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There are many different varieties of Chanterelle Mushrooms. Though the most common variety is just called a "Chanterelle" or "Common Chanterelle", the rest are distinguished by various adjectives stuck on.
Chanterelle Mushrooms are shaped like the ends of trumpets, only with scalloped edges. The colour can be white, orange, apricot, golden-brown or black. The caps can be two to three inches wide (5 to 7.5 cm).
They are very fragrant, with a firm texture, which means that they can be tossed around in cooking and won't crumble apart.
North American varieties are larger than Asian or European ones.
So far (2004), no one has succeeded at cultivating Chanterelles; they are collected from the wild and sold on to stores.
Cooking Tips
Even though you're always told never to soak mushrooms in water, it doesn't hurt to swish Chanterelles briefly around in cold water as dirt tends to stick in their gills.
If you rehydrate dried Chanterelles, discard the water. Unlike the water from rehydrating other dried mushrooms, the liquid from dried Chanterelles just tends to be awful tasting and bitter to most people's tastes.
Don't overcook or they go tough.
Equivalents
1 pound (450g) fresh Chanterelles = 3 oz (85g) dried
Storage
Common Chanterelles don't dry very well. They lose flavour and become rubbery.
Also called:  Common Chanterelle
Egg Mushroom
Golden Chanterelle
Trumpets
Yellow Chanterelles Cantharellus cibarius (Scientific Name) Chanterelle, Girolle (French) Eierschwammerl, Pfifferling (German) Canterello, Finferlo, Galletto, Gallinaccio, Garitole, Girolla (Italian) Hongo cantarelo, Rebozuelo (Spanish)
Other entries for Chanterelle Mushrooms
Horn of Plenty Mushrooms, White Chanterelle Mushrooms, Winter Chanterelles, Yellow-Footed Chanterelles
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