#craterellus cornucopioides

[weepingwidar]

Otto Dix (German, 1891-1969) - Pilze (Erdschieber und Totentrompeter) (Mushrooms (Fleecy Milk-cap and Trumpet of the Dead)) (1946)

[fungus-friday]

This Friday’s fungus is craterellus cornucopioides, commonly known as black trumpet, black chanterelle, horn of plenty, or trumpet of the dead. It has a funnel-shaped fruiting body, of which the stalk and cap are seamlessly connected. The upper and inner surface is black or dark grey (or sometimes yellow, though that is quite rare), and the lower and outer surface is a lighter grey. Craterellus cornucopioides is a basidiomycete, with its spores dusted on the lower/outer surface of the fruiting body. This dust of spores is picked up by the wind and carried to other places where the mushroom can grow. Craterellus cornucopioides is an edible mushroom and is very popular with foragers and chefs for its rich, smoky flavour and sweet aroma, as well as its nutritional benefits; it is highly valued for plant-based diets because it naturally contains vitamin B12, a nutrient rarely found in non-meat foods. It mainly grows under broad-leafed trees in moist and mossy spots on heavy calcareous soils and can be found in woods in Europe, East Asia, and North America, and in rainforest gullies in Australia.   

[midimushroom]

Black Trumpets growing in a drainage area. Photos taken August 25, 2024

[starrodent]

funguary week 4 trumpet of the dead!!! (if i close my eyes it’s still february please please please i just need to squirt this out)

the black parade resemblance is uncanny but it was completely on accident. ummm this is just my silly guy i dunno what to say. i had a bunch of Symbolism and Mythological References that i was thinking about while designing em but my brain just stopped processing at some point and i don’t have a coherent explanation for it anymore

[moonandtrees]

[drfirsnogayny]

Funguary 2025 Day 25

🫐 Week 4 ☕ Craterellus cornucopioides aka Trumpet of the dead

He/him for both

I missed this detail last time, so I decided to correct my mistake. Few people know, but this guy (and not the destroying angels) is the reaper who accompanies the dead to the Realm of the Dead. And Patrick can serve as psychological support, including for his friend.

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[c1trusbl00m]

(Late) Funguary week 3: Edible

Black Trumpet (Craterellus cornucopioides)

Prompt list by @/feefal on IG

[ljussangen]