Turbinellus floccosus

Turbinellus floccosus
Found in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Gomphales
Family:	Gomphaceae
Genus:	Turbinellus
Species:	T. floccosus
Binomial name
Turbinellus floccosus (Schwein.) Earle ex Giachini & Castellano (2011)
Synonyms
List Cantharellus floccosus Schwein. (1832) Gomphus floccosus (Schwein.) Singer (1945) Gomphus canadensis (Klotzsch ex Berk.) Corner (1966) Cantharellus canadensis Klotzsch ex Berk (1839) Cantharellus princeps Berk. & M.A. Curtis (1859) Merulius floccosus (Schwein.) Kuntze (1891) Merulius princeps (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Kuntze (1891) Neurophyllum floccosum (Schwein.) R. Heim (1954) Trombetta canadensis (Klotzsch ex Berk.) Kuntze (1891)

Species of fungus

Turbinellus floccosus Mycological characteristics
	Ridges on hymenium
	Cap is infundibuliform
	Hymenium is decurrent
	Stipe is bare
	Spore print is brown
	Ecology is mycorrhizal
	Edibility is edible or poisonous

Turbinellus floccosus, commonly known as the scaly vase, or sometimes the shaggy, scaly, or woolly chanterelle, is a cantharelloid mushroom of the family Gomphaceae native to Asia and North America. It was known as Gomphus floccosus until 2011,^[1] when it was found to be only distantly related to the genus's type species, G. clavatus. It was consequently transferred from Gomphus to Turbinellus. The orange-capped vase- or trumpet-shaped fruiting bodies may reach 30 cm (12 in) high and 30 cm (12 in) wide. The lower surface, the hymenium, is covered in wrinkles and ridges rather than gills or pores, and is pale buff or yellowish to whitish.

T. floccosus forms symbiotic (ectomycorrhizal) relationships with various types of conifer, growing in coniferous woodlands across Eastern Asia, from North Korea to Pakistan, and in North America, more frequently in the west, in late summer and autumn. Though mild-tasting, they generally cause gastrointestinal symptoms of nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea when consumed. T. floccosus is eaten by local people in northeastern India, Nepal and Mexico.