Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (Wulfen) Maire
(False Chanterelle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHygrophoropsis aurantiaca (False Chanterelle)
GenusHygrophoropsis (false chanterelles)
FamilyHYGROPHOROPSIDACEAE (false chanterelles)
OrderBOLETALES (spongecap toadstools and their relatives, boletes)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (False Chanterelle) :
1: Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (False Chanterelle)
23 Oct 2014 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
on one year old shredded wood
Image 1: Caps - close-upImage 2: FruitbodiesImage 3: Fruitbodies (2)Image 4: Fruitbodies - side view - close-upImage 5: Fruitbody - LS - white backgroundImage 6: Fruitbody - side viewImage 7: Gills - close-upImage 8: Cap surface - close-up - enlargedImage 9: Cap surface - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 10: Cap surface - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 11: Gills at cap margin - close-up - enlargedImage 12: Gills at stipe apex - close-up - enlargedImage 13: Gills - close-up - enlargedImage 14: Spore print with Iodine - enlarged - white backgroundImage 15: Cap cuticle hyphae - magnifiedImage 16: Cap cuticle hyphae - magnified (2)Image 17: Cap cuticle hyphae - magnified (3)Image 18: Cap cuticle hyphae - magnified (4)Image 19: Cap cuticle hyphae - magnified (5)Image 20: Cap cuticle hyphae - magnified (6)Image 21: Spores - in iodine - magnifiedImage 22: Spores - in iodine - highly magnifiedImage 23: Spores - in iodine - highly magnified (2)Image 24: Spores - magnified - white backgroundImage 25: Spores - magnified - white background (2)Image 26: Spores - highly magnified - white background
2: Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (False Chanterelle)
9 Nov 2009 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on heathland among Pine fragments.
Image 1: Cap - close-upImage 2: Caps - close-upImage 3: Fruitbodies - in situ - oblique viewImage 4: Fruitbodies - turned over to show gills and stipeImage 5: Fruitbody - LSImage 6: Fruitbody - LS (2)Image 7: Fruitbody - turned over to show gills and stipeImage 8: Gills - close-upImage 9: Spore print - dextrinoid reaction with Melzer\'s IodineImage 10: Spore print - enlargedImage 11: Spores - magnifiedImage 12: Spores - highly magnified
3: Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (False Chanterelle)
7 Oct 1981 OSGR: SU39 51° 40’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
Image 1: Caps - in situImage 2: Caps - in situ (2)Image 3: CollectionImage 4: Lain downImage 5: Oblique view - in situImage 6: Side viewImage 7: Cap cuticle hyphae - magnifiedImage 8: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 9: DescriptionImage 10: Description - contd
4: Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (False Chanterelle)
12 Sep 1974 OSGR: SE75 54° 0’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: North-east Yorks (VC 62) England
Image 1: Side view - in situImage 2: Top view - in situ
5: Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (False Chanterelle)
16 Sep 1970 OSGR: TQ42 51° 0’ N, 0° 0’ E Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Image 1: In situ - side views

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. 2014 Readers’ Finds Field Mycology Vol 15 (1): 26-28.
Holec, J. & Kolarik, M. 2013 Notes on the identity of Hygrophoropsis rufa (Basidiomycota, Boletales) Czech Mycology Vol 65 (1): 15-24.
Spooner, B.M. & Ainsworth, M. 2014 The extinct, the extant and the excluded pt.1: Clavariadelphus and a teratological form of Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca Field Mycology Vol 15 (2): 51-52.

Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (False Chanterelle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (False Chanterelle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (False Chanterelle)

This common species is often the most numerous toadstool in coniferous forest, but it also occurs in mixed woodland and even grassland. Easily distinguished from the true Chanterelle by the deep orange, well-formed, dichotomous gills.

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