Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales	Family: Hygrophoropsidaceae
Species: Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (Wulfen) Maire

Synonyms:

Agaricus aurantiacus Agaricus subcantharellus Cantharellus aurantiacus Cantharellus aurantiacus ß lacteus Cantharellus aurantiacus var. lactea Cantharellus aurantiacus var. pallidus Clitocybe aurantiaca Clitocybe aurantiaca var. lactea Clitocybe aurantiaca var. nigripes Clitocybe aurantiaca var. pallida Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca f. pallida Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca forma pallida Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca var. aurantiaca Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca var. nigripes Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca var. pallida Merulius aurantiacus Merulius nigripes

Common Name:

False Chanterelle

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Picea sitchensis (10) Pinus (9) Pinus sylvestris (8) Larix (8) Fagus sylvatica (3) Picea abies (3) Erica cinerea (2) Ulex europaeus (1) Pinus radiata (1) Pinus contorta (1) Pinopsida (1) Picea (1) Larix decidua (1) Cedrus libani (1) Abies procera (1) Carex (1) Tsuga (1) Calluna vulgaris (1) Pinaceae (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland and scrub (9) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (9) Woodland: mixed (7) Dry dwarf shrub heath (4) Woodland (4) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (3) Woodland: mixed, plantation (3) Acid grassland: semi-improved (2) Acid grassland: unimproved (2) Built-up areas (2) Sand-dune: dune grassland (2) Acid grassland (1) Bog: raised (1) Coastland: grey dunes (1) Grassland: acidic, upland (1) Heathland: dry heath/acid grassland mosaic, lowland (1) Heathland: wet heath/acid grassland mosaic, upland (1) Improved grassland (1) Montane heath/dwarf forb (1) Neutral grassland (1) Neutral grassland: unimproved (1) Other artificial habitats (1) Parkland and scattered trees: coniferous (1) Recently felled woodland: coniferous (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (30) Soil Grassy (19) Soil Needle (16) Soil Mossy (10) Litter (2) Buried Wood (1) Sand (1) Soil Leaves (1) Wood Chips (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (6) June (1) July (1) August (16) September (35) October (50) November (17)