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| synonyms: Red Chanterelle |
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| location: North America |
| edibility: Edible |
| fungus colour: Red or redish or pink |
| normal size: Less than 5cm |
| cap type: Funnel shaped |
| flesh: Flesh fibrous usually pliable (like grass) |
| spore colour: White, cream or yellowish |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground |
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Red Chanterelle Cantharellus cinnabarinus Schw. Red Chanterelle. Cap 1-5cm across, nearly flat to slightly funnel-shaped; margin inrolled when young, irregular, lobed or scalloped; brilliant cinnabar red, then pinkish orange with age, finally nearly pallid. Gills decurrent, narrow, irregularly branched and vein-like, blunt-edged; pink. Stem 20-50 x 3-9mm; concolorous with cap. Flesh solid; white. Odor pleasant. Taste pleasant. Spores ellipsoid, smooth, 6-11 x 4-6µ. Deposit pinkish cream. Habitat in open areas at edges of mixed woods, often in large numbers. Common. Found widespread throughout North America. Season June-September (later in the West). Edible. |
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Edward Yost (United States) - 12 August 2012
Found in Crofton, MD.
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Jim Gloria (United States) - 21 September 2011
I believe these are cinnabarinus.
I found them 9/19/11 under a pine (not sure what type) in mixed hardwood forest, eastern PA.
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