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Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca

 
Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca, a gilled boletoid fungus, can easily be mistaken for the chanterelle, Cantharellus cibarius; however, although some consider it edible it is not very good to eat.

Identification guide

Cap

Caps vary from 2 to 8 cm across, usually a shallow funnel-shaped cap of orange or orange-yellow colour. The margin usually remains slightly inrolled and is often wavy and irregular in diameter, although generally less so than that of Cantharellus cibarius, with which it is sometimes confused.

Gills

Often a brighter orange than the cap colour, the forked gills are decurrent and narrow.

Stipe

Typically 3 to 5 cm tall and 5 to 10 mm in diameter, the stipe is the same colour as the cap or slightly darker.

Spore print

White.

Odour/taste

Not distinctive. Some people suffer hallucinations after eating this species, and so it should be treated with caution.

Habitat

In coniferous woods or on acid heathland.

Season

August to November.

Occurrence

Fairly frequent.

Similar species

  1. Cantharellus cibarius, a popular edible species, has wrinkled veins rather than gills.
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