Wild Mushrooms - Chanterelles!!!

[uncle eddie]

Was at my farm yesterday to do a little work and set up another trail camera. While taking the Ranger through the woods on one of the the old logging roads...there were chanterelles. Gobs and gobs of them! The most I have ever seen at one time!

This haul (about 3 pounds worth) is from only 30 minutes of picking them - only - from the roads and the edge of the roads. I also posted a couple of pic's to show you what they look like "in the wild." Chanterelles are soooo much easier to find than morels!

Will be slicing and dehydrating this batch. Headed back this evening to find another load.

 

[jcam222]

Great score!

 

[JLinza]

Awesome, great find

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

Awesome!

 

[smokerjim]

Nice

 

[Gonna Smoke]

Eric, you hit pay dirt!!

 

[indaswamp]

Hell yeah Eddie!! Nice score! I figured all that rain in Kansas/Missouri would have them popping up. Two words......chanterellle alfredo. Wow is that awesome!

 

[indaswamp]

I went Sunday morning and found about 1# of Chanterelle. We are between flushes here. Small button shrooms all over, need more rain for them to mature.

I did find this though....2 purple mushrooms and a golden smooth Chanterelle growing next to each other...

Geaux LSU Tigers! LOL!!!

 

[WaterRat]

Nice! I feel some foraging in my near future especially since I paid $15 for a puny little container at the farmers market yesterday Hopefully it will be more successful than my morel hunts of a few years back, these certainly seem easier to spot!

 

[uncle eddie]

I went Sunday morning and found about 1# of Chanterelle. We are between flushes here. Small button shrooms all over, need more rain for them to mature.

I did find this though....2 purple mushrooms and a golden smooth Chanterelle growing next to each other...

Geaux LSU Tigers! LOL!!!

indaswamp
No button's here that we saw - but we were hyper-focused on chanterelles.
Found one "unknown" mushroom type - looked like tannish-white coral. We left it alone!
I think all the rain and the warm temp is making things pop in the fungus family!

 

[civilsmoker]

Now that's a nice SCORE there!

 

[indaswamp]

No button's here that we saw

I meant to say small emerging chanterelle buttons flushing....very small.....like 1/4"....with more time and moisture, they will grow and be ready for harvest.

Found one "unknown" mushroom type - looked like tannish-white coral.

Yeah, i agree...it looks like a coral mushroom, and I believe coral mushrooms are an edible mushroom but I am not familiar enough with them.

 

[forktender]

Was at my farm yesterday to do a little work and set up another trail camera. While taking the Ranger through the woods on one of the the old logging roads...there were chanterelles. Gobs and gobs of them! The most I have ever seen at one time!

This haul (about 3 pounds worth) is from only 30 minutes of picking them - only - from the roads and the edge of the roads. I also posted a couple of pic's to show you what they look like "in the wild." Chanterelles are soooo much easier to find than morels!

Will be slicing and dehydrating this batch. Headed back this evening to find another load.

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You are a very, very fortunate man.
I don't live near any good shrooming unless I feel like driving over to the coast.
We used to fill pillow cases full of Chanterelles at a family member's ranch, which is long gone now. Man, I sure miss them, I'd make up a batch of homemade Ravioli if I had a load like that.

Nice score, I'd grab every last one of them and dehydrate what I couldn't eat while fresh. Dehydrating intensifies the flavor in my opinion, which is awesome for cooking.

Get busy, you got some hunting and dehydrating to do.

Great find.

 

[indaswamp]

Little Chanterelle mushroom I.D.......

False chanterelle on bottom; smooth Chanterelle on top ...notice the white underside on the false chanterelle and the gills have a true terminal end point on the stem. Chanterelles are not white underside.

 

[philpom]

Was at my farm yesterday to do a little work and set up another trail camera. While taking the Ranger through the woods on one of the the old logging roads...there were chanterelles. Gobs and gobs of them! The most I have ever seen at one time!

This haul (about 3 pounds worth) is from only 30 minutes of picking them - only - from the roads and the edge of the roads. I also posted a couple of pic's to show you what they look like "in the wild." Chanterelles are soooo much easier to find than morels!

Will be slicing and dehydrating this batch. Headed back this evening to find another load.

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That's awesome, we have a place on 40 acres in an undisclosed location (Ozarks) and have those guys. We have also found Golden Oyster mushrooms. We've been working to up our game with the wild edibles of all sorts. Sumac "lemonade" is on my list, and we have tons of black berries.

Where you at?

 

[uncle eddie]

There were literally areas with 200-300 chanterelles every so often. Nuts!

Only picked another pound and a half. Cleaned them.
Will cook some tomorrow.

 

[indaswamp]

uncle eddie

Friend of mine that lives up in Oregon told me that sauteing the chanterelles in butter and onions and then freezing them is one of the best ways to preserve them if you enjoy fresh mushrooms. just thaw, reheat in the pan, and serve.....
I did this with the big batches I harvested this season....

 

[in. pred]

15-20# yesterday morning. another 20# of smaller ones to grow up i left. few days ill go back and check on them. getting more rains next two days.

was lunch yesterday. this morning i made an omlet and cooked up a bunch for freezer. still have 1 walmart sack full out of four in the fridge.

also found some small coral and a faulse chant. dont know anything about corals so i left them to grow.

 

[in. pred]

i found this tree last year. no sign of the lions mane on it yet this year.

 

[indaswamp]

20#....that is a lot of chanties!!