Amethyst chanterelle (Cantharellus amethysteus (Quél.) Sacc.) is an edible mushroom from the Cantharellaceae family. The cap is yellow, covered with purple scales, initially protruding and with folded edges, later spread, sunken, irregularly wavy edges, fleshy, dry, hard, 2-10 cm wide. The leaflets are yellow, they descend down the stem. The stipe is yellow-orange, narrowed and darker in the lower part, 3-7 cm high, 5-20 mm thick. The flesh is white, yellowish under the surface, fibrous, hard and dry, with a sweet smell and taste. Spores are elliptical, smooth, the otrusine is light yellow.

It grows in summer and autumn in coniferous forests, especially under fir trees. It was recorded only on the territory of Europe.

It is an edible mushroom, of good quality.