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the mushroom that smells like apricots and refuses to be farmed by anyone
means A prized edible wild mushroom, typically golden-yellow with a wavy funnel shape and false ridges instead of true gills, often carrying a fruity, apricot-like scent.
from From French chanterelle, a diminutive borrowed from New Latin cantharellus, itself a little version of Latin cantharus, 'a drinking cup or tankard' — which traces back to Greek kantharos, a wide-bowled vessel. The name nods to the mushroom's cup-like, upturned shape, so each chanterelle is, etymologically, a tiny goblet sprouting from the forest floor.
- won't domesticate
- resists cultivation, growing only with living tree roots
- fruity nose
- genuinely smells of apricots and faint pepper
- false twin
- a toxic lookalike, the jack-o'-lantern, mimics it
- glows nearby
- its poisonous imposter glows green in darkness
- forager gold
- prized worldwide, picked wild from Oregon to France
chanterelle mushroom — golden funnel-shaped fungus found across north america, europe, and asia with fruity apricot aroma
cantharellus cibarius — scientific name for the true chanterelle, prized in french cuisine since the 1600s