Chanterelle
Cantharellus cibarius
Edible, but easily confused with poisonous lookalikes.
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Cantharellus cibarius
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Cantharellales
- Family
- Hydnaceae
- Under the cap
- Ridges
- Cap
- Funnel
- Stem
- Bare
- Lives by
- Partner of trees
- Season
- Summer, Autumn
- Habitat
- Broadleaf forest, Conifer forest
- Spore print
- Cream, Yellow
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Easy
Did you know?
- Despite many attempts, it has never been farmed commercially; it needs living trees nearby to fruit.
- Its golden colour comes from carotenoids, the same family of pigments that colours carrots.
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Similar fungi
- Wood hedgehog
Hydnum repandum
- Black trumpet
Craterellus cornucopioides
- Winter chanterelle
Craterellus tubaeformis
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q188749 · All fungi · All entries