Small Chanterelle

Cantharellus minor

Family: Cantharellaceae

Small Chanterelle (Cantharellus minor)
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Overview

Tiny egg-yolk chanterelle of mossy hardwood-conifer floor across eastern North America and Asia. Edible.

Edibility
Edible
Rarity
common
Trophic mode
mycorrhizal

Host trees & substrate

  • Local forest substrate

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