Edible, therapeutic and toxic mushrooms
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TRUMPET CHANTERELLE
Cantharellus tubaeformis
Frequency
Plentiful
Habitat
Among mosses, in humid environments, in association with conifers, mainly Black Spruce and Tamarack (rarely on dry lands), from the end of August to snow.
Abundant in peatlands of the boreal forest where the quantities are calculated in tons.
Cap
Yellowish brown to blackish brown. Umbilicate, this umbilicus descends rapidly to the base of the stipe to form a hollow stipe.
Hymenium surface
Lamelliform folds, forked, spaced, decurrent, very pale gray to gray, to purplish gray.
Stalk
Yellow, equal, hollow; you can blow in it like in a straw.
Flesh
Thin, gray, yellowish to brownish in the cap; gray to yellowish in the stipe.
Unfit for human consumption
Caps whose surface fades to gray or are damaged by insects are unfit for consumption; it is the same for fruitbodies which have undergone a significant frost. When part of the stipe becomes discolored, there is usually a slug or an insect larva inside.
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For commercial crops, quality verification should be done in the field and only quality fruitbodies should be picked.
English names: Yellow Foot Chanterelle, Winter Chanterelle, Funnel Chanterelle, Trumpet Chanterelle.
Latin names: Craterellus tubaeformis, C. infundibulbiformis, Cantharellus tubaeformis.
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