Black trumpet mushroom

Craterellus cornucopioides

mushroom

A black mushroom shaped like a trumpet or horn, with no gills — the underside is smooth — and a deep aroma; excellent dried and ground to a powder. It provides beta-glucans.

Origin

Broadleaf forests of Europe

Season (United States)

September to November · grows in your region

Preparation

The elfin saddle, also black, sometimes grows among horns of plenty: toxic raw or undercooked, it must be sorted out when picking. If you pick it yourself, have the mushroom checked by a pharmacist or a mycological society before eating it.

Molecules

Mushroom beta-glucansIn small amounts, not counted Ergothioneine · Vitamin D

Did you know?

In French it is called the trumpet of the dead for its black colour and because it abounds around All Saints' Day; its Latin name, cornucopioides, means “horn of plenty”-shaped.