ladyflyfsh Posted November 4, 2016 Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 I finally have a name for my "pink flamingo" chanterelles I have now found in South Florida twice now. I sent specimens to Bart Buyck in Paris and he already knew of this species from the Yucatan in Mexico and from Guadeloupe as well as Cayman Islands. It is a tropical mushroom and has a strict association with Coccoloba species trees. I have found it under both Coccoloba uvifera (sea grapes) and Coccoloba diversifolia (pigeon plum). It is a subspecies of C. cinnabarinus and is both edible and delicious. The published paper is now out and my photos were published in the paper as well as my two locations where I found it. Bart Buyck was going to call it something different until he got my specimens and found out that Coccoloba grew in Florida. Once he knew that, he changed the name to Cantharellus coccolobae. It's very exciting to have found a newly described mushroom species. It happens every day, so keep your eyes out and if you see something really unusual, document it! You can read the published paper directly linked under the photos here in this post. 391_403_Buyck_light.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Oak Posted November 4, 2016 Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 Very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Smalldridge Posted November 4, 2016 Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 Congratulations! That is what I love about mycology, even the amateur can contribute to the finding of new species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasso Posted November 4, 2016 Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 Great work Mary!! Really beautiful photos as well. Congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyflyfsh Posted November 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 Thanks, guys. I was so happy to finally, after over two years, have a name for these beauties. It was just icing on the cake to be at the right time to be able to contribute to Bart Buyck's paper he was about to publish. He had no idea that Coccolobo trees grew in Florida so was both surprised and pleased to be able to add another new chanterelle species to the count for the US and North America. I think we are now up to 29 named and described species in North America. Can you believe it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 Congrats, great find and kudos to sticking with it to find out an unknown i.d. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 I saw your post on Mushroom Observer. Great find! As usual, your photos are excellent. We'll be seeing them in field guides, I imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyflyfsh Posted November 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 Well, maybe southern field guides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Posted November 15, 2016 Report Share Posted November 15, 2016 Very cool, Mary!! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWlake Posted November 17, 2016 Report Share Posted November 17, 2016 beautiful mushrooms and exciting story. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UGA Shroomer Posted November 30, 2016 Report Share Posted November 30, 2016 I found a few of these here in Athens Georgia. They were growing between a patch of pink chanties and golden chanties. I knew they had to be a hybrid. They were peach colored and looked like a perfect combo of the two. Pics are on my old phone. I'll try to get them transferred to this one so I can send them. They were delicious. Just wanted to add that the ones I found were on the side of a ditch growing out of moss. The only trees around were live oaks and beech. Definitely the same exact mushrooms though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyflyfsh Posted December 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 UGA Shroomer, these are specifically associated with Coccoloba tree species. What you found were most likely C. persicinus found in the Southeast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F.HERMAN Posted January 11, 2020 Report Share Posted January 11, 2020 The first time i heard about this mushrom was in martinique in 1987. My friends called it " girolles" or "chanterelles bord de mer" . Because it was very close to our trench chanterelle...After a barth in the caribean sea we went under the cocolabae trees to catch the chanterelles....we cooked it for dîner. Delicious. Today i went back at the same place...They still was there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCn15 Posted January 14, 2020 Report Share Posted January 14, 2020 Very nice. Beautiful mushrooms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 That's awesome, Mary!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dri Posted July 24, 2020 Report Share Posted July 24, 2020 Hello! Thank you for your post!! I never thought I would try chanterelles living in S. Florida, what a nice surprise when I read it! I need help confirming if I have found them. I did find them under sea-grapes. I have read a couple of books and researched online, so I believe they are it, but would love if you could help me. Thank you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyflyfsh Posted July 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2020 Yes, that is definitely what you have there. They grow in huge clusters and are delicious. Congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gutherman Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 I live on the east coast of Florida and I found some last year around August-October. This year I went to the same spot and they’re back!! I’m super excited to cook with them later, I was thinking about making a Rizzuto with them. I have a bunch of photos I took of them too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDS Posted November 15, 2022 Report Share Posted November 15, 2022 Wow we are so excited. I have had a large variety of mushroom growing in ATL and recently moved to Dunedin Fl. Discovered cayman Chanterelles in Little Cayman growing crazy wild under coconut tees and sees grapes everywhere . Need more assurances before eating, our versions are very small, yhinoknkg about tenting them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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