] detected this mushroom today, on my property, in the woods, near an oak tree location: Central Arkansas weather has been humid and hot there are about a dozen or so near the tree in a very shaded area I would like to get some identification- thanks.
It is almost certainly a chanterelle. I collected them in the Missouri Ozarks many years ago when I lived in St. Louis. They can assume many shapes: sometimes floppy, sometimes rigid; it depends a lot on the weather and on how old they are. The taste is hard to describe; but it is excellent, though quite mild. It is also one of the easiest mushrooms to identify. Yours look like perfect examples.
a member of the Arkansas Mycology Society also confirmed that it is a yellow chanterelle, cantharellus lateritius - we tried it and it was good -
I'm still collecting these tasty mushrooms. For us...it seems out of season? We usually get them in mid-spring and then again in mid-fall. Some we find have that very 'light' feel...the floppy you described. Two days ago I was lucky to collect some extremely robust fellows that I almost couldn't cut through with a regular paring knife. Keep an eye on this location for years to come...u've a great 'garden' now for them. :o)
the last two weeks we had some rainy days and that's why they probably popped up - normally the summers in Arkansas are more dry and very hot - I checked the site again, there were some more but very small and with a dry feel for the first time last week-end I attended a "foray" with some members of the Arkansas mycology society and we still could find some chantrelles near run- offs on a hilly side in the woods - but the black chantrelles on a drier side were all dried up when I was in N- Germany in July, the local farmer's markets offered baskets full of chantrelles from Poland - thanks for all the comments-
