False chanterelle
Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca
Poisonous: never pick it to eat.
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Boletales
- Family
- Hygrophoropsidaceae
- Under the cap
- Gills
- Cap
- Dipped, Funnel
- Stem
- Bare
- Lives by
- Breaking down dead matter
- Season
- Summer, Autumn
- Habitat
- Conifer forest
- Spore print
- White, Cream
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Despite its name, DNA studies show it is not a close relative of the true chanterelles.
- It was first described in the 1780s by the Austrian naturalist Franz Xaver von Wulfen.
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Similar fungi
- Larch bolete
Suillus grevillei
- Red capped scaber stalk
Leccinum aurantiacum
- Bitter beech bolete
Caloboletus calopus
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q1265541 · All fungi · All entries