Gomphus floccosus
Turbinellus floccosus
Summary 2
Turbinellus floccosus, sometimes known as the shaggy-, scaly-, or woolly chanterelle or woolly gomphus, is a cantharelloid mushroom. It was known until 2011 as Gomphus floccosus, when the genus Gomphus was determined to be polyphyletic, and hence it was only distantly related to the type species G. clavatus. It forms ectomycorrhizal relationships with various types of conifer; fruiting bodies may be found in coniferous woodlands across Eastern Asia, from Korea to Pakistan, and in North America,...
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