Chanterelles are mushrooms that can be found in different parts of the world. Gourmets greatly value them for their excellent palatability. These macromycetes are very difficult to cultivate. Therefore, people collect them in the forest. However, there is a mushroom similar to a fox. And not one. Therefore, "silent hunters" must be able to distinguish between these macromycetes.
Talker orange (coconut)
This mushroom, similar to a fox, has an external resemblance to it. For a long time, an orange talker was considered inedible or even poisonous. Some consider it as such now. However, not so long ago, researchers have denied this information. The orange talker was given the status of a conditionally edible mushroom of little value . She belongs to the fourth category. Of course, this mushroom, similar to a fox, can not be compared with the latter in taste. Do not neglect the previous status of the orange talker. There is no complete certainty that it is absolutely safe, and returning it again to the category of inedible or poisonous macromycetes is not so long. This chanterelle-like mushroom can cause various digestive disorders in some people.
Orange talker can be found everywhere in deciduous, coniferous and mixed forests in the temperate climatic zone of the Northern Hemisphere. Prefers pine forests. The talker often settles on stumps, rotten wood, on piles of deadwood, not far from anthills (a real fox does not grow on a tree). These mushrooms, similar to chanterelles, grow individually, but there are exceptions. They bear fruit in the period from August to October. The peak yield of orange talkers falls at the end of September. Hat macromycete funnel-shaped, velvety, with the edges curled down. Her color is light orange. Leg orange, smooth, thin, often curved. The pulp is viscous, soft, light or yellow. It has no smell and taste. Plates in the tone of a hat, frequent, descending along the leg, fork-branched.
Summarizing, we can say that in real chanterelles, the color ranges from yellow-yellow to yellow-ocher, and fruiting bodies are more massive and fleshy.
Horn funnel (gray chanterelle)
This macromycete is little known. He is edible (fourth category). Its habitat ranges from the Baltic states to the Far Eastern regions. To distinguish a funnel from a real fox is not so difficult in color. It resembles the latter only in form. The mushroom settles in crowded groups, often several dozen. His fruiting body is tubular or funnel-shaped, gradually turning into a pedicle. The edges of the cap are bent. The outer surface is grayish-gray and wrinkled, and the inner surface is dark brown. After cooking, the macromycete becomes completely black.
Omphalot olive
Poisonous mushrooms, similar to foxes , exist. However, they are not found in the temperate zone . One of these macromycetes is olives. It grows in Mediterranean countries and subtropics. This mushroom is deadly poisonous. This false fox, unlike the real one, grows on trees. The mushroom's plates are thinner and reach the very edge.