Cantharellaceae, Hydnaceae and Hericiaceae

Chantarelles, Hedgehog fungi and some other tooth fungi

Cantharellaceae

Clavulinaceae
Cantharellus aurora - Golden Chanterelle
Cantharellus
aurora 		Cantharellus cibarius - Chanterelle
Cantharellus
cibarius		 Cantharellus tubaeformis - Trumpet Chanterelle
Cantharellus
tubaeformis		 Clavulina cinerea
Clavulina
cinerea		 Clavulina coralloides
Clavulina
coralloides		 Clavulina rugisa
Clavulina
rugosa

Hydnaceae

        
Hydnum repandum
Hydnum
repandum		 Hydnum rufuscens
Hydnum
rufescens		        

 

Hericiaceae

      
Creolophus cirrhatus
Creolophus
cirrhatus 		Hericium erinaceus (= Hericium erinaceum)
Hericium
erinaceus		        

The family Cantharellaceae includes the popular chanterelle mushrooms (Cantharellus, Craterellus and Pseudocraterellus species), with their familiar funnel shapes and fruit-scented flesh. Chanterelles are different from other funnel-shaped agarics in that the underside of the caps, where the spores develop, do not have true gills. The most commonly occurring fungi in this family have ridged undersides. Chanterelles grow on soil or on leaf litter, usually recurring in the same place for many years.

The Hedgehog Fungi (Hydnaceae) are cap-and-stem mushrooms with a difference; they have teeth on the underside of the cap, rather than the gills of agarics or the pores of boletes. The Hydnaceae are now known to be closely related to the Chanterelles and included in the order Cantharellales.

Also in this section we havefor convenience included the Hericiaceae, which are currently placed in the order Russulales. These are sometimes referred to as 'tooth fungi', and they are rare finds in the UK.