Spore-print: pale cream-colour.
Spores: medium sized, ellipsoid, thin-walled, smooth, 8-10 × 5-6 µm in size and not becoming bluish grey in solutions containing iodine.
Marginal and facial cystidia: absent.
Basidia: 2-8 spored.
Habitat & Distribution: Very common in troops in deciduous woods especially those with beech and oak.
General Information: Easily recognised by its folds and absence of true gills beneath the cap and the overall yellow colour. This fungus is the edible chanterelle of the continental market, where it is considered of very high quality; it can be purchased in this country in tins. C. friesii Quélet is of a bright apricot colour with lilaceous or rose-coloured flesh. The ‘false chanterelle’ Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (Fries) Maire already discussed (see [p. 106]) has true gills and is reddish orange in colour.
Illustrations: Hvass 182; LH 59; NB 1232; WD 831.
Plate 54. Fleshy but firm fungi: Spores pale-coloured and borne on irregular folds (False gills)
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