Cantharellus cibarius

Cantharellus cibarius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Cantharellales
Family:	Cantharellaceae
Genus:	Cantharellus
Species:	C. cibarius
Binomial name
Cantharellus cibarius Fr. (1821)
Synonyms
Species synonymy[1] Agaricus cantharellus L. (1753) Merulius cantharellus (L.) Scop. (1772) Cantharellus vulgaris Gray (1821) Merulius cibarius (Fr.) Westend. (1857) Cantharellus rufipes Gillet (1878) Cantharellus cibarius var. amethysteus Quél. (1883) Cantharellus cibarius var. rufipes (Gillet) Cooke (1883) Cantharellus amethysteus (Quél.) Sacc. (1887) Craterellus amethysteus (Quél.) Quél. (1888) Craterellus cibarius (Fr.) Quél. (1888) Merulius amethysteus (Quél.) Kuntze (1891) Alectorolophoides cibarius (Fr.) Earle (1909) Chanterel cantharellus (L.) Murrill (1910) Cantharellus edulis Sacc. (1916) Cantharellus pallens Pilát (1959) Cantharellus cibarius var. amethysteus (Quél.) Cetto (1987)

Species of fungus

Cantharellus cibarius Mycological characteristics
	Ridges on hymenium
	Cap is infundibuliform
	Hymenium is decurrent
	Stipe is bare
	Spore print is yellow to cream
	Ecology is mycorrhizal
	Edibility is choice

Cantharellus cibarius (Latin: cantharellus, "chanterelle"; cibarius, "culinary")^[2] is the golden chanterelle, the type species of the chanterelle genus Cantharellus. It is also known as girolle (or girole).^[3][4]

Despite its characteristic features, it is often confused with the poisonous jack'o'lantern, Omphalotus illudens, and the false chanterelle, Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca. The golden chanterelle is a commonly consumed and choice edible species.