Craterellus cinereus
Craterellus cinereus, commonly known as the black chanterelle or ashen chanterelle, is a species of fungus in the genus Craterellus. Found in forests in Europe and North America, it is edible.
Description
Craterellus cinereus are greyish-black chanterelle mushrooms with thin, dark grey flesh that fades when dry. The fruiting body can reach tall.The cap is across, in an irregular funnel shape or infundibuliform. It is irregularly wavy at the edges with an inrolled margin. It is black when moist, brownish whey dry or in age. The stem is 2–8 cm long and up to 1.3 cm thick. It is smooth to lightly velvety in texture, sometimes with a white woolly base. The veins/ridges are dark grey, irregular forks which are distant and decurrent.
The spore print is whitish, while the spores are broadly elliptical, smooth, non-amyloid, and 7.5–10 x 5–6 μm. The taste is mild and the odour indistinct.