Chanterelle & Jack O'Lantern - Mushroom ID 

These videos are terrific. My 30 year old son has become a mushroom hunter recently. I sometimes walk with him during his searches for mushroom "honey holes" as he calls them. Edible or in-edible it is fun to look for them. He is trying to train his dog to find the edible ones, so far this is a no go. The dog is more interested in following the chipmunks and squirrels.

Adam, your videos are almost like crash courses, every second is jam packed with only the necessary information, and you do it with such ease. This is quality work!

When are you publishing a field guide? I would definitely purchase one.

Your one of the best at mushrooms, very good, I’m 72 and been hunting them over65 yrs- enjoy your videos very much , keep up the good work 😝👌🏽

I just found some jack-o'-lanterns growing on old piece of firewood next to my wood pile I was hoping it was edible most definitely not thank you for this video

Thank you! I hunted over 15 pounds of chanterelles this weekend in Virginia. They were delicious in risotto, and I plan to eat them everyday and dry some for winter!

If I found a guy wearing earrings and walking around the woods swinging a wicker basket, I'd scoop him up, take him home and put him on my shelf. Lol. You are too cute!

Thank you, I think you just saved me from a nasty experience. Jack o Lanten is here in Southwest France. My mushroom books never warned of this Chanterelle look alike.

Thanks Adam. You helped me realize I found Jack-O-Lanterns. You're fun to watch. I can tell you are so passionate about mushrooms. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

Thanks for this video Adam. I just brought home some jacck o lanterns with reishei and puffballs. We didn't know what they were but they smelled really good as far a mushrooms go. Our plan was to identify after bringing them home and you helped out tremendously with this video. Thank you.

Great video - very detailed. I really appreciate your time and effort.

In my opinion the difference between the two is pretty clear and you certainly touched on all of the differences. The first time I found a jack o lantern my first thought was that it was a chantrelle. Quickly it became apparent to me it wasn't. They are much larger, much more orange and a much larger cluster. Good job in explaining the differences. Thanks for these extremely informative videos.

I’m not a big fan of eating mushrooms myself, but I have some chanterelles growing under the oak trees in my front yard. This video has given me the confidence to harvest them for the people I know who DO want to cook with them!

Your a good speaker/teacher and always smiling your videos are a pleasure to watch Definitely doing what your meant to do and helping us so much. This is info we all should know. Lost knowledge I feel

Great video perfect for the season! Chanterelles are one of my favorites, reliable and easy to find, tastes great and easily identified.

Wow! You're a captivating and informative teacher. Thank you for sharing this!

You did a great video ..very clear voice to ..thanks for to your video I have found a honey hole of chanterelles ..and finally tried some yesterday ate several cooked down with a gravy with no I'll effects thanks to your careful explaining

Adam, you are a real " fun guy"! Thanks for your well documented mushroom information.

Thanks for this! I feel confident that I can go pick Chanterelles and not make a gastric mistake.

Hi Adam, I just wanted to say thank you for sharing this video. Great information on identification. Thanks again.

Hey just one more thing about the Jack O'Lanterns, on a dark night - they glow !

we have smooth chanterelles growing wild on about an acre on our property under our pecan trees, we love them. we are lucky ;)

This has got to be one of the best channels regarding mushrooms and habitat on youtube. Adam is so intelligent and easy to listen to. The passion just bleeds through the screen and after every video I am revamped with a new energy to get outside and enjoy our beautiful planet.

Adam, Always great videos, with lots of useful info!!!! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I too ate the Jack-o-Lantern mushroom. I was mislead by a book called, "The Encyclopedia of Mushrooms". I have since thrown the book away, it had a photo of the Lack-o-lantern under the name "Amethyst Chanterelle". The mushroom I had was big bright brilliantly orange cluster of mushrooms, and it was exactly like your Jack-o-lantern mushroom in this video, joined at the base. Always, always keep some "Activated Charcoal" on hand. After eating some of the Jack-o-lantern mushroom, I found on the internet that it was a Jack-o-lantern and not a Chanterelle mushroom. I grabbed the Activated Charcoal and drank 2 large glasses of in over the course of the day, and was able to get through with minimal effects. Activate Charcoal is the first thing that they give for possible poisoning in the ER. I studied Activate Charcoal a few years back to understand all the hype there is about it, and was I glad! . . . . . . . . . . . . Yesterday, I found real Chanterelles, under an oak tree.

