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Golden Chanterelle

Cantharellus cibarius

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 2,205, February 1,628, March 2,551, April 4,014, May 5,787, June 6,311, July 6,753, August 5,807, September 4,264, October 3,183, November 1,739, December 1,359.
United States46,474
Alaska45,601
Russia2,016
Finland712
United Kingdom662
Germany575
Sweden460
Austria385
Scotland348
Canada325

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Human edibleListed as edible by a harvested source. This is a research trait, not foraging advice.FungiTastic metadata
  • Human edible commercially tradedRecognized by a harvested source as edible and suitable for commercial food trade.Mushrooms traded as food, Volume I
  • Mycorrhizal fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly form mycorrhizal associations.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderCantharellales
FamilyHydnaceae
Genuschanterelles · Cantharellus

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Golden Chanterelle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.