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Golden Chanterelle 

Cantharellus 

What we commonly call Chanterelle is actually several different species, all edible and choice.   Chanterelles are a recommended beginner mushroom in Washington/Oregon because similar looking mushrooms are few and none are deadly.  Jack O'Lanterns are the scariest of the look a-likes, a mushroom that is extremely rare in our area.  In the Puget Sound, I find Golden Chanterelles most frequently in the feathery moss that grows between mature Douglas Fir and Hemlock trees, on steep southern facing slopes.  

Cantharellus Formosus aka Golden Chanterelle
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