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Appalachian Chanterelle

Cantharellus appalachiensis

Description:

Cap: 1-5 cm; convex with an inrolled margin, becoming broadly convex or flat with an inrolled, uplifted, or irregular-wavy margin; shallowly depressed in the middle at maturity, but the disc not becoming perforated; bald or with tiny pressed-down fibers; moist; brown at first, but soon developing yellow undertones and eventually becoming yellowish to yellowish brown overall, with a brown spot over the disc. Undersurface: With well developed false gills; yellow throughout development; often with cross-veins at maturity. Stem: 1.5-5 cm long; up to about 1 cm thick; fairly slender; tapering downward; more or less bald; brown at first and remaining brownish or yellow-brown; fleshy but becoming partially hollow at the core. Flesh: Pale or brownish; unchanging when sliced. Odor and Taste: Odor fragrant, like apricots; taste not distinctive.

Habitat:

Mycorrhizal; growing alone, gregariously, or in small clusters under hardwoods or in mixed woods; summer and fall.

Notes:

Cantharellus appalachiensis is an apparently eastern species of chanterelle, easily recognized by its brownish cap and stem. It is fairly evenly brown when young, but yellow and yellow-brown shades soon dominate, leaving a brownish spot in the center of the cap by maturity. The undersurface has well developed false gills that are yellow from youth to maturity. Cantharellus appalachiensis stains dull red on the flesh and the undersurface when a drop of iron salts is applied (see the page on testing chemical reactions), and is apparently the only North American species of Cantharellus to do so; other species demonstrate a negative to purplish gray or gray reaction.

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2 Comments

JC_Forester
JC_Forester 10 years ago

Thanks Maria dB. We also have few other varieties of chanterelle here.

Maria dB
Maria dB 10 years ago

Nice spotting

JC_Forester
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JC_Forester

Kentucky, USA

Spotted on Jun 23, 2013
Submitted on Jun 23, 2013

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