Cantharellus freisii Quélet
Serbian name: SITNA LISIČARKA
Fruiting body: cap 1–3 cm, thin, irregular, somewhat depressed, bright orange colour, edge sinouse. Hymenophore consists of decurrent gills-like veins, colour slightly lighter than the cap. Stem 1-3cm x 0.2-0.6cm, elastic, orange and whitish in the base. Microscopy: spores eliptic, smooth, hyaline, 9-11 x 4,5-5μm, yellowish en masse. Basidia with 2 to 6 sterigmata. Flesh: thin, elastic, whitish, peppery taste, smells of apricot. Habitat: at the end of summer and beginning of autumn grows in dense groups, in the moss under broadleaved trees, mostly on silicate land, rare species. Edibility: edible, but not worthwhile due to its petite size and small quantity
Very rare in Britain.
The description and the identification by Branislav Uzelac, photographs by Goran Milošević.