Chanterelle

mushroom · wild food · fungus

Funnel-shaped beauties. Chanterelles are mushrooms with a distinctive shape like a tiny trumpet or funnel, and they can be orange, yellow, or even white depending on the species.

Orange and golden. These mushrooms get their cheerful color from natural pigments in their fungus bodies, making them easy to spot on the forest floor during summer and fall.

Fruity and fragrant. Many chanterelles smell wonderfully fruity, kind of like apricots or peaches, which is one way foragers identify them in the woods.

Peppery flavor. When cooked, chanterelles have a mild, slightly peppery taste that makes them popular in fancy cooking and restaurant dishes.

Forest treasures. You can find chanterelles growing wild in forests all over the world, and people hunt for them because they're delicious and can be expensive to buy.