Horn of Plenty or Trompette des morts Craterellus cornucopioides

Horn of Plenty or Trompette des morts Craterellus cornucopioides (L.) Pers. syn. Cantharellus cornucopioides (L.) Fr. (illustrated 45% life size) Cap 2–8cm across, deeply tubular with flared mouth, margin becoming irregularly crisped and wavy; dark brown to black and scurfy-scaly when moist, drying paler and greyish-brown; thin, leathery. Spore-bearing surface smooth at first, becoming somewhat undulating with age; ashy grey. Spores 10–11×6–7¼, elliptical. Spore print white. Habitat in troops or clusters in leaf litter of deciduous woods; late summer to late autumn. Occasional, but locally abundant. Edible good.