Mags Posted July 7, 2015 Report Posted July 7, 2015 Could someone please help me with identification. Theseare from my front yard Seriously! I bought a house, moved in two weeksago, and voila, a giant chanterelle patch. It is quite magical. I wantto be absolutely sure, so help please? I took a tiny bite. Here are some details: They taste good, peppery. I don't know about apricot smell. Maybe I don't have a very good nose. They are growing under an oak and a beech in a mossy area next to a stream. Sounds like the right habitat, right? They are scattered about under the tree, not growing on wood. Still good, right? No gills. Uniformcolor, though quite orange, like a bright orangey egg yolk from ahealthy free range chicken, more what I would call orange than yellow.The color in the photos looks like a lighter yellow than they seem inreal life. I live in southeastern PA, specifically Malvern, PA. Nice rainy weather here. Steamy today. Couldsomeone confirm this identification before I throw a few dozen of theminto a pot? I would probably go ahead and eat them, but my family isskeptical. I did some mushroom hunting as a young kid, but I want to beabsolutely sure. Follow this link for images... https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zob4g6set1m58mp/AAB9t5Ai2DbVu8no5CvLwAHUa?dl=0
Dave W Posted July 7, 2015 Report Posted July 7, 2015 The photos definitely look like Cantharellus lateritius, the Smooth Chanterelle. Color seems pale, but the description provided clears up any doubt about the orange/yellow color. Probably just a little bit too much sunlight for capturing color in a photo. But in general, these photos are good. Everything checks... appearance, habitat, color. Just to be sure, the internal flesh should be white... with maybe a yellow tinge near the surface. The poisonous Jack 'o Lantern has internal flesh with a uniformly marbled orange/whitish color, and grows in clusters of fairly large/robust mushrooms which have true gills. The smoothness of the fertile undersurface of the Smooth Chanterelle develops into the ribbed/veined surface as seen in the photos. Lots of rainfall helps move this development along.
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