Mushroom ID ??

Kat1170 · 14-09-2018 12:15pm #1

Came across loads of these while out walking. Just looking for ID for curiosity reasons not for culinary purposes. Chanterelles ??

cameramonkey · 14-09-2018 4:09pm

They look like chanterelle mushrooms or perhaps false chanterelle mushrooms. I could not be sure.

Velvet shank · 18-09-2018 10:03pm

False Chanterelle, Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca for sure. The forking pattern in the gills, visible in your pic, is very distinctive

fryup · 19-09-2018 8:16am

poisonous ?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 19-09-2018 9:40am

fryup wrote: »

poisonous ?

They are one of those mushrooms where opinions differ. They are often described, confusingly, as edible, but not tasty, and mildly poisonous.

Rechuchote · 15-10-2018 5:13am

Kat1170 wrote: »

Came across loads of these while out walking. Just looking for ID for curiosity reasons not for culinary purposes. Chanterelles ??

What do you mean by "forking pattern" on the gills, Velvet shank? What's the difference from the true chanterelles?

Rechuchote · 15-10-2018 5:58am

And what about this? From the Pine Forest yesterday - the edge of the woods was full of them.

I've looked up ways to distinguish false chanterelles from chanterelles, and the main way described seems to be that chanterelles don't have fragile gills like the usual mushrooms you buy in a shop, but rather folds, so that if you ruffle them back and forth they won't shatter?

Edit: found another good tip - true chanterelle mushrooms are found in broadleaf woods (oak, ash, beech, etc) but false chanterelles are more commonly found in the piney woods, filled with the sitka spruce and other Christmas-tree-looking trees.

These firry woodlands are increasingly invading Ireland, unfortunately https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/ireland-s-native-woodlands-are-quietly-disappearing-1.3529317

Mushroom ID ??

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