Fungi > Cantharellaceae & Cantharellales
OverviewThe Black Trumpet (Craterellus cornucopioides), poetically known throughout French gastronomy as the trompette de la mort (‘trumpet of the dead’) and celebrated in Western foraging as the Horn of Plenty or black chanterelle, is an esteemed, highly...
Fungi > Sparassidaceae & Polyporales
OverviewThe Cauliflower Fungus (Sparassis crispa), known in culinary and foraging circles as the brain fungus or ruffled mushroom, is a bizarre, unmistakable basidiomycete macrofungus belonging to the family Sparassidaceae within the order Polyporales. Widely...
