Chanterelles are everywhere for this #mushroommonday
Summer rains brought out the yellow chanterelles.
They grow under hardwood trees in dark soil. From the top they look mostly round with older specimens getting asymmetrical and wrinkled upward.
They key to identifying them is their strange veiny gills that run down the stem. This makes it a good beginner mushroom to forage.
In the midwest I see them growing during summer rains and when the red russulas are out. These red russulas aren't edible but they are a good indicator that chanterelles are nearby.
This time I forgot a bag and had to use my hat to collect them. One year I had to pile them in my shirt lol.
We brought the baby on the forage outting this time. She wondered what her parents were doing crashing around in the weeds from the safety of her mosquito net stroller.
Cleaning them is easy. Just pinch the dirty stem base off and wash the rest of the dirt off. I also drop them in salt water to swirl off the tiny dirt particles.
I like these chants on pizza with this eikhorn flour.
I paired the chanterelles with black olive, pepperoni and some bits of Pepperocini pepper.
This stuff went fast, now we have to go back into the forest for more. Next time I will collect a bunch in bags then dehydrate them for use later.
That's all for now, thanks for looking :-)