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Newfoundland chanterelle

Cantharellus enelensis

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 Maine.January 3, February 2, March 3, April 5, May 13, June 10, July 15, August 14, September 6, October 5, November 2, December 2.
Canada807
Maine362
New Brunswick329
Quebec308
Nova Scotia278
United States206
Ontario124
Prince Edward Island73
Newfoundland and Labrador62
Minnesota36

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.Checked by the maintainer
  • 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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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