[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by Lancashire Lad

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Third is False Chanterelle – Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca. . . . .

Regards,
Mike.

no way, Mike that is Cantharellus cibarius for certain

look at the 'gills' which are much shallower and more vein-like than Hygrophoropsis . . . . also look at how they are irregular and in places run together (this is what is technically knows as 'anastomosing'); false chanterelle has gills which fork into two and then into two again and sometimes a third time, in a very regular fashion - see: http://www.mushroomexpert.com/images...antiaca_01.jpg

Originally Posted by Lancashire Lad

As far as I'm aware, C.aurantiaca only occurs in association with conifers

Hygrophoropsis is saprotrophic, so it does not occur "with" things in the same way that its mycorrhizal cousins the boletes do . . . it often occurs around here in unimproved acidic grassland well away from any trees and shrubs

cheers

Chris