Yellow Foot Mushroom

13. October 2007 by Marco.

Last weekend, as usual in this period of the year, I went mushroom hunting on the Cascade Mountains in Washington State. Interestingly enough, I collected for the first time in my life a mushroom fairly rare in my home region in Italy but very abudant here. The mushroom I am talking about is called Cantharellus Tubaeformis commonly known as “Yellow Foot“.

This is the description of the mushroom:

Cantharellus tubaeformis Bull.: Fries Syst. Mycol. 1: 319. 1821.

Common Names: Yellow foot, Winter Chanterelle, Funnel Chanterelle

Synonyms: Cantharellus infundibuliformis, Craterellus tubaeformis

Cap 2-4 cm broad, at first convex, then depressed, sometimes hollow in the center, trumpet-shaped; margin incurved, wavy; surface dry, brown to yellowish-brown, with fine dark scales; flesh thin, yellowish-brown; odor and taste mild.

Gills buff-brown, lighter than cap, edges blunt, decurrent, widely separated, with cross-veins.

Stipe 2.5-7.0 cm long, 0.5-1.0 cm thick, buff-brown, smooth, equal, flattened to longitudinally grooved, sometimes hollow.

Scattered to clustered on soil, moss, and rotten wood in conifer woods during mid-winter.

Edible and excellent!

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