I found what I believed to be chanterelles and was confirmed by an app with a huge legal disclaimer.
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I bet the disclaimer states they can’t always get it 100% right and if you choose to ingest the mushroom that it’s your fault if you die from liver failure. The app itself identifies the strain but no matter what DO NOT EAT ANY MUSHROOM EVEN IF THE APP STATES ITS SAFE. In capitals like that??? 
Just buy your fungi from a supermarket. It’s easier unless your looking to go on a trip.
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Yes pretty much exactly like that.
“We can absolutely confirm 100% that this is accurate. Maybe. But don’t blame us.”
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Wild asparagus grows all over our valley. You just gotta know where and when to look. It makes me bummed out when I eat store-bought asparagus.
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Apparently you have an option at least part of the year! 
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If you don’t know what you are doing definitely but your mushrooms at the grocery store. I’ll keep shopping in the forest as it’s also a supplementary income for me as I sell my finds to local restaurants. I Make a few 1000 dollars a year as a bonus for something Ide be doing anyway.
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These chicken fat mushrooms grow all around my property and always come up with numbers after it rains. They are a bolete, sponge like. They don’t have gills but rather pores as do all boletes. Boletes are relatively safe as there are no known deadly ones and most are considered edible. Some boletes are choice edibles like the porcini. They also have a very distinct brown blotches around the margin that makes them pretty easy to identify between that, the yellow colour and being a bolete.One last key is they alway grow around eastern white pine, these guys grow in a mycorrhizal association with eastern white pine. Hunting mushrooms is just as much about knowing the trees as it is the fungi.These unfortunately are not choice edibles but after dehydrated they are much better. I usually use these to make broth and dashi. They have a nice flavour after they have been dried as it concentrates.when Fresh they have a slimy texture and mild flavour, some people have slight dermatitis reaction when touching them. Much better to throw these in the dehydrator and use from dried state. I always grab ones that are fresh and have only been emerged for a day or 2 max, the slugs love these and they get full of larvae as the age.
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Todays edible finds.
Coral tooth lions mane
Hedgehogs
Yellow foot chanterelles
Winter chanterelles
Painted sillius
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Found some late season golden chanterelles, these are little past their prime but still good. They’ll get a quick vinegar and water soak to flush out any unwanted bugs as they’re older mushrooms and could have some larva hidden inside, then dehydrated for later use.
These yellow foot chanterelles will flush until mid October so I’ll be heading back a couple more time. Filled a nice big bag today, I have a cedar bog in my back yard that these grow in and it’s pretty much an unlimited supply that returns in the same place every year. These grow in the same place as hedge hogs but hedge hogs flush a little earlier in the seaon.
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Its that time of year again.
again. Went out and got some wild leeks (ramps) and I will be collecting them to dehydrate, pickle, freeze bulbs and eat as many as i can over the next few weeks. Made some leek powder with the greens yesterday.
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Morels have started to pop. Found my first little flush on my property. I’ll go back next week and get them and a bunch more should have broke ground by then.
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So cool! I’d kill myself picking wild mushrooms. I really admire your knowledge and supply of one of the most wonderful and healthy foods out there.
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Hey sorry man, i thought i got back to you but when i came to post this an old message was cached.
I Def do not recommend to eat mushrooms without knowing exactly what they are and learning from a professional. It takes a while but once you know the keys it gets easy to identify them.
Todays catch, sone fiddleheads, wild leeks(ramps) and some morels.
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Damn, those are some fine looking morels!
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