djg Posted September 3, 2015 Report Posted September 3, 2015 Having trouble attaching a photo. Found a bunch at the base of a residential yard tree. Oak I think. I'll keep trying to upload a photo. Disregard until I do. Edit: I give up!! I can't upload a photo of it either when I first created the thread or in the edit mode. I even uploaded it to OneDrive and used the image icon in the edit mode to upload the link, but the site just locks up. Maybe I can find an alternate site to find out the id. Thanks
John Smalldridge Posted September 3, 2015 Report Posted September 3, 2015 Try downsizing your photo first. I do this by cropping the photo.
djg Posted September 3, 2015 Author Report Posted September 3, 2015 They are only 2.5MB to start with. I though the max file size of this site was 60MB? But I'll give it a try anyway. Thanks
djg Posted September 3, 2015 Author Report Posted September 3, 2015 That must have been it! Thanks. As I said, these were at the base of a Red Oak (I checked) tree and along the lateral roots. I found a photo in Kuo's book that looked like them- Smooth Chanterelle. They averaged 4-5" diameter and just as high. I went back tonight to as the homeowner if I could pick some of them and he said he wouldn't, they are Jack-O-Lanterns and are poisonous. So I guess I was wrong. Aren't chanterelles smaller, maybe only 3" tall? I'll have to do some more research. BTW tonight these were all pretty dried up from the Midwest's heat.
Rcoleman556 Posted September 4, 2015 Report Posted September 4, 2015 Yup those are Jack o Lanterns. And The difference between Jack O Lantern, False Chanterelles and Real Chanterelles are with the gills. Chanterelles have false gills, which are more ridges, the other two have real, true, gills. http://www.mushroom-appreciation.com/chanterelle-mushrooms.html This link should help you out a little more. Also very nice picture too!
djg Posted September 4, 2015 Author Report Posted September 4, 2015 Thanks for the info. The photo is really not that great; the foreground is out of focus. My battery died before I could fix it.
Dave W Posted September 4, 2015 Report Posted September 4, 2015 I agree with Rcoleman, looks like Jack 'o Lantern (Omphalotus illudens). Usually, with Jack 'o Lantern it's possible to scrape the surface of material that comprises the gills off of the rest of the cap. The gills form a distinct layer of material different from the rest of the cap. But like was written above, seeing the well-formed true gills is a tippoff. Also, Jack 'o Lantern tends to grow in clusters of several to many mushrooms fused together at the stalk bases (but not always). The ones seen above are particularly brightly yellow-orange colored for this species. It's east to see why a beginner would mistake these for chanterelles. A very nice photo that is also a good example to share with anyone who wishes to learn to harvest chanterelles. Just saw your comment, djg. Actually, I think this photo is good. Details of the mushrooms are observable. That's what's most important here.
djg Posted September 4, 2015 Author Report Posted September 4, 2015 Thanks, they did grow in large clumps as you had stated. I only saw Lafyflyfsh's pinned thread on submitting photos after I had posted mine. I' glad it was sufficient to be able to id the mushrooms. I've been trying to accurately photograph mushrooms as I find them as part of a personal library. I got to get use to the Lain though.
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