Looks like Cantharellus lateritius. Very tasty.
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TIL that "smooth chanterelles" are a thing.
Yes there are many species depending on the local area.
I knew the black chantrelles don't have many veins but we don't get any of the smooth orange species up in WA.
Yeah they're endemic to the eastern US. I'm not sure which species you have up there. Some can be quite difficult to ID.
What do you do with these?
Fry them in butter and eat them on toast.
That sounds awesome. I've gotta try it.
Or cook a nice steak and deglaze the frying pan with it, sauté them in butter with salt, pepper and a bit of cognac, use it as dressing for the steak. Delicious!
I do this but I add cooked pasta in the pan sauce and eat it on the side of the steak, maybe with some lemon if the alcohol isn't acidic enough for my taste
Ok. Now I'm hungry.
Nice, wish these came up in my area.
Are you somewhere arid? I think chanterelles are found in basically all wooded regions of the northern hemisphere.
I am in central interior BC and my area is pretty dry most of the time but wet when chanterelles should be coming up. I have asked around and even the more experienced foragers have had no luck but to be fair the population is small and other mushroom hunters are hard to find. I have heard of them being found about 100-200km north of me so they probably do grow here but maybe aren't as abundant as other places. I am still on the hunt for them, I am mostly whinging.
Gotcha, you may need to travel to wetter areas to find them. That’s how it is where I am (California). They mainly grow in the coastal mountains here.
But I think BC generally has more rain the California, right?
That's the plan this year, get into some areas I don't usually go and do it as frequently as possible. I am always checking iNat and MO to see if anyone posts Cantharellus in the region, even if people tend to be secretive about that sort of information.
Southern and coastal BC can get a lot of precipitation but a lot of the central/southern interior can be very arid, and I believe the Okanagan is a desert. Most of our rain typically falls in October/November.
Oh right I forgot about that one desert area. If that’s where you are then you will probably need to travel like I mentioned.
Thankfully, I am not, I can barely take the heat here.
What elevation are you at? Seems crazy to find chanterelles in July
Here the season started recently. I picked 2 kilos yesterday!
In the eastern US July is the normal season for them. Also in the Rockies I believe.
415ft according to my gps.
BTW, jackpot! Chanterelles in your own yard!
Edit: never trust the internet. Consult a proper guide for a positive ID.
though these are chanterelles, a ~~deadly~~ poisonous look-a-like to rule out are jack-o-lantern mushrooms (named because they glow in the dark!)
Jack-o-lanterns aren't deadly, they'll just send you to the toilet with a lot of regret.
generally yes, but children, elderly, immune-compromised, etc. are more susceptible and the toxins in that mushroom could theoretically result in a person's death even if in most cases it usually it just results in vomiting, diarrhea, etc.
still, it's a good call out that it's not as dangerous as something like Angel of Death.
Thank you, it's hard to see but i have many little orange pins popping up and it's been raining.
It looks like the chanterelle patch that I go to in the woods some 20 min from home. They keep showing up in the same spot every year.
I hope they keep coming back. I seeded another part of my yard with oysters a couple years ago and had one come out of my oak branch pile. Hoping for a fungal forest to go with the native plants I'm letting go in my yard.
Uh, if this is the US golden oyster mushrooms are considered invasive