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Oneida County; I knew it was too soon but I had to check anyway. Plenty of moisture but not enough ground heat. The only Chants I found were buttons. They were on the fringe of a hardwood forest with an open field on its South facing flank. Meguesses that the sun drenched field warms up more then the canopy covered forest enough to push up the Chant buttons. They get both the warm ground temps and the indirect sunshine which they crave. The future looks bright! Enjoy the hunt!

 

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Sorry, I have no experience with Russulas. I run into them all the time but passed them by because I heard they were insipid. But because your wife likes them I will have to place closer attention to them. Thanks for the info.
Interesting that you are finding boletes, I need to hit the conifers! Enjoy the hunt!

 

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Rosta, I can find very little information on either of the Russulas you mentioned. Will check further.

 

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Lynk, Good info! I have good luck in the same environs as you stated. My best finds are primarily under Beech, secondarily under Hemlock, albeit the buttons I found last week were under Basswood and Hop Hornbeam. Never looked for Chants under Pine. RA please keep us updated on the results of your hunt, thx.

 

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Found a couple new area with Chant buttons, all too small to harvest. Both areas had Beech and Hemlock trees. Saw some yellow waxy caps and picked a nice Boletus sensibilis for ID purposes. Also came across a troop of Fly Agarics (Amanita muscaria). Nice morning to be in the woods. Enjoy the hunt!

 

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Lynk, I feel your pain. Captured some good images but unable to post and too lazy to try to figure it out.

 

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Nice pics of morel in basket. Lynk, haven't been out, work has interrupted my foraging.

 

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Lovely day! Found a couple handfuls of Chants. Woods was wet, saw various species of inedible and insipid mushrooms. Was able to check out progression of different plant species. The woods have a message to reveal if we can only slow down enough to listen. Enjoy the hunt, Geo

 

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Nice looking Chants! What a pretty mushroom!

 

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jcumo. those are excellent specimens! Bon Appetite !

 

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You people are on it! Keep the reports coming in and enjoy the hunt!

 

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Lynk, Nice haul! It is hard to tell with the pics and I am not too good with Boletes but my first guess would be Boletus separans. Spore print? Do they bruise brown when cut, how quickly? Under hardwoods? Man they look tasty ifin they are separans. Nice catch! Let me know what you come up with, I need to put more effort into this genus. Been away for family obligations, hope to get out tomorrow. Will report good or bad. What are you people using for Bolete IDing? Enjoy the hunt, Geo

 

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Lynk, Sorry I can't agree. The pores from the picture seem too small to be mirabilis and all my books say Pine Bolete hangs out in the western part of the country. All pure speculation on my part. But thanks, it got me looking into the field guides.

 

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Just got back from a foray; Chants were everywhere but most too buggy to keep. Did find a bevy of boletes in need of pos.ID. Great day to be in the woods. A cloudy mist arose from the fast moving stream providing a cooling mist and the bugs were nearly non-existent. I enjoyed the hunt.

 

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Max, I think not so strange. David Arora notes a difference in Pfifferling (Cantharellus cibarius) growing in the Western US opposed to the eastern US, especially in regards to insect attack. I only have first hand knowledge of the eastern variety and they are currently getting munched on big time. Greetings from the US, I have a buddy soon moving to Mittenwald, loves your country!

 

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jc, nice lobsters! Did you take a nibble of the boletes to test for bitterness? If bitter maybe Tylopilus felleus. Not enough clues for other guesses. Looks like they might be a might buggy but at least your finding them. Kudos!

 

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Yeah, that looks like an A. Caesar to me. I find plenty of them but never consumed any. The buzz is that they aren't as tasty as the variety Caesar ate ( European). . Haven't even been tempted to try one yet. Pretty fungi though! Have tried Old Man and they were good. Can't get over the action this board is getting, every time I read a report I want to get out there. This working for a living is so over rated. Going up to the Dacks soon and will do some poking around up there. All you good folks keep at it, I am learning a lot. Thx, Enjoy the hunt!

 

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Try Black Staining Polypore ( Meripilus giganteus )

 

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I hear you! Half day tomorrow and then I am gone. Glad to hear of your success. See you in the woods! Thanks, Geo.

 

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Found a spectacular cluster of Chicken mushrooms (Laetipous sulphureus) in the Adirondacks this week, dripping with moisture despite the lack of recent rain. Also found several species of Boletes including several Spotted Boletes which is a new species for me. Might try to post a pic if I can sit down that long.