Trumpet of the dead

Trumpet of the dead
	Dead Trumpet ( Craterellus cornucopioides )
Systematics
Class :	Agaricomycetes
Subclass :	insecure position (incertae sedis)
Order :	Chanterelles (Cantharellales)
Family :	Chanterelle relatives (Cantharellaceae)
Genre :	Craterelles ( Craterellus )
Type :	Trumpet of the dead
Scientific name
	Craterellus cornucopioides
	( L .: Fr. ) Pers.

The dead or autumn trumpet ( Craterellus cornucopioides ), also known as the dead funnel because of the funnel-like shape of the fruiting bodies , is a type of mushroom from the family of chanterelle relatives (Cantharellaceae). It is considered a very good edible mushroom .

features

Spurs of the dead trumpet in the light microscope ( DIC )

The hollow and funnel-shaped fruiting body is turned up like a trumpet at the edge and reaches a diameter of up to 12 cm. The surface is tomentose to flaky and has a brown-gray or soot-gray to black color. The smooth outside is usually colored light gray.

Atypically colored fruit bodies of the dead trumpet with greatly reduced pigmentation

More rare are yellowish specimens, which were previously separated as Craterellus konradii , but only represent a pigment anomaly of the dead trumpet.

Ecology and phenology

The dead trumpet is a mycorrhizal fungus mainly of the European beech , but also of the oak and the hornbeam . Only very rarely does it pass to other tree species. According to the host tree preference, the dead trumpet occurs in beech and beech fir forests with fresh soils that are poor in nutrients but have moderate to good bases. The bedrock for such soils can be limestone, lime sand, basalt or marl .

The fruiting bodies appear from mid-August, especially in September and October. The epithet cornucopioides refers to their shape, similar to a cornucopia ( Latin cornu copiae ) .

distribution

The dead trumpet comes in the Holarctic , i. H. in North America, temperate Asia and Europe. It is questionable whether the occurrences in Australia are based on introduction or are indigenous . In Europe, the trumpet of the dead occurs both in the north and in the south, especially in middle mountain areas, but the populations are decreasing locally.

meaning

The dead trumpet is an excellent edible mushroom. It is often offered in a dried form; it can also be used as a spice when crushed into powder.

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literature

German Josef Krieglsteiner (Eds.), Andreas Gminder , Wulfard Winterhoff: Die Großpilze Baden-Württemberg . Volume 2: Stand mushrooms: inguinal, club, coral and stubble mushrooms, belly mushrooms, boletus and deaf mushrooms. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8001-3531-0 , pp. 18-20.
Markus Flück: "Which mushroom is that?", Kosmos nature guide, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-440-06706-8

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Mattias Dahlman, Eric Danell, Joseph W. Spatafora: Molecular systematics of Craterellus - cladistic analysis of nuclear LSU rDNA sequence data . Mycological Research 104 (4). British Mycological Society 2000. pp. 388-394. ( Abstract available )
↑ ^a ^b Angelika Lang: Pilze - Discovering and determining the most important species , Gräfe and Unzer , 2012. pp. 214–215

Web links

Commons : Trumpet of the Dead ( Craterellus cornucopioides ) - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

[Dahlman2000-1] A ^b Mattias Dahlman, Eric Danell, Joseph W. Spatafora: Molecular systematics of Craterellus - cladistic analysis of nuclear LSU rDNA sequence data . Mycological Research 104 (4). British Mycological Society 2000. pp. 388-394. ( Abstract available )

[Pilze_2012-2] Angelika Lang: Pilze - Discovering and determining the most important species , Gräfe and Unzer , 2012. pp. 214–215