He didn’t mention that Jack o’ Lanterns glow in the dark.

Aww man, I've definitely got Jack-o-Lanterns! Thanks so much for the video, I learned a lot!!

Thank you because these Jack are growing in my back yard and I thought it was Chan

as a Texan who just moved to the NE, you are a lifesaver. We don't know much about foraging anything but pecans

Adam, you are still one of the BEST if not THE BEST source of information for all things Mycological!! This video was so helpful for me. I wanted to find a good in-depth comparison of the Chanterelle and the JackO'Lantern mushrooms and Voila! here it is! Thank you so much!

Hi Adam. good presentation, thanks. Joe, northeastern PA

How refreshing to listen to a knowledgeable young person with a brain. An unusual phenomenon these days.

Thank you I found Chanterelle or Jack O' Lantern mushrooms, and wanted to know which. They are Jack O'Lantern.

Oh, Adam...? Did you forget something in this video about Jack O'Lanterns? As a shroom newbie I was so hoping you were going to show some nighttime footage of a patch of Jacks glowing & showing their bioluminescence. I guess it's a rumor...hyped up characteristic. I think Gary Linkoff is the only person to have witnessed this. Oh well, dude below mentioned 'omelet time' with some chants...I wish I knew how to cook!

Another awesome and informative video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with everyone.

Adam, is there any risk with closely smelling toxic mushrooms? I'm wondering about inhaling spores or broken gill material. From Minnesota, thanks for sharing your knowledge!

Sometimes when i watch your videos with headphones on i swat at the mosquitoes buzzing in my ears 😆

You are the best. Such informed knowledge delivered in a cool and easy style. Just love your vids Adam. Learning all the time. Thank you.

We get chantrells out here in ORE in the fir @ hemlock forests. They seem to like ferns, oregon grape, and moss to grow in. Here is 2 tips if you find a big chanty stalk cut the stalk into 4 segments, go back there 2 weeks later and you will have 4 nice buttons growing on that stalk. Also if you don't know a area, get on a deer trail. The deer eat them and they will poop the spores out in their crap. Also if you find some look around because the spores sometimes float on the breeze. Look straight up and down the hill from a batch you just found. We have white ones too which I like better, probaly because I've ate so many yellow ones. Slightly different taste with whites.

Excellent video again Adam. The differences between the two are so important to know, and your descriptions are superb.

Hi from Canada. I love your fungi videos. This video is particularly important because I found today August 28th, possibly a huge patch of chanterelles But I'm so nervous to harvest them. How can I send you photos of fungi I've found? Sincerely outdoorDS

This is fast becoming my favorite channel! Excllent videos, one after another. Great work, and thank you for sharing all your knowledge and passion for nature!

your the man, you know your information beyond a normal mushroom hunter, you put in time, effort and detail to your great high quality videos. Im in the Catskills of NY so we are close and all your mushrooms are ones I hunt or find around my parts. Love the channel. Thanks for the videos.

Hi Adam, I absolutely love your course. Today I found the most beautiful chicken of the woods, milky caps, chanterelles, old man of the woods. Absolutely delicioous and amazing!! Once again, thankyou so much for your amazing great courses.

Very helpful. I'm new to this, but I see a lot of Chanterelles in NE and I'm not always sure. This is the most helpful. See a lot of yellow/orange funnel shaped mushroom, growing individually. Mistrust often because I don't understand what a false gill is.

That was awesome - you’re an wonderful and easy person to learn from. Thank you, thank you, thank you 😊

Thanks for the info! I found some chanterelles, and now am confident they are indeed chanterelles because of the string cheese base and the fruity smell (distinctly apricoty!) yahooo!

love ur content.why no mention of honeys?spore prints? maybe i misst it.im drunk af.mush luv.

Hi Adam!! Can you PLEASE cover Truffles? My hubby and I just found a HUGE area in one of our spots that we found over a POUND of TRUFFLES! What are the health benefits of truffles? These are black or VERY dark brown with speckles inside. THANK YOU for all your wonderful videos! We also found over 2 dozen Chanterelles, thanks to your video we were able to identify then look up for certainty. GREAT FUN doing Mushroom hunting! Bless You in All You Do!

