Gomphus clavatus
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Gomphus clavatus, commonly known as pig's ears or the violet chanterelle, is an edible species of fungus in the genus Gomphus. Described by Jacob Christian Schäffer in 1774, G. clavatus has had severa
Gomphus clavatus II Totes Gebirge
1897 illustration by Albin Schmalfuss
The wrinkled and ridged surface of the hymenium
Fruiting in a fairy ring
Turbinellus kauffmanii
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Turbinellus kauffmanii, commonly known as the scaly vase false chanterelle, is a species of mushroom native to North America.
Gomphus clavatus
…in the central United States and westward, also differing on microscopic characters and reaction to potassium hydroxide. Turbinellus floccosus and T. kauffmanii are of similar shape but their caps are covered in scales. The edible blue chanterelle (Polyozellus multiplex) could be confused with G. clavatus, but…
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