Local name: Sese Shamong

Edibility: Edible

Habitat: Terrestrial and scattered to gregarious.

Description: Cap: 3-10 cm diameter, plane-convex when young to funnel-shaped with age, surface smooth, bright orange, bright yellow to pale yellow, margin undulate, sometimes enrolled. Hymenophore: Venations similar to gills, thick, sub-distant, decurrent, running deeply down the stem, light orange to orange-yellowish.  Stem: 2-7 cm long and 0.5-2.5 cm wide, plug-shaped, equal, surface smooth, orange-yellow to whitish. Flesh:White to yellowish. Spore Print: Creamy white.                  

Comments: C. cibarius is the most popular edible species of the Cantharellus genus. The most important features to identify C. cibarius in the field are the appearance of the hymenophore with very prominent venations resembling decurrent light orange gills, odour fragrant and sweet. It is very common mushroom in Thimphu market in seasons.