Wooly Chanterelle ☠

non-edible

comments (3)

Christine Young

Lion

I think the genus name has changed on this one to Turbinellus. And, there’s already a species page for Turbinellus floccosus. It would be good if we can merge the old with the new. Posted 6 years ago
1. morpheme
  
  Lion
  
  How should we go about it Ferdy? There's only 3- I can rename my two and the one other under the old genus. Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Yes, that would be the correct way to go about it. So remove the identification of the 3 photos of this old genus, next re-identify all 3 using Turbinellus floccosus. In the end, we'd still have the old species record, yet no photo would be associated with it, therefore it doesn't show up in the species browser. Posted 6 years ago

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