
Black Trumpet (Brown form) - Craterellus fallax
Fruiting bodies were vase-shaped, and the upper edges were rolled under. The upper surface was dark brown, and the under surface was brown and wrinkled.
Habitat: Growing on the ground in a mostly deciduous forest with eastern hemlock, oak, birch, beech, and maple.

Craterellus fallax is a species of "black trumpets" that occurs in Eastern North America where it replaces the European taxon Craterellus cornucopioides. C. fallax can also be separated by its yellow-orange spore print, where Craterellus cornucopioides has a white spore print.
Similar species: Cantharellales
By Christine Young
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Uploaded Nov 3, 2018. Captured Aug 5, 2018 09:09 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.