Chanterelle Mushrooms

Primarily Cantharellus species

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By Elizabeth Schneider

Published 2001

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Including chanterelle (golden), white, African red-capped, yellow-footed, trumpet (funnel), black trumpet, horn of plenty

With the internationalization of the mushroom market in recent years, quite a few favored fungi are available during a good part of the year. Chanterelles are at the top of the list of favorites, it seems. “There are no longer just seasons, but seasons for parts of the United States, Europe, Africa, and Asia,” says Rosario Safina, president of Urbani USA in Long Island City, New York, a major mushroom importer who was receiving African chanterelles when we spoke in midwinter.