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Small Chanterelle

Cantharellus minor

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Pennsylvania.January 18, February 22, March 27, April 43, May 66, June 104, July 116, August 28, September 27, October 25, November 18, December 18.
United States2,298
Pennsylvania343
New York260
West Virginia239
Virginia219
North Carolina157
New Jersey146
Maryland119
Tennessee102
Ohio102

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

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