Chicken fir mushroom is a kind of delicious edible fungi, because of the internal fiber structure, color and lustre similar to chicken, coupled with the consumption of the special flavor of chicken, so named chicken fir mushroom. Chicken fir mushroom contains calcium, phosphorus, iron, protein, a variety of nutrients, is frail, sick and elderly people's delicacies.

In the southern region of Yunnan and Guizhou, chanterelle mushrooms are loved by people and are regarded as one of the rare edible mushrooms.