Small Chanterelle

Description:

Cap 0.5-3cm across, convex with an inrolled margin, then flat to depressed or funnel-shaped, thin, wavy at the margin; yellow to pale orange; smooth. Fertile undersurface of cap with very narrow, blunt ridges and wrinkles, often cross veined and descending stem; pale yellow-orange. Stem 15-50 x 3-l0mm; yellow-orange; smooth. Flesh soft; pale yellow. Odor pleasant. Taste pleasant. Spores ellipsoid, smooth, 6-11.5 x 4-6.5µ. Deposit pale yellow. Habitat on damp, mossy soils in deciduous woods. Frequent. Found in eastern North America. Season July-September. Edible