| Cantharellus cibarius var. roseocanus (above left), has a frosty pinkish cap margin when young, a bright yellow-orange fertile underside (hymenium), lacks fibrils or scales on the cap, and does not turn immediately yellow when bruised or cut. |
Cantharellus formosus (above right), has a dirty orange cap with closely adhering scales (usually visible only in dry weather), a pale pinkish orange hymenium, and immediately turns yellow to yellow-orange when bruised or cut. |
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| Paxillus involutus (above), (sometimes also called the “brown” chanterelle”), lacks orange colours, has thin true gills rather than folds, strongly inrolled bearded margins, and the entire mushrooms stains brown. |
Gomphus kauffmanii (above), and pale forms of G. floccosus have deeply hollowed fruiting bodies that are vase-shaped, have scaly caps and pale shallow hymenia. |
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| Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca, (above), the false chanterelle, has a light orange to orange brown cap, has bright orange thin gills instead of folds, has a less fleshy, more fragile stature than C. formosus, and grows on visible or buried decayed wood. It causes brown rot of trees. |
Hydnum repandum (above), or H. umbilicatum the edible hedgehog, and H. umbilicatum, the belly button mushroom, both have fertile spines or teeth instead of ridges or folds. |
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| Chroogomphus tomentosus (above), the woolly pine spike, is a bright orange, unpolished, velvety mushroom, with thick, widely spaced orange true gills that turn brownish black with age. The spore print is black. |
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