Horn of plenty?

[Caspar]

Hi All

I was out picking this morning and came across a lot of these in the leaf litter of mixed woodland (Stockholm, Sweden). I have picked horn of plenty/trompet de mort before and they had a cleaner, more cylindrical form. These are the same colour (perhaps a little lighter) and much more irregular in shape, although the flesh has a similar feel. No distinctive smell (beyond the smell of leaf litter). These also have a light-coloured edge that I haven't seen on horn of plenty. 

Looking through my big book, I can't see any obvious alternatives - maybe some kind helvella or peziza?  Some of the closer-packed bunches look like very dark versions of podoscypha multizonata from the top - but they all have separate stems at the ground.

So, are these horn of plenty? Or something else? Any ideas?

Thanks

 

Caspar

 

 

 

[Dave W]

I don't know the fungi of Sweden. These do look like something from genus Craterellus. This is the genus where the Black Trumpet species are housed, but I agree these look like something other than Black Trumpets. Here in eastern North America we have a few species of Craterellus that look somewhat similar to our local BT Craterellus fallax. These include C. subundulatus, C. foetidus, C.caeruleofuscus, C. cinereus, C. calyculus. Some mycologists place some if these species in a genus called Pseudocraterellus. 

[michele]

Hi, Dave, as you supposed,I think this is a Pseudocraterellus, in Europe we have Pseudocraterellus undulatus

[Caspar]

Thanks, both! Dave W.'s reply inspired me to look at a Swedish mushroom spotter's website instead of relying on my UK book. So I think they're Craterellus cinereus, Craterellus sinuosus, or maybe Pseudocraterellus undulatusm as Michele suggests. 

 

Caspar