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The false chanterelle ( Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca ) has a similar appearance and can be confused with the chanterelle.

Distinguishing factors are color ( the true chanterelle is uniform egg-yellow, while the false one is more orange in hue and graded, with darker center ) and attachment of gills to the stem ( the true chanterelle has ridges or wrinkles, which can be quite deep, but not true gills ).

Though once thought to be hazardous, it is now known that the false chanterelle is edible but not especially tasty, and ingesting it may result in mild gastrointestinal distress.

The poisonous species in the genus Omphalotus ( the jack-o '- lantern mushrooms ) have been misidentified as chanterelles, but can usually be distinguished by their well-developed unforked gills and yellow-orange interior flesh ( the yellow orange color of chanterelles is confined to their surface ; their interiors are white ).

Omphalotus is not closely related to chanterelles.

Other species in the closely related genera Cantharellus and Craterellus may appear similar to the golden chanterelle.