Rather than a long, frightening list of dangerous mushrooms,
this section pairs each mushroom from 6.1 with its specific
look-alike — the one you actually need to know about,
not every toxic mushroom that exists.

As covered in 6.1 — chanterelles grow from the ground, always,
and have false gills, blunt folds running unevenly down the stem.
Jack O'Lanterns grow from wood or buried roots, often in large
clusters, with true gills ending sharply at the same point.

If you're unsure, check the base: dig gently to see if it's
attached to wood. Wood means walk away.

This is the pairing that matters most in this whole topic.
The deadly webcap (Cortinarius rubellus) often grows in
the exact same moss as funnel chanterelles, and contains
orellanine — a toxin that damages the kidneys, with symptoms
that can take weeks to appear.

The deadly webcap has true gills and a more conventional
mushroom shape — a cap and stem, not a hollow funnel.
Funnel chanterelles are genuinely funnel-shaped, hollow-stemmed,
with false gills. If what you're holding has a flat or
slightly domed cap with true gills rather than a deep funnel
shape, it is not a funnel chanterelle. Check every single one.

Not dangerous, but worth knowing: the bitter bolete looks
similar to the prized penny bun but turns red when cut
and tastes intensely, unpleasantly bitter even raw.

The cut test from 6.2 and 6.3 settles this one quickly —
flesh that stays pale means you likely have the real thing;
flesh that turns red means leave it for someone else's compost.

A second chanterelle look-alike, mildly toxic rather than
seriously dangerous, but still worth ruling out. False chanterelle
has true gills (unlike the real thing's false folds) and a cap
edge that tends to curl downward. Its colour leans more
uniformly orange-brown than the egg-yellow of a true chanterelle.