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The order Cantharellales includes the popular chanterelle mushrooms (Cantharellaceae),
with their familiar funnel shapes and fruit-scented flesh; many small
club-shaped fungi (Claviaraceae) plus some more complex branched clubs (Clavulinaceae)
- the latter often mistaken
for Ramariaceae, the true coral fungi - and finally the Hedgehog Fungi (Hydnaceae).
Also in this section we have included the Lentinellaceae and Hericiaceae, from the
order Hericiales.
Many of the species in this order are inedible or not worth picking
for food; however, it does contain a high proportion of good edible
mushrooms as well as some fascinatingly intricate structures.
Larger pictures, identification guides and a wealth of information on these
and hundreds of other species are contained on our Multimedia
Guide to Fungi.
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