Kinda directing this towards Jeff Durnell and/or Wayne Hess or other great informers...

Are These Chanterelles and if so (I think they are) anybody have a good recipe for a first timer?... Thanks

They don't cluster like that, those look like jacko'lanterns and those are toxic.

I've been wrong before though, so Jeff should be along soon.

I’d say no

Definitely jacks. Poisonous as they come. Telltale orange color. They have lucifrase in them, and can glow faintly in the dark. Hence, jack o' lantern.

Good call George. That was my first thought too. Jack O'Lantern. Poisonous.

We're well past Chanterelle season. They usually come in July/August.

Jacks tend to grow in clusters more often and have normal gills that run straight from stem to edge of cap. Chants have false gills and some are interrupted. I'll look for some pics.

I think they're false gills, they are not gills, they run down the stem....

Sorry. Not what i meant. Jack's gills run down the stems a little.

Please watch this video. This guy is good. Very clearly shows and describes the differences between Chants and Jacks.

https://learnyourland.com/chanterelle-jack-olantern-mushroom- identification/

Learn your land is a great resource especially for anyone near Pa as he’s a local and gives local info.

Dang it. There's a space in there. How does that happen?

Try this...

https://learnyourland.com/chanterelle-jack-olantern-mushroom- identification/

THANKS Jeff!!!

Great video Jeff, dang it they are Jacks...8^(

Again, much obliged...

that one won't open for me either

Nope, not chanterelles, if they were they would look like this underneath.

My woods are full of chanterelles every year, I am well stocked up on them.

Good job Jeff.

Olddogrib, remove the space between 'mushroom-' and 'identification'.

I remove the space, but when I post the link, it puts it back in there for some reason. I'll try it again....

https://learnyourland.com/chanterelle-jack-olantern-mushroom- identification/

Did it again. I give up. You have to remove the space yourself. Sorry.

Don't worry about it Jeff. The good intention is there and that's what matters.

I got it to work after removing the space.

Very good. Thanks guys.

Here's an interesting Chanterelle picture. It shows the false gills on the underside. The one on the left is prime. Those at center and on the right are older, past their prime at least in the sense that the grubs have moved in. That's often what happens in my area if I don't get there soon enough. You can see the holes in the stem on the right and a living grub worm crawling up the stem in the center. They eat and poop their way up through the stem to the cap. You can also see the difference in the appearance of the false gills according to their age. Those on the right in the older mushroom are much more defined, which happens if they have enough moisture to grow to maturity. If they don't get enough moisture, their growth can stall, or stop completely at whatever part of the growth cycle they're in when they dry up.

Here's the great link that Jeff shared:

https://learnyourland.com/chanterelle-jack-olantern-mushroom- identification/

Notice the white meat of the Chanterelles in Jeff's last picture, where as the Jack O'Lanterns are orange meat, that was the confirmation of the one I picked that it was Jack...

Jack o'lanterns can fruit in chanterelle season (late July-early August), but it's very rare to find chanties fruiting this late in the season...whereas the jacks are still going strong.

Are these chanterelles Jeff, lol!

Are these chanterelles Jeff, lol!

I take it those are Hen of the Woods?

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