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Yellowfoot Chanterelle

Craterellus tubaeformis

LOW RISK

Craterellus tubaeformis Assessment

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Alle Bilder (3)

Hauptmerkmale

  • Funnel-shaped brown to grayish-brown cap
  • Decurrent yellow-orange blunt ridges
  • Frequent cross-veining on underside
  • Yellowish
  • tapering stem
Farbe:

Brown cap with yellow-orange underside

Geruch:

Unknown

Wuchsform:

Clustered

Umgebung:

Soil and mossy woodland floor

Lebensraum & Verbreitung

Lebensraum:

Mossy areas in coniferous and mixed forests

Verbreitung:

Temperate Northern Hemisphere

Saisonalität:

Late summer to winter

Wirtschaftlicher Wert

Marktnachfrage:

High - widely foraged and traded commercially

Preisspanne:

$15-25/lb fresh

Kommerzielle Nutzung:

Sold fresh or dried in specialty culinary markets globally

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False Chanterelle

Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca

LOW TOXICITY - can cause mild gastrointestinal distress
Hauptunterschiede:
  • Features true, sharp-edged gills instead of blunt ridges
  • Cap is typically more uniformly orange rather than deep brown

Deadly Webcap

Cortinarius rubellus

TOXIC - deadly kidney failure
Hauptunterschiede:
  • Features true rust-brown gills
  • Stem typically retains web-like cortina remnants
  • Cap is conical or umbonate, rarely deeply funnel-shaped

Empfohlene Handlung

Examine the underside for blunt, cross-veined ridges rather than sharp, true gills to confirm identification.