Appearance
The mushroom is mostly yellow-brown. The cap is 1–4 cm wide, generally flat with a depressed center, funnel-shaped, waxy, with a wavy margin, and mild odor and taste. The gills are shallow, decurrent, forked, and pale. The hollow stalk is 2–8 cm tall and 1 cm or less wide. The spores are whitish, elliptical, and smooth.It usually fruits later than other mushrooms, sometimes near "Hydnum repandum". It usually grows in large groups.
Naming
The edible "Craterellus lutescens" differs in colour, and is found only in very wet places. Also similar is "Cantharellus californicus".References:
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