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Cantharellus minor.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

Cantharellus minor Mushroom
Ref No: 7395
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location: North America
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: Yellow, Orange
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

Cantharellus minor Pk. 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

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