Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca

False chanterelle
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Boletales
Family:	Hygrophoropsidaceae
Genus:	Hygrophoropsis
Species:	H. aurantiaca
Binomial name
Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (Wulfen) Maire (1921)
Synonyms[1]
Agaricus aurantiacus Wulfen (1781) Merulius aurantiacus (Wulfen) J.F.Gmel. (1792) Cantharellus aurantiacus Krombh. (1841) Clitocybe aurantiaca (Wulfen) Stud.-Steinh. (1900)

Species of fungus

Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca Mycological characteristics
	Gills on hymenium
	Cap is depressed or infundibuliform
	Hymenium is decurrent
	Stipe is bare
	Spore print is white to cream
	Ecology is saprotrophic
	Edibility is not recommended

Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca, commonly known as the false chanterelle, is a species of fungus in the family Hygrophoropsidaceae. It is found across several continents, growing in woodland and heathland, and sometimes on woodchips used in gardening and landscaping. Fruit bodies (mushrooms) are yellow–orange, with a funnel-shaped cap up to 8 cm (3+1⁄8 in) across that has a felt-like surface. The thin, often forked gills on the underside of the cap run partway down the length of the otherwise smooth stipe. Reports on the mushroom's edibility vary – it is considered poisonous, but has historically been eaten in parts of Europe and the Americas.

Austrian naturalist Franz Xaver von Wulfen described the false chanterelle in 1781, noting both its resemblance with the true chanterelles and people's propensity to confuse them. The false chanterelle was then placed in the genus Clitocybe, but it was later observed that its forked gills and dextrinoid spores indicated a relationship to Paxillus. Genetic analysis has confirmed that it belongs to the order Boletales and is more closely related to boletes.