet) mushrooms. Just wanted to make sure there aren't any other similar mushrooms out there that I could be mistaking them for. I live in northern Clearfield Co. I found these on an old logging road underneath mature oak trees. Some were is clusters others by themselves.
Thanks,
Molly
We NEVER EVER recommend eating a wild mushroom based on a couple of pictures. We generally don't give advice on edibility of mushrooms without seeing it in person and in the context of where it was found and how it was growing. As a club, we disavow any opinions on mushroom identification for legal reasons. Please keep that in mind before you take anyone's advice.
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Identification
Yes, those are black trumpets. Look up Craterellus cornucopiodes or fallax and read the description. Most good field guides will give you a list of look a likes! C. fallux and C. cornucopiodes are now known to be one and the same. The photo's are a bit fuzzy but I think they are black trumpets.
The first time you try a new wild mushroom, cook a small piece well and try it, put the rest in a paper bag in the vegetable compartment of your refridgerator and let someone know that you have eaten a wild mushroom. After 12 to 24 hours if you feel no discomfort and have no signs of an allergic reaction, cook some more and try them. Anyone can have an allergic reaction to any food so this is a standard practice to test your tolerance to any new food.
I live in Clearfield county as well, near Osceola Mills and the black trumpets are fruiting here. You gave a pretty good desciption of habitat, I like that!
This is in my top ten of favorite fungi.