The humpback (Cantharellula umbonata) is a forest mushroom that can be found around the Northern Hemisphere. Its grayish-purple, saucer-like caps can be a striking sight rising up among the mosses and pine needles of a coniferous forest floor.
Cap Diameter:
3 - 9 cm
Odor:
Mildly mushroomy but not distinctive.
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Attributes
Similar Species
Tips for Finding
Clean and Preserve
Common Questions
General Info About The humpback
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Attributes of The humpback
Cap Diameter
3 - 9 cm
Height
2 - 8 cm
Cap
Cap 2 - 3 cm dia; convex, flat; grey to greyish brown overall; dry to moist, smooth to minutely hairy; margin incurved, becoming upturned and wavY
Cap Shape
Convex, Central Bump, Flat, Depressed
Cap Surfaces
Velvety
Gills
Decurrent; close to crowded; whitish, developing spot-like reddish or sometimes yellow stains in age
Gill Attachment
Decurrent
Stem
Stem 2.5 - 13 cm tall * 3 - 7 mm dia; with swollen portions, some-what flexible, often bent, curved, and/or twisted; white to grey; silky above, stuffed
