Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca

English: False chanterelle.
Synonyme: Agaricus aurantiacus; Merulius aurantiacus; Cantharellus aurantiacus; Clitocybe aurantiaca.
German: Falsche Pfifferling; Orangegelber Gabelblättling; Orangebrauner Afterleistling; Gemeiner Afterleistling.
Region: Europe, North America.
Habitat: woodland and heathland, sometimes on woodchips.
Use: food, though not a particularly flavorful one, or mildly poisonous.
Content: oxalic acid.MycologyIdentification: Boletales but gilled.
Type: it weathers the humus layer of forest soil, and influences the solubility and turnover of nutrients, particularly phosphorus and nitrogen.
Cap: yellow–orange; funnel-shaped; 8 cm diameter, with felt-like surface.
Hymenium: gills thin, often forked; run partway down the length of the otherwise smooth stipe.