Fungi Watch 2007: Cantharellus FriesiiPhoto: Michael Krikorev |
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This species develops an orange-brown shallowly funnel-shaped cap with gills replaced by forked ridges; on bare or moss covered loam, favouring path side embankments with beech; solitary or gregarious but never massed.
Dimensions: 1-3cm dia; stem 1-3cm tall x 0.3-0.6cm dia. Cap: Light to dark orange or orange-brown; convex or flattened when young, later funnel-like with a crinkled incurved margin; surface smooth or finely scurfy; lower hymenial surface bearing irregularly forked ridges, sloping and distinctly bounded; flesh: pallid yellow, thin, fibrous. Stem concolorous, cylindrical, merging with the cap, hollow when old. Odour: Not distinctive. Taste: Sharp. Chemical Tests: None. Occurrence: Late Summer to Autumn. |
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