Cantharellus formosus — Golden Chanterelle — Cantharellaceae
Small to medium mushroom. Beautiful bright orange to orange-yellow cap, convex with inrolled margin, expanding to convex or flat with wavy margin, velvety to bald surface False gills run down the stalk, pale orange to pink. Stalk tapering downwards, color as with cap or paler, bruising yellow to brown near base. Stalk yellow beneath with reddish covering, yellow at base. Mycorrhizal
Habitat: Solitary or small groups, coniferous forest, particularly Douglas-fir
Scent: Somewhat sweet
Spores: Whitish to pale yellow
Season: Autumn
Habitat: Solitary or small groups, coniferous forest, particularly Douglas-fir
Scent: Somewhat sweet
Spores: Whitish to pale yellow
Season: Autumn
Beautiful orange-yellow mushroom
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Broad Cap
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Separate gills
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Swollen stalk base
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