Chanterelle Mushroom (Cantharellus cibarius)

Much loved by chefs everywhere. Wentwood Forest, near Newport in South Wales.

location: North America, Europe
edibility: Choice
fungus colour: Yellow, Orange
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Funnel shaped
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Cantharellus cibarius Fr. Pfifferling, Eierschwamm, Chanterelle commune, Girolle Chanterelle Cap 3–10cm across, at first flattened with an irregular incurved margin later becoming wavy and lobed and depressed at the centre, pale to deep egg-yellow fading with age. Stem 30–80 x 5–15mm, solid, concolorous with cap or paler, tapering towards the base. Flesh yellowish. Taste watery at first then slightly peppery, smell faint, fragrant (of apricots). Gills narrow, vein-like, irregularly forked and decurrent, egg-yellow. Spore print ochraceous. Spores elliptical, 8–10 x 4.5–5.5µ. Habitat in all kinds of woodland, but usually associated with frondose trees in Britain. Season summer to late autumn. Edible – excellent. Distribution, America and Europe.

info by Roger Phillips:

www.rogersmushrooms.com/

Taken in: United Kingdom / Wales / Penycaemawr (show map)

Taken on: August 8, 2010

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