
Black Trumpets - Craterellus fallax
Fruiting bodies were vase-shaped and were growing together in a cluster. The upper surfaces were dark brown/blackish, and the under surfaces were grayish 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 Jul 18, 2019. Captured Jul 14, 2019 08:17 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.