Craterellus cornucopioides, or horn of plenty, is an edible mushroom. It is also known as the black chanterelle, black trumpet, trompette de la mort (French), trombetta dei morti (Italian) or trumpet of the dead, djondjon (Haitian). The Cornucopia, in Greek mythology, referred to the magnificent horn of the nymph Amalthea's goat (or of herself in goat form), that filled itself with whatever meat or drink its owner requested. It has become the symbol of plenty. A possible origin for the name "trumpet of the dead" is that the growing mushrooms were seen as being played as trumpets by dead people under the ground.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Craterellus cornucopioides across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
🍽 Used in cooking
Compound class profile3 classes
Wax monoesters2
Triacylglycerols2
Oxygenated hydrocarbons $ Wax monoesters1
Documented compounds13 total
Compound
Class
Amount
Source
ERGOSTEROL
44 mg/100g
FoodAtlas
05DNA & barcoding8 specimens
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Craterellus cornucopioides has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens8
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences9
eDNA detections534
Countries12
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★ITS9★ITS1
fungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type15 743 records
Wild obs. + sensor13 654
Museum / vouchered1 892
Other197
Origin
Native8
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO32 540 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy62% within 1 km
≤100 m 4 982≤1 km 2 390≤10 km 4 155>10 km 444
11 971 georeferenced · 1 683 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor13 654
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy47% within 1 km
≤100 m 123≤1 km 340≤10 km 426>10 km 104
993 georeferenced · 899 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 892
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions60 of 112 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Helsinki, FI
223
Bronx, US
134
Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchlocation not on record
130
Olocation not on record
115
TENN-Flocation not on record
66
Uppsala, SE
61
Chicago, US
52
Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record
41
BDBClocation not on record
36
Joensuu, FI
36
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
33
Kew, GB
32
Toronto, CA
29
Oulu, FI
28
LDlocation not on record
28
FLASlocation not on record
27
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
27
Kuopio, FI
24
Zapopan, MX
23
Champaign, US
22
San Sebastián, ES
20
Philadelphia, US
18
Durango, MX
18
ILLSlocation not on record
17
Tartu, EE
16
WTUlocation not on record
15
Karlsruhe, DE
15
Copenhagen, DK
15
University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)location not on record
15
GJOlocation not on record
15
Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocagelocation not on record
13
Chapel Hill, US
13
MAlocation not on record
12
Pullman, US
11
Bando, JP
11
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
9
Madison, US
9
Trondheim, NO
9
PHlocation not on record
9
Görlitz, DE
8
Salamanca, ES
8
Ann Arbor, US
8
Brisbane, AU
7
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
7
WU-MYClocation not on record
7
Vitoria, ES
7
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
7
Odawara, JP
6
Chiba, JP
6
Grupo Actinomicetales Merida Facultad de Medicinalocation not on record
6
Osaka, JP
6
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
6
Jyväskylä, FI
6
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record
6
Tomioka, JP
6
Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan Universitylocation not on record
5
Brown Universitylocation not on record
5
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record
5
Cincinnati, US
5
JA-CAGPDS-CAMlocation not on record
5
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
5
Baton Rouge, US
5
MeiseBGlocation not on record
5
Denver, US
4
Warsaw, PL
4
UNINE:NEUlocation not on record
4
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
4
IFR-DNFlocation not on record
4
Lincoln, US
4
Burlington, US
4
Zürich, CH
4
Durham, US
4
Mlocation not on record
4
Blacksburg, US
4
National Mushroom Centre, Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Bhutanlocation not on record
4
St. Paul, US
4
Turku, FI
4
Hobart, AU
4
Berlin, DE
3
Clemson, US
3
Oskarshamn, SE
3
Slovenian Forestry Institutelocation not on record
3
Department of Plant Resources, National Herbarium and Plant Laboratorieslocation not on record
3
nsnflocation not on record
3
Tilburg, NL
3
Córdoba, ES
3
Staten Island, US
3
Göteborg, SE
2
IB FRC Komi SC UB RASlocation not on record
2
DPIlocation not on record
2
Mérida, ES
2
Salzburg, AT
2
TUR-Alocation not on record
2
Mexico City, MX
2
Parkville, AU
2
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record
2
BRNUlocation not on record
1
Private Collection of Steve Nesslocation not on record
1
Gijón, ES
1
Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record
1
BioFokuslocation not on record
1
Bardejov, SK
1
National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record
1
Ciudad de México, MX
1
US
1
SGAV-and-NHMDlocation not on record
1
GZUlocation not on record
1
TROMlocation not on record
1
Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centrelocation not on record
1
Yerevan State Universitylocation not on record
1
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
1
Ixtacuixtla de Mariano Matamoros, MX
1
112 institutions · 1 695 of 1 892 vouchered records shown · 196 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA534 detections
Where the DNA of Craterellus cornucopioides was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found534
Studies independent surveys5
Countries12
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 534 detections have coordinates
Open the map12 countries0
ectomycorrhizaNearcticPalearcticKalkrik, gammel, boreal, granskog. Fuktig dr…Mixed deciduous forest on calcerous big Quer…
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Measured at samplingin-field
pH5.40 3.30–9.00
Conductivity31.0 µS/cm 10.0–3,552
Organic carbon1.25 % 0.004–5.84
Water content10.0 % 0.661–89.8
Nitrate-N3.00 mg/kg 0.006–65.0
Phosphorus8.00 mg/kg 1.00–190
Clay13.4 % 0.445–51.1
Sand74.2 % 17.6–98.1
Depth0 m 0–1.02
SoilKandosolTenosolsLatLon out of rangeSodosolChromosolsDermosol
199 samples with on-site data · median with range · describes the sample, not the organism
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median15.6 °C 5.00–21.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter16.1 °C
Max temp (day)20.2 °C 9.10–26.7
Min temp (night)11.5 °C 1.00–17.8
Precipitation88.3 mm/mo 23.4–110
Air humidity58.2 % 55.3–63.3
Moisture balance-5.40 mm/mo -84.3–20.6
Vapour deficit743 Pa 348–1,103
Wind speed3.10 m/s 1.90–4.10
Cloud cover41.1 % 19.6–48.0
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 525 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation10 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility15 743 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI534 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics8 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
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LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