Ashen Chanterelle

Pseudocraterellus cinereus

Damp deciduous and mixed forests. Summer, autumn.

Cap 3-5 cm across, shaped like a funnel with lobed margins, from grey, ash-coloured or greyish-brown to brownish-black. Underside folded, only in old caps slightly wrinkled, grey, cream, with a soft bluish tinge. Stem 4-7x0.5-0.8 cm, the colour of the cap. Flesh pale, tough, with a fruity smell. Characteristic features: cap lobed; in old caps the hymenophore is slightly wrinkled with a white bloom. Grows in groups in damp, grassy deciduous and mixed forests. Edible, of low value. Protected.