Happy Friday and Happy #fungifriday 🍄🙂

Had an awesome mushroom foraging hike! Returned to a spot I harvested a few chantrelles and black trumpet mushrooms (also known as black chantrelles).

This is the most mushrooms I have ever foraged at one location. The location was a public forest preserve in southern Addison County, Vermont. Many townships in Vermont have small town forests or forest preserves.

There were so many black trumpets I could have harvested even more.

My harvest was 273 grams and included a few chantrelles.

I use the fabric tote and a sharp knife when foraging.

I have a beautiful foraging basket made locally made by Naturally Inspired a "truly exceptional made-in-Vermont product". https://naturallyinspiredbaskets.com/index But its so beautiful, I leave it hanging in my entryway for home decor 😊

I found lots of other fungi also. Like this small orange mushoom.

Since I'm a relatively new forager, I stick to mushrooms I know well enough to easily idientify. And then usually take them by a friends house for "expert" confirmation.

Here's some nice coral mushrooms.

The forest floor was damp as you can see from the moss. And there were a large variety of mushrooms.

The filtered sunlight led to some funky photos 😁 These black trumpets appeared almost green. I did not edit any of the photos in this post.

This is one of my favorite shots from the trip. The small spotlight of sunlight appears to be revealing the black trumpets as if by Devine intervention 🤣

Here's another type of mushroom.

As you can see, they were mixed in with the black trumpets.

I think these mushrooms are twins lol

Maybe these are bolete mushrooms? I didn't collect any and am now just guessing based on the picture and google.

There were quite a few, whatever they are 🤷‍♂️

I also noticed these shelf mushrooms also at the base of a tree.

Ok. Finally got back home. What a wonderful trip! Best foraging luck I have ever had 🙂

Hand for scale.

Sorted out some of the larger ones for later and sauteed up the smaller ones. You can see the couple of chantrelles clearly now.

We celebrated with a nice steak and some homemade mashed potatoes. Some people say black trumpets won't hold up to red meat but I enjoyed the combo. But I do admit, the best flavor combo was mixing the mushrooms in with the mashed potatoes.

Happy #fungifriday everyone! Have a great weekend.