6 September 2008 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Common Name Chanterelle Cap Flattened to depressed, irregular, margin scalloped, often inturned, smooth, yellow, to about 10 cm across Hymenium Thick, ridge like, branched, inflexible, distant, decurrent Stem Tapered, wider at the apex, yellow, smooth Flesh White or pale yellow, firm Smell Pleasant, sometimes of apricots Taste Pleasant Season Summer to autumn Distribution Frequent Habitat In deciduous and coniferous woods, especially with birch Spore Print Yellowish Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, with oil drops (8-10) x (5.5-6) µm2 Edibility Edible, excellent, and widely collected throughout Europe and North America Notes Distinguished from the False Chanterelle, Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca, by the presence of inflexible hymenial ridges in place of true gills 
7 October 2007 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
7 October 2007 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |