Know2eat

Chanterelle mushrooms

Cantharellus cibarius

What chanterelle mushrooms has been studied for

1 association assessed — none with dependable human evidence behind them yet. Strongest first.

  • 1 Insufficient
3 things to know first — allergies, interactions and intake limits

About chanterelle mushrooms

A golden, funnel-shaped wild mushroom with blunt false gills running down the stem and an apricot-like smell. It forms partnerships with tree roots and so resists commercial cultivation.

Also known as Chanterelle, Girolle, Golden chanterelle, Pfifferling

Antioxidant & Oxidative Stress

The evidence in depth

Best supported: Insufficient

What each association actually rests on, and the papers behind it. A rating describes the state of the research, not how impressive the food is. How we rate evidence.

Oxidative stress markers

Antioxidant & Oxidative Stress
Insufficient evidence

Chanterelles are analysed frequently in phytochemical surveys because of their carotenoid and ergothioneine content. No human trial has fed them and measured anything, so there is no basis for a rating above insufficient.

Insufficient evidence. Not enough human research to say anything useful yet.

No source is attached to this association yet, so it is rated insufficient by default. It is listed because people commonly ask about it — not because there is evidence for it.

Ask about Chanterelle mushrooms

Ask about Chanterelle mushrooms

Answers are written only from the entries on this page — the same nutrients, compounds, claims and citations you can read above. Nothing is added from outside the database, and every answer lists what it was built from.

AI explanations are not switched on for this site, so there is nothing to ask here. Everything above is read straight from the database and does not need them.

Key nutrients

Nutrient content per 100 grams
NutrientAmount% DV
Macronutrients
Calories32 kcal2%
Protein1.49 g3%
Total fat0.53 g1%
Carbohydrate6.86 g2%
Fibre3.8 g14%
Total sugars1.16 g—
Water89.8 g—
Vitamins
Vitamin D5.3 µg27%
Thiamin (B1)0.015 mg1%
Riboflavin (B2)0.215 mg17%
Niacin (B3)4.08 mg26%
Pantothenic acid (B5)1.07 mg22%
Vitamin B60.044 mg3%
Folate2 µg1%
Minerals
Calcium15 mg1%
Iron3.47 mg19%
Magnesium13 mg3%
Phosphorus57 mg5%
Potassium506 mg11%
Sodium9 mg0%
Zinc0.71 mg6%
Copper0.353 mg39%
Manganese0.286 mg12%
Selenium2.2 µg4%
Other measured compounds
Ash1.26 g—

Nutrient values are per 100 g of the USDA reference entry named on this page and vary with variety, growing conditions, storage and preparation.

Source record: Mushrooms, Chanterelle, raw (USDA FoodData Central, FDC ID 168422).

% DV uses the FDA Daily Values for adults and children aged 4 and over. A dash means no Daily Value has been established for that nutrient.

Bioactive compounds

Compounds present in meaningful amounts. Presence is banded rather than quantified, because whole-food levels vary enormously with variety, growing conditions, storage and preparation.

How preparation changes things

Only effects with real support are listed. If a preparation method is missing, it is because nothing dependable is documented — not because it makes no difference.

Nothing dependable is recorded about how preparation changes this food’s nutritional properties. Rather than guess, this section stays empty.

Things to know

Allergies, interactions and intake concerns. Every food gets this section — a reference where everything is uniformly good is not a reference.

  • Avoid

    Look-alikes and the rule about wild mushrooms

    The jack-o-lantern mushroom and the false chanterelle are both mistaken for true chanterelles and cause severe gastrointestinal illness. Chanterelles are almost always foraged rather than farmed, which makes this the central caution for the species: never eat a wild mushroom you cannot identify with certainty.

  • Worth knowing

    Cook them thoroughly

    Raw chanterelles cause gastrointestinal upset in many people and are traditionally cooked until the water they release has evaporated. They are not a salad mushroom.

  • Worth knowing

    Wild fungi accumulate metals and radiocaesium

    Wild mushrooms take up cadmium, mercury and, in parts of Europe affected by Chernobyl fallout, radiocaesium from the forest floor far more efficiently than plants. Occasional meals are not a concern; very heavy year-round consumption of wild fungi from affected regions has been flagged by regulators.