Pacific golden chanterelle

Overview

The Pacific golden chanterelle, Cantharellus formosus, is a wild chanterelle of the Pacific Northwest of North America. The supplied catalogue records it as a wild culinary chanterelle, and its supply is wild.

The species is a golden chanterelle of the same genus as the other chanterelles, so it is often compared with them in field guides and markets. The catalogue gives no common name beyond Pacific golden chanterelle.

Ecology

The catalogue describes the fungus as ectomycorrhizal in conifer forest. It grows in partnership with tree roots rather than on wood, and it is not a saprotrophic species. The catalogue records no season or yield figures.

Food use

The supplied catalogue classes the species as a wild culinary chanterelle with food, market or specialist edible-fungi evidence. The record gives no preparation method, and this page adds none.

Wild chanterelles are often confused with one another. The catalogue does not give a species-level identification or edibility verdict for this name beyond its food-use record.

Safety and identification

A food-use record does not establish identification, edibility or a safe preparation. Golden chanterelles should be checked by an experienced identifier before they are eaten, and a description or single photograph is not enough to tell species apart.

Sources and gaps

The USDA report listed for this species was not read in full for this page; its content is kept as catalogued. The next research question is which North American records under this name are supported by species-level identification, and how they separate from related golden chanterelles.