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Cantharellus cibarius. location: North America, Europe edibility: Choice fungus colour: Yellow, Orange normal size: 5-15cm cap type: Funnel shaped spore colour: White, cream or yellowish habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground Cantharellus cibarius Fr. Pfifferling, Eierschwamm, Chanterelle commune, Girolle Chanterelle Cap 3–10cm across, at first flattened with an irregular incurved margin later becoming wavy and lobed and depressed at the centre, pale to deep egg-yellow fading with age. Stem 30–80 x 5–15mm, solid, concolorous with cap or paler, tapering towards the base. Flesh yellowish. Taste watery at first then slightly peppery, smell faint, fragrant (of apricots). Gills narrow, vein-like, irregularly forked and decurrent, egg-yellow. Spore print ochraceous. Spores elliptical, 8–10 x 4.5–5.5µ. Habitat in all kinds of woodland, but usually associated with frondose trees in Britain. Season summer to late autumn. Edible – excellent. Distribution, America and Europe. Info from http://www.rogersmushrooms.com Photo taken with Konica Minolta Dimage Z5. Hope you like it and thanks for watching :-)