Identifying Your Chanterelles
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Sinuous Chanterelle
Craterellus subundulatus, Pseudocraterellus subundulatus
Frequency
Rare
Habitat
Like C. olivaceus, it can be found in deciduous hardwood forests in regions further south.
Fruit body
This rare chanterrelle is distinguished by its color in shades of gray-brown to gray-black and by the undulations of the margin of its cap.
Cap
1 to 2.5 cm in diameter, the color varies from mid grey-brown to dark grey or black.
Margin
Wavy-lobed margin.
Hymenium surface
The fertile surface is pale grey to ochre grey, smooth or only finely longitudinally wrinkled.
Stalk
1 to 4 cm hight by 1 to 4 mm thick. The grey pruinose stem tapers towards the base. Stems are often clustered and sometimes joined at their bases.
Flesh
The flesh is thin, flexible and colored like the cap.
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