Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (Wulfen) Maire
(False Chanterelle)

Interactions where Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody is associated with Minor Sambucus nigra Elder Dipsacales: Adoxaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Hygrophoropsidaceae/Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca/Hygrophoropsis aurantiacafalse chanterellefruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Adoxaceae/Sambucus nigra/Sambucus nigraelderMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is associated with Minor POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Hygrophoropsidaceae/Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca/Hygrophoropsis aurantiacafalse chanterellefruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couchMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on needle of litter Major PINOPSIDA conifers Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Hygrophoropsidaceae/Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca/Hygrophoropsis aurantiacafalse chanterellefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/PinopsidaconifersneedlelitterMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed wood Major PINOPSIDA conifers Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Hygrophoropsidaceae/Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca/Hygrophoropsis aurantiacafalse chanterellefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/PinopsidaconifersdecayedwoodMajor

Interactions where Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
fruitbody fruitbody is parasitised by compact colony of Penicillium anamorph Penicillium brevicompactum Rollrim Mould Eurotiales: Trichocomaceae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Eurotiales/Trichocomaceae/Penicillium brevicompactum/Penicillium brevicompactumrollrim mouldcompactcolonyPenicillium anamorph Fungus / parasite /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Hygrophoropsidaceae/Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca/Hygrophoropsis aurantiacafalse chanterellefruitbody compact colony of Penicillium anamorph parasitises fruitbody

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Storey, M.W., 2015Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guidewww.bioimages.org.uk

Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (False Chanterelle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (False Chanterelle) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHygrophoropsis aurantiaca (False Chanterelle)
GenusHygrophoropsis (false chanterelles)
FamilyHYGROPHOROPSIDACEAE (false chanterelles)
OrderBOLETALES (spongecap toadstools and their relatives, boletes)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (False Chanterelle)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. 2014 Readers’ Finds Field Mycology Vol 15 (1): 26-28.
Holec, J. & Kolarik, M. 2013 Notes on the identity of Hygrophoropsis rufa (Basidiomycota, Boletales) Czech Mycology Vol 65 (1): 15-24.
Spooner, B.M. & Ainsworth, M. 2014 The extinct, the extant and the excluded pt.1: Clavariadelphus and a teratological form of Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca Field Mycology Vol 15 (2): 51-52.

Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (False Chanterelle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (False Chanterelle):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 51 images of Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (False Chanterelle)

This common species is often the most numerous toadstool in coniferous forest, but it also occurs in mixed woodland and even grassland. Easily distinguished from the true Chanterelle by the deep orange, well-formed, dichotomous gills.

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