Gomphus kauffmanii), commonly known as the scaly vase false chanterelle,[1] is a species of mushroom native to North America.
[3] The cap is olive to brown, with the surface splitting into olive- to clay-coloured scales as it ages, with white flesh between.
The spore-bearing surface is yellow when young and ages to a buff-pink, and stains wine-coloured when bruised in younger specimens.
[7] The genus Gomphus, along with several others in the Gomphaceae, was reorganized in the 2010s after molecular analysis confirmed that the older morphology-based classification did not accurately represent phylogenetic relationships.
[2] Turbinellus kauffmanii is native to the Pacific Northwest and northern California,[4] where it is found in coniferous forests on soil rich in humus, with fruitbodies more common in warm wet summers.