Found under white fir.

Part of the Yosemite National Park Fungal Survey, num. YNP1916.

All off-white, creamy color, and solid coming out of the ground. Staining to yellow with handling.

Growing in a coniferous forest near a Douglas Fir. The fruiting body is large and funnel-shaped. The cap is a dull orange color with a waxy texture. Thin and pale-orange colored ridges extend from the cap down the stipe. The stipe tapers downward and is a pale orange color. The fruiting body has a floral scent.
Referenced Page 43-44 of Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest

Chanterelles found in conifer forest. Surrounded by decaying material, growing from ground. Mushrooms fairly small, with cap edges still down turned, but gills are thick and characteristic of mushrooms in the Cantharellus family.

Soft/moist and firm to touch. Smells sweet almost like almond or apricot. Gills are connected and overlapping. Small scales on top of cap in concave center. Growing under downed doug-fir, western red-cedar, and heavily mossy ground.