Orange Chanterelle
Cantharellus friesii Quél.
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Edibility
Edible (per source) Source: Wikipedia: Cantharellus friesii
Classification from Wikipedia: Cantharellus friesii. Sources can be wrong or incomplete, and people react differently.
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Photos
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Photo: Jose Castro. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)
Lookalikes
No lookalikes are recorded for this species yet. That does not mean there are none. Many mushrooms look alike, so never rely on appearance alone.
Season
When this species has been recorded, by month, from open-licensed US and Canada observations. It shows when people report it, not a guarantee it is fruiting.
The highlighted bar is the current month.
View season data as a table
| Month | Records |
|---|---|
| January | 0 |
| February | 0 |
| March | 1 |
| April | 0 |
| May | 0 |
| June | 3 |
| July | 5 |
| August | 12 |
| September | 2 |
| October | 0 |
| November | 0 |
| December | 0 |
Where it is found
States and provinces with the most records. Check the foraging rules for the place you plan to visit.
- New York 14 records · Foraging rules
- Pennsylvania 2 records · Foraging rules
- Indiana 2 records · Foraging rules
- Georgia 1 records · Foraging rules
- Quebec 1 records · Foraging rules
- North Carolina 1 records · Foraging rules
- Alabama 1 records · Foraging rules
- District of Columbia 1 records · Foraging rules
Identification traits
| Cap shape | infundibuliform |
|---|---|
| Underside (gills, pores or teeth) | ridges |
| Ecology | mycorrhizal |
| Stem features | bare |
| Spore print color | yellow |
Traits vary. Use them to ask better questions of an expert, not to make a final call.
About
Cantharellus friesii, the orange or velvet chanterelle, is a fungus native to Asia and Europe. The cap color varies from deep yellow to reddish orange and is 2–4 cm wide. It occurs in beech, fir and spruce forests. C. friesii is considered a good edible mushroom, but because of its rarity, it deserves to be mindfully managed with limited use of fungicides if discovered on residential or commercial property. Harvesting the fruit bodies of the fungus will allow for further propagation of the species as its spores are dispersed along the collector's travels. The specific epithet friesii honors the mycologist Elias Magnus Fries.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the original article.
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