A small, bright orange to orange-yellow funnel chanterelle of damp, mossy eastern hardwood forests. The cap becomes perforated and vase-shaped, the stem is hollow, and the blunt false gills turn pinkish to lavender with age. It is an edible species.
Edible (Wikipedia). Similar species (C. tubaeformis, C. lutescens, Cantharellus minor) are edible, but orange gilled mushrooms such as Omphalotus and Hygrophoropsis must be excluded by checking for blunt false gills and a hollow stem.
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Habitat
Mycorrhizal with oaks, beech and birches; gregarious or clustered in moss or sphagnum in damp, shady areas. Summer and fall.
Distribution
Apparently widespread in eastern North America; type from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee.
Characteristics
Cap: 1.5-5 cm, planoconvex becoming depressed, perforated and vase-shaped; margin wavy or scalloped; bright orange to brownish yellow, fading. Undersurface: thick, blunt, decurrent false gills, cross-veined; pale yellow to grayish, then pinkish to faintly purplish. Stem: 2-6 cm long, 3-10 mm thick, hollow, waxy, bright orange-yellow to orange, with bright yellow basal mycelium. Flesh: thin, whitish. Odor: not distinctive or slightly fruity. Spore print: pinkish yellow to yellow. Spores: 9-12 x 6-8 um, ellipsoid, smooth.