Love your super informative videos. And the intense amount of knowledge you are able to help inform your viewers on wild edibles. Could I be so bold and ask for a video on coral mushrooms. I've been finding tons on my recent hikes. But I'm to afraid to pick any to cook. Would feel much better about it with some more knowledge than what I've tried to gather.

Excellent video, Adam, very thorough and well organized! In France, we say that the chanterelle smells like mirabelles, the tiny yellow plums that are ripening at the moment.

Yeah, I believe it. Y'all got nothing out there but woods and Pittsburgh. There's probably some of the best mushroom hunting in the world there, so I'd expect your club to be top notch.

You are a mushroom pro. Thanks for the information.

I first tried a Chanterelle this year and it quickly became my favorite mushroom! I wish I didn’t have a phobia of wood ticks or I’d be out every day looking for these amazing mushrooms! Now you mentioned to cook them first, is there a negative effect in eating them raw??

If you're not positive do a spore print using black cardboard and a great reference book.

Thanks for such a great info. I love your channel. I learn alot from your video.

Thank you for a great video. I just retired . My grandfather used to take me hunting field mushrooms and I have always been fascinated with hunting. I have been working on my own thanks to Facebook pages and RU-vid..But I'd like to join a club. I'm in York Springs PA. North of Gettysburg.

Why does this remind me of me? Almost looks like me?I've had limited success with cultivating a mycelium. With the symbiotic relationship of Doug fir.Works like a kidney. Converts lignins(complex carbs?) into a starch/sugar that the tree can utilize.Anyhow,the soil compensation matters also. Long story short, my favorite wild food and thank you for a wonderful walk around.

What conditions encourage these to grow over other edible mushrooms?

Wissahickon Valley Park is popping with chanterelles Cinnabar right now in the Lavender Trail

Adam - I LOVE your energy, your enthusiasm and your super "smarts" for the mushrooms!! I just picked a bunch of Chanterelles in a forest in northwestern Oregon yesterday with my son (and it's mid-September). It was my first time, but he has picked them in the same spot for years. He may know about the Jack O'Lanterns but never mentioned them. Maybe it's because he has always picked in the same area for so long. It's so good to be informed about something that looks like Chanterelles that should be avoided. Keep sharing your mushroom knowledge and THANK YOU for these great videos!!

Thanks for the video! I definitely have Jack o lanterns growing in my back yard from dead roots. I wish they were something edible! There are so many.

Long time mushroom eater (snacking on enoki and maitake right now), first time mushroom hunter... once this winter clears up. I can't say how glad I am I've found your channel, it's immensely informative. Good work, Adam.

Great video, as always, Adam! Very, very informative. I was wondering if you could do a video on foraging gear (i.e. what you carry with you while mushroom hunting). Would love to learn more of those kinds of nuts & bolts from experienced folks like yourself.

Love the video nice explanation e good information. I would like to purchase the book- please let me know! Thank you.

Adam, thanks for sharing your extensive mushroom knowledge in such a straight forward way. You rock! I would love to go on a foray lead by you, you make mushroom hunting fun 😀

Thank you! We found a bunch of scattered chanterelles today and your video helped us confirm the ID! Delicious treat for dinner!!!

Oooh so excited I found some today in the Dawson Forest in Georgia! I was able to teach my fellow hikers about this because of your wonderful show! Yay!

Thanks for the video! I assume that the Chants are now in season if you live around Pennsylvania. Does anyone know when the Black Trumpet mushroom season starts, and do you usually find them in the same habitat as the Chanterelles. Thanks if anyone cares to answer me on here!

Still not eating it but interesting video!

you are amazing! so knowledgeable and well spoken. Thank you!

Good information. I harvested a nice bunch of chanterelle mushrooms this afternoon. Thanks for sharing.

Another great video! Thanks, and many thanks for the FALSE look a likes!!!! Really like those FYIs

Youre the best Adam! Youve tought me so much. Ive found a lot of Chants this year and I love them... Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!

Very helpful. Found a ton of chanterelles yesterday in my friend’s “secret spot” in California and wanted to make sure they really are chanterelles.

