Trumpet Chanterelle - Cantharellus tubaeformis

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Common Name: 
Trumpet Chanterelle
Scientific Name: 
Cantharellus tubaeformis
Also Known As: 
Cantharellus infundibuliformis
Typical Size (mm): 
0mm
Cap Diameter (mm): 
10mm - 65mm
Stem Height (mm): 
20mm - 100mm
Stem Diameter (mm): 
3mm - 10mm
Description: 

A sometimes large, well camouflaged mushroom usually found in late autumn to early winter. Edible and good, but not as esteemed as it's golden cousin.

Cap: 

Small and compact cap when adolescent, turning convex and trumpet-like with age. When young, the cap has minute squamules sometimes reminiscent of frost but as it ages, the cap loses these.

Flesh: 

Flesh can be rather fibrous and houses a rather pleasant soapy aroma. Bright yellow and relatively firm but turning dark brown and soggy with age.

Gills: 

Grey gills, attached to cap, veined.

Stem: 

Fibrous and yellow, hence the 'yellow leg' common name.

Distribution: 

Locally Common

Habitat: 

Often found growing with Sweet Chestnut. Also grows with Beech, Oak and Conifers.

Additional Notes: 

Alternative common names include: Autumn Chanterelle, Winter Chanterelle, Yellow Leg

Categories
Fungi Gill Type: 
Decurrent
Fungi HymeniumType: 
Gills
Fungi Spore Print Colour: 
Yellow
Fungi Stipe Character: 
Bare
Fungi Edibility: 
Edible
Fungi Ecological Type: 
Mycorrhizal
Fungi Cap Shape: 
Convex
Fungi Cap Shape: 
Depressed
Habitats: 
Woodland
Habitats: 
Coniferous woodland
Habitats: 
Broadleaved woodland