29 October 2006 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Common Name Black Trumpets, Horn of Plenty Fruiting Body Trumpet shaped, curved outwards at the margin, inner surface brown to black, outer surface greyish, to about 10 cm high and 5 cm across Flesh Thin, easily torn, concolorous Smell Pleasant Taste Pleasant Season Autumn Distribution Frequent Habitat In leaf litter in deciduous woods, favouring oak and beech Spore Print Pale buff Microscopic Features Ellipsoidal, smooth, sometimes with drops (12-17) x (9-11) µm2 Edibility Edible and excellent though they need to be cleaned carefully as insects often rest inside the stems. In my opinion this is one of the most delicious of all edible fungi. Notes This species can occur in huge numbers, often in the same place each year, although it can be hard to spot 
18 October 2006 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
29 October 2006 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
18 October 2006 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
October 2001 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |