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I had just completed and episode on bio-luminescent Jack o' Lantern mushrooms and a couple days later I found Smooth Chanterelles! Edible chanterelle mushrooms are highly prized for their flavor and texture while Jack o' Lantern fungi are highly toxic! I compare and contrast edible Cantharellus lateritius with toxic Omphalotus illudens. I was really excited to share and show these species side by side. I also described what a mushroom really is, how it is really only a fruiting body of a large mass of thread-like mycelia hidden under the ground or in the wood of a rotting log. I show how these fungi, both orange and superficially and looking superficially the same differ when turned over. Jack o' lantern mushrooms have distinct gills that go down the stem while Smooth Chanterelles do not have real gills but have ridges instead. (false gills). I conclude with a discussion of never sampling mushrooms on your own. There are many toxic species and some look-alikes. I suggest always having a mushroom expert present if you are going to try to eat