Small Chanterelle

Cantharellus minor

Family: Cantharellaceae

Also called: Small Chanterelle, Lesser Chanterelle

Small Chanterelle (Cantharellus minor)
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Overview

Tiny orange-yellow chanterelle on mossy hardwood duff. Excellent eating in numbers; verify decurrent forked ridges, not gills.

Edibility
Edible
Rarity
common
Trophic mode
mycorrhizal
Typical peak
Sep–Oct

Season

Sep–Nov — typical fruiting months: Aug, Sep, Oct.

Host trees & substrate

  • Mycorrhizal with oak
  • Mycorrhizal with beech
  • Mycorrhizal with maple
  • Mycorrhizal with birch

Where it grows

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