Chanterelle yellowing (Craterellus lutescens)

Systematics:
  • Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
  • Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
  • Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
  • Subclass: Incertae sedis (of uncertain position)
  • Order: Cantharellales (Chanterella (Cantarella))
  • Family: Cantharellaceae (Cantharellae)
  • Genus: Craterellus (Craterellus)
  • Type: Craterellus lutescens (yellow chanterelle)

Description:

Hat 2-5 cm in diameter, deep funnel-shaped with a wrapped, carved edge, thin, dry, yellow-brown.

Hymenophore almost smooth at first. Later – wrinkled, consisting of thin sinuous yellow folds with an orange tint, descending to the stem, later – graying.

Spore powder is white.

Leg 5-7 (10) cm long and about 1 cm in diameter, narrowed towards the base, curved, sometimes longitudinally folded, hollow, one-color with hymenophore, yellow.

The pulp is dense, slightly rubbery, brittle, yellowish, without any special smell.

Spread:

Distributed in August and September in coniferous, more often spruce, forests, in groups, not often.

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