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Old 23-07-2009, 06:17 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Gopher wrote:

It looks rather big for a Chanterelle (12ish cm across). False
Chanterelle is smaller than the "normal" Chanterelle (and can also be
poisonous to some). July is also a bit early for FC. Pity there are no
pics of the undersides. One of the UK Russulas perhaps? Am sure there
will be an expert along soon to ID it.


It's not just too big for both the false and true chanterelle, it's
the wrong colour, the wrong shape and has those flecks on the cap
(which the others don't).

It might be a Russula, but there are half a dozen genera that have
species with caps that look like that. Even an expert won't be able
to do more than guess, based on that picture alone.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.