Chanterelle
Cantharellus cibarius · 鸡油菌
Occasional鸡油菌科🍽 Reported Edible (Wild)
Reference sources describe this as an edible wild fungus. This guide provides no basis whatsoever for foraging or consumption.
The same species can be described differently across regions and stages of maturity, and countless look-alike species cannot be told apart by eye. Never use the information on this page to judge whether a real mushroom is safe to eat.
How to Tell
- Overall egg-yolk yellow, funnel-shaped, with a wavy margin
- Underside has blunt, forked ridges, not true blade-like gills
- Grows singly or scattered in forest soil, never on wood
ID notes are compiled by AI from public sources, not reviewed by a mycologist, for learning only — never a basis for foraging.
Basics
- Family
- 鸡油菌科
- Hymenium
- Ridges
- Grows On
- Mycorrhizal
- How Big
- 3–10 cm (cap diameter)
- Encounter Rate
- Occasional
- Habitat
- Ground in oak and pine woods
Easily Confused With
Jack-o'-lanternChanterelle has blunt ridges beneath, not true gills, and grows singly from soil; jack-o'-lantern has sharp gills and clusters on wood.
Woolly chanterelleChanterelle is solid, egg-yellow throughout, with blunt ridges outside; woolly chanterelle is hollow, orange-red and scaly inside.
Hedgehog mushroomCap creamy yellow, irregularly shaped
YellowfootCap grayish brown, funnel-shaped; stem yellow and hollowFun Fact
What looks like gills underneath are really blunt, forking ridges running down toward the stem, rounded to the touch; the jack-o'-lantern's are thin, sharp, true gills.