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Chanterelles - big, bountiful and beautiful!
It's Chanterelle Mushroom Time
The Cantherellis cibarius or Chanterelle mushroom is a beautiful, flavourful
mushroom that fruits early in the fall. They are highly prized edibles with excellent
flavour and recommendations are to cook them slowly over a low fire. Their shape
is like a delicate vase or a trumpet and the colouring is a rich gold. Chanterelles
are my favourite.
Remember - always get your mushrooms checked by a knowledgeable person before
eating. It's a good idea to eat just a little of an edible mushroom that is new
to you and check for a reaction, then go wild. Friends who have eaten chanterelles
for years had reactions this year to them. It happens - so be careful.
Edible
Cantherellis cibarius
One way to tell if you have picked a chanterelle is to split the mushroom.
The gills of a chanterelle are not true gills. You can see that the gills are
melded right into the mushroom.
Not Edible
Gomphus floccosus
The Gomphus floccosus (above photos) can be mistaken for an edible chanterelle.
Some even call it a Scaly or Woolly Chanterelle. But it is a poisonous mushroom
so take care to notice the differences between it and the delicious Cantherellis
cibarius below. The Gomphus floccosus is redder in colour, it has scales on the
cap surface and the gills do not run as straight as the Cantherellis cibarius,
but are broken up into irregular veins.
Edible
Cantherellis cibarius
Edible
Hydnum repandum or Hedgehog mushroom
