Horn funnel: photo and description of the fungus
A funnel funnel can be found in deciduous and overhanged forests with high levels of moisture and calcareous soils, especially near oaks. It grows in large groups on beautiful foliage and practically merges with it.
Other names: horn-shaped craterellus, funnel-shaped craterellus, funnel-shaped funnel, horn-shaped tube fungus, gray funnel. The peculiar shape of the carob-shaped funnel has led to the appearance of the same original names in European languages: Finnish mustatorvisieni - “black horn”, German Totentrompete - “pipe of the dead”, English Horn of Plenty and French Corne d’abondance - “cornucopia”.
Fruit body of the gray funnel (height 4-15 cm): has the shape of a small cup, expanding from the bottom up. Almost everything is covered with small scales and tubercles. Horn-shaped craterellus has wavy edges that are strongly turned outward, which can be torn or stick out in separate flakes. Pay attention to the photo of the funnel-shaped funnel: its inner surface is usually almost black or black-gray. The exterior is a little lighter.
Leg (height 0.5-1.2 cm, diameter up to 1.5 cm): one color with a hat, tough and very small or practically absent.
Pulp: membranous, breaks from a slight touch. Young mushrooms are dark gray, while old ones are richly black.
Doubles: a funnel funnel (Craterellus sinuosus) and a goblet urned (Urnula craterium). The tortuous funnel is distinguished by a lighter coloration of the fruiting body and a more dissected cap, while the urnula has no curved edges, and the shape is more goblet.
The use of craterellus funnel
Horn funnel - a very tasty mushroom, used in almost any type of dish. Especially widespread use of craterellus funnel in Western Europe - here this mushroom is considered a real delicacy. In France, in particular, it is added to gourmet sauces.
Application in traditional medicine: not applicable.
