Polyozellus
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Polyozellus is a fungal genus in the family Thelephoraceae, a grouping of mushrooms known collectively as the leathery earthfans. Previously considered a monotypic genus, it now contains the Polyozell
Polyozellus multiplex Haida Guaii
Polyozellus multiplex was once considered to be an extreme growth form of Gomphus clavatus, shown here.
Picea glauca tree
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
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…Mountains of Washington and Oregon. Kauffman believed the species to be merely "a very extreme growth condition" of Cantharellus clavatus (now known as Gomphus clavatus) and suggested there was no reason for transferring the species to the genus Craterellus. Mycologists Alexander H. Smith and Elizabeth Eaton Morse, in…
Gomphus clavatus II Totes Gebirge
1897 illustration by Albin Schmalfuss
The wrinkled and ridged surface of the hymenium
Fruiting in a fairy ring