Sherwood Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 Are these chanterelles? Edible? I found them under a big oak tree. The white stems are throwing me off. This one has an attached stem too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitog Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 Those are definitely Chanterelles, probably in the "cibarius" group, but I'm not familiar with the eastern species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 Yup, one of the types of classic American chanterelle formerly classified as Cantharellus cibarius. I haven't yet learned the several different new species names for eastern NA classic chants. They are all excellent edibles. Good to also learn to recognize Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca and the toxic Omphalotus illudens, as they may be mistaken for classic yellow chanterelles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherwood Posted July 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 Thanks guys! I was almost 100% sure they were chants. I've seen tons of posts here about them. Just like posting here to get reassured. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCn15 Posted July 23, 2018 Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 Am I the only one who thinks the 3rd photo may not be a chanterelle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherwood Posted July 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 1 hour ago, GCn15 said: Am I the only one who thinks the 3rd photo may not be a chanterelle? There were 4 I didn't end up using because the bugs got to them pretty bad. Pretty sure that one was one of them. I ate some,. and froze the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCn15 Posted July 23, 2018 Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 Could be just a really old one I suppose. The rest all looked like chanties to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherwood Posted July 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 2 hours ago, GCn15 said: Could be just a really old one I suppose. The rest all looked like chanties to me. Other than the bugs, this one and a couple others were really dried out. The edges were real dark and crisp. We have not had much rain lately in upstate NY. Suppose to get a lot of rain this week tho! I am kind of hoping that new ones pop up in the same spot. It's a tough spot because its on a hill and when we do get heavy rain the water seems to run right through the mushroom patch, getting them all muddy or washing them out. I will check again and let ya all know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted July 23, 2018 Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 I think photo #3 shows a chanterelle, just old and a bit dried up. You can see how the broken folds/gills comprising the hymenium have forks. The only other type mushroom that comes to mind in Hygrpohoropsis, and none of these look like Hygrophoropsis to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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