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chanterelle
Jan. 10th, 2022 07:36 amSo this week's theme is mushrooms, starting off with the 'shroom with the most beautiful name:
chanterelle (shan-tuh-REL, chan-tuh-REL) - n., an edible, yellow-to-orange, trumpet-shaped mushroom (Cantharellus cibarius); any of various similar mushrooms of the genera Cantharellus, Craterellus, Gomphus, and Polyozellus, several of which are inedible or poisonous.
Both tasty and pretty:
Thanks, WikiMedia!
Name was taken in 1777 from French, from New Latin cantharella, feminine diminutive of Latin cantharus, a type of large drinking cup (from its shape), from Greek kantharos, of unknown origin.
---L.
chanterelle (shan-tuh-REL, chan-tuh-REL) - n., an edible, yellow-to-orange, trumpet-shaped mushroom (Cantharellus cibarius); any of various similar mushrooms of the genera Cantharellus, Craterellus, Gomphus, and Polyozellus, several of which are inedible or poisonous.
Both tasty and pretty:
Thanks, WikiMedia!
Name was taken in 1777 from French, from New Latin cantharella, feminine diminutive of Latin cantharus, a type of large drinking cup (from its shape), from Greek kantharos, of unknown origin.
---L.
