Chanterelle yellowing (Craterellus lutescens)
- 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.