BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (Wulfen) Maire, 1929 (False Chanterelle)
| Notes (MWS) | 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. |
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca | Fruitbody | 7 October 1981 | Oxon | England | 6 |
| Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca | Fruitbody | 12 September 1974 | North-east Yorkshire | England | 2 |
| Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca | Fruitbody | 16 September 1970 | East Sussex | England | 1 |
Suggested Literature
Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca may be covered by literature listed under:
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca is associated with:
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fruitbody | Pinopsida - conifers | fruitbody is saprobic on decayed wood | 
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Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 |
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fruitbody | Pinopsida - conifers | fruitbody is saprobic on needle of litter | 
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Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 |
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fruitbody | Poaceae - grasses - formerly Graminae | fruitbody is associated with |
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Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide: http://www.bioimages.org.uk [on acidic soil in unimproved grassland] |
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fruitbody | Sambucus nigra - Elder (Caprifoliaceae) | fruitbody is associated with |
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Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 |
Associated with Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca:
| fruitbody | fruitbody is parasitised by compact colony of Penicillium anamorph | Penicillium brevicompactum - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Eurotiales: Trichocomaceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 |
Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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MYCETEAE (fungi, moulds and lichens) |
BASIDIOMYCETES (spore droppers) |
References
| Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide: http://www.bioimages.org.uk | Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide |
| Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 | Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook |
| Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 | Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota |
