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from David Rance contains these words:

Sorry about the mis-spelling - I've probably been doing that for - um -
fifty years or more...

Ah! What a difference a single letter makes! Many thanks for all those
references.

I've done a quick search on Google and it came up with this:

Cantharellus infundibuliformis: this mushroom is a wonderful and often
overlooked edible, every bit as good as its cousin, Cantharellus
cibarius, the "true" chanterelle.

Hmmm! So which *is* the true chanterelle. You're right in that there is
confusion!

Well, 'chanterelle' is a French word meaning a decoy bird, but Heaven
knows how it became applied to C. infundibuliformis, and again, why and
when the french 'girolle' became known here as 'chanterelle' to such an
extent that nearly all the text-books follow the line.

Am I right in thinking that infundibuliformis means "funnel-shaped"? The
girolles that I've seen on sale in France have certainly been
funnel-shaped.

Both are funnel-shaped. The most funnel-shaped of that family is the
horn of plenty - Craterellus cornucopioides (Syn. Cantharellus
cornucopioides) - also (IMO) the best in the family - one of my
favourites. I used to pick those and C. Infundiwotsit in beechwoods near
Brighton, and C. cibarius all over the place in west Scotland. The first
of those last I found near Blanefield in the Campsie Fells in 1958.

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