Shaggy Chanterelle ☠

Though it's common name calls it a chanterelle, this mushroom is not edible. It won't kill you, but it will not make you a happy camper either.

The Woolly chanterelle

''Turbinellus floccosus'', sometimes known as the shaggy, scaly, or woolly chanterelle, is a cantharelloid mushroom of the family Gomphaceae native to Asia and North America. It was known as ''Gomphus floccosus'' until 2011, when it was found to be only distantly related to the genus's type species, ''G. clavatus''. It was consequently transferred from ''Gomphus'' to ''Turbinellus''. The orange-capped vase- or trumpet-shaped fruiting bodies may reach 30 cm high and 30 cm wide. The lower surface,.. more

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Similar species: Gomphales

Species identified by morpheme