Thank you, I have these pumpkin orange growing at the base of rotting oak stumps I was planning to eat but now I don't think so.

I do believe,I found the chantrelle.I'll have to see how far away that club is central Ohio

9:54 I've met some ppl that should be named that 😅 some are guys that wear earrings and walk around the woods, swinging a wicker basket 😶 🤔😒😂 Just when I think I know a little something about Chantys and Jacks, Adam posts a video that proves I really know very little... " you need a somewhat active imagination to smell apricots" I agree. Thanks Adam. 👍🏼 The best group in indiana is hoosiermushrooms.org the administrator is almost as serious about mycology as Adam

I found a single mushroom today but the vines tells me it’s more like a jack. 😢 and it smells mushroom like.I didn’t see dead wood… but it’s definitely not chanterelle

Thank You Adam for sharing your interesting and richly resourceful knowledge about so many wonderful things grow from the woodland!

Who else thought that has a mosquito flying near his right ear? 00:36

Thank you for all the good information. Really appreciated!!

Thank you for that really detailed instructional video. This is extremely helpful. Great work on the video

Love the videos. Thanks for the great info.

Are you back east?... the chantrelle in the San Francisco Bay area grows out of logs of bay laurel..big ones.. but, despite many other types of mushrooms, that was the only type I have ever found... back when cameras used film.. ;;☆》 Looked it up, asked my wife, who helped collect about a thousand groups of pictures of mushrooms in one of the rare hardwood forests in California.. it was probably in the litter around a stump.. and.. we harvested this one stump regularly for a couple years.. the Wikipedia article said they are the largest, and these were about 15 cm across or more even.. I don't seem to make mushroom soup as much without them.. 36 years is a long time to miss a 🍄.. mushroom.. we had hundreds of mushrooms in a hardwood rain forest... in the Berkeley Hills.. Briones Park... Thanks for your great lecture... I live in Arizona... it has rained about 15 minutes here this year

This is vital information as always! Great well presented information in this video, Thanks again for all the work you have done to provide us with this.

How do you find a milk caps?

Really liked the information. Thanks

I don't understand that I have to watch your video, even though this mushroom doesn't grow in my country which has a tropical climate. Anyway, I love your videos ❤❤❤

Thank you!

It is interesting to see a very similar wild mushroom here in Korea. Here is similar & tasty mushroom.

Thank you, you seem like a nice person. I appreciate the detailed information. I learned a lot. God bless

Thank you, Adam, for outlining the differences between these two fungi.

Dude, don't know if you'll see this, but, when your video and a vague description came up on Google, someone followed your advice and nearly at jack o'lanterns.

I highly recommend anyone watching this still get a field guide and if possible go with someone who knows what they are doing not that this video isn’t great nothing beats hands on live experience chanterelle mushroom can look so different from area to area. For instance where I live clusters can be huge. Also the color is completely different than what grows in his area. Great video though

Omelette time!

Dude thank you very much. I'm 32 and just learned about this miracle fungi. Never forged a mushroom before. Just stumbled on this video today to learn. Saw from 6 years ago, so i clicked on your page to see, and you have another great video from 3 hours ago! So thank you, I feel like I'm about to learn everything i need to know about foraging mushrooms while watching all of your videos.

Thank you Adam. I've found a few Morels and a few Puffballs in the past, But this year after discovering you I'm getting into mushroom hunting all the more. I recently found what appears to be a False Chanterelle, perhaps it was a pale Jack o'Lantern ? Either way, watching your video helped me to confirm that what I had found was NOT a Chanterelle. I've found some Mica, but I didn't harvest them, since Ink cap mushrooms usually don't go well with alcohol and, well really like a cold beer.. LOL...

And of course, Jack-O-Lantern Mushrooms gills are faintly GLOW IN THE DARK! That's only helpful for ID'ing if you're foraging in the dark though lol... I don't know if it would last until you brought it home and turned off the lights.

Awesome and informative. I'm new to foraging, and found my first chants today. Thanks to your videos, and confirmation by fellow mycologists, I was able to identify them, safely, and with confidence. Thank You for sharing this information. Newbies, such as myself, depend on people like you to learn from.

I find chanterelles in conjunction to dead trees, because they require the roots of certain species, in Washington State, hemlock or Douglas fir.