False Chanterelle

I'd say so, particularly since people at mushroomobserver think it's that. It seems like a good option now (False Chanterelle) with the forked gills you can see in picture 1.

Phew...that's a relief, rattie!
I thought I had sent you that mushroomexpert link, that's where I got the info from, but it seems somehow the french Wikipedia link was sent in it's place. Strange happenings in cyberspace. Never seen that link before!
So do you think I can safely call it False Chanterelle!?

I'm sorry for the confusion Pamsai; I guess I shouldn't rely on wikipedia as much as I do!

Yes, I have got it mixed up. The English wikipedia article has got it wrong! Mushroomexpert also says false chanterelles are saprotrophic and not mycohhrizal. http://www.mushroomexpert.com/hygrophoro...

@rattie. I have checked out both of those fungi, and I still think it looks like Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca. In the links I checked, it seems to be saying that this fungi grows on rotting wood. Did I misunderstand something?
http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Hy...
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fausse_c...
and this one - Jack o'Lanterns - looks different. The gils go right down to the wood, and it grows on buried roots.
http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Om...
Could you have them mixed up?

Okay good, more stuff learnt! That means the name is wrong? Someone named it that on mushroomobserver.org. Thought I'd put it on Noah and see what feedback I got. It worked... Thanks. I'll look into Jack O'Lanterns. Any scientific name?

no worries, mycorrhizal fungi grow at least partly by having a mutual relationship with the roots of a plant (such as a tree) whereas saprotrophic fungi eat dead things like logs and organic matter. You can tell the spotting is saprotrophic since it's growing on the log so can't be connected to any tree roots. Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca never grows on logs like this. I hope that makes sense?

Sorry rattie, could you explain that a little bit more? I really don't understand what it means...

I think maybe something like Jack o'Lanterns since the False chanterelle is mycorrhizal, not saprotrophic