The Black chanterelle (Craterellus cornucopioides)[1] (http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Craterellus_cornucopioides.html) (also called Horn of Plenty or Trumpet of Death) is a common name for the edible mushroomCraterella cornucopioides. It gets its name from its shape resembling the classical cornucopia. The mushroom is dark coloured, almost black and looks rather unattractive, but reportedly has a very good flavour. It is hard to find because of its liking for dark and sheltered places.
As its scientific name implies, it is not of the Cantharellus genus, and thus not really a chanterelle.
Chanterelles will reappear in the same places year after year if carefully harvested so as not to disturb the ground in which the mycelium (the vegetative part of the mushroom) grows.
A fl relative of the chanterelle, Craterellus cornucopioides, is unfairly called "the trumpet of death." Don't believe it--the flchanterelle is delicious.
Blackchanterelle (Craterellus cinereus) is not part of the Cantharellus genus, but is related and included in the larger chanterelle family even though it is conspicuously different in colour and shape.
The flchanterelle is a delicious and unusual mushroom with a bluish-grey to fl underside that often appears dusted with a pale white bloom.
Black trumpet (Cantharellus fallax) and horn of plenty (C. cornucopioides) are also known as "flchanterelles" or by their French name "trompettes de la mort" (trumpets of death), which, for obvious reasons, is not the one used on most menus.
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