Yergaderga Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 My dad and I found so many of these tonight. We left much more than we took as well, as it is a public space and others might stumble upon them (also so they can spore). They grew for the most part under beech and maple, usually on slopes which were grassy with little else as far as vegetation. I think they're all the same. They seem to smell sweet and fruity (I can see why they say apricots but the smell also reminds me of earwigs if you have ever smelled them) the lighting makes them look less orange but they have an orange tint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Oak Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 Smooth chanterelles. Canterellus lateritius. Good find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yergaderga Posted July 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 Thank you Old Oak! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 I agree with Old Oak, "smooth chanterelles." For future reference, indoor photos tend to alter natural color. I recommend taking outdoor photos, but not in direct sunlight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yergaderga Posted August 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2017 Thanks for the advice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my_silly_M Posted September 2, 2017 Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 I'm still working on learning how people judge buggy-ness of mushrooms and whether to eat them. Or how to deal remove bugs. I found my first chanterelles earlier this season and they looked about like @Yergaderga's. I kept some by tossed some, then dried them. Now I'm thinking I should have kept mor Would everyone here eat these ones (based on what you can see)? And how do you judge what's too buggy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eat-bolete Posted September 2, 2017 Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 I never keep anything with bug tunnels. If I can trim away, great, if not, I pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCn15 Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 I don't keep anything that has tunnels all the way to the cap. If I can cut stalk until there are no bug tunnels great, however once they are into the cap it's pointless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staveshaver Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 In the Chanterelles I find, it seems a few bugs get to them early on, but only eat a tunnel up through the stem and usually out the top. If the shroom looks good otherwise, I keep it, then when i get home, discard the stem, tear the mushroom in half right through the bug hole and rinse and clean around the affected area with a knife or soft toothbrush. If they're quite a bit older and the tops have bug holes throughout, or a slug's been eating underneath, I leave them where I found them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt McDermott Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 I'm not saying its right or recommended, but I have trimmed up and eaten some pretty buggy mushrooms....I will discard stems and caps that are riddled with holes, but a few holes don't stop me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCn15 Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 2 hours ago, Matt McDermott said: I'm not saying its right or recommended, but I have trimmed up and eaten some pretty buggy mushrooms....I will discard stems and caps that are riddled with holes, but a few holes don't stop me. We've all eaten bugs or larvae in our mushrooms, no matter how careful we think we are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CajunShroomer3578 Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 By the time chantys start popping here in South Louisiana after winter! I can't wait to eat some big infested chanterelles!! Lol Not much to harvest during the so called winter months here in the south. I've noticed that the bugs are only really bad at the beginning of the season. I'm sure this discussion has come up previously but I'm just curious, what's y'all theory on why the tunnel/burrowing bugs pretty much disappear later in the summer ? Maybe it's just that their breeding season coincides with first fruitings or there is lack of moisture else where so they tend to habitat fungi in general PS. Sorry if I high jack your thread Yergaderger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 Not sure about the answer to your question, Cajun. But I think either of the ideas you suggest is a potential answer. Maybe availability of moisture and breeding go hand-in-hand for the burrowing bugs...? Interestingly, the western NA chanties --which do not include C. lateritius, the Smooth Chanterelle-- rarely become infested (according to David Arora, and also what I have noticed when collecting chanties in Oregon and Montana). Also, according to folks out in California whom I've spoken with, there's a species of nice big yellow chantie out there that doesn't have much flavor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitog Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 In 45 years of collecting Chanterelles on the west coast, I only came upon one specimen that was wormy. And that specimen was either right next to or touching a wormy Russula. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt McDermott Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 7 hours ago, vitog said: In 45 years of collecting Chanterelles on the west coast, I only came upon one specimen that was wormy. And that specimen was either right next to or touching a wormy Russula. Wow. That is interesting. I would be 180 on this. I'm not sure I've ever collected one that didn't have at least one worm hole in the stem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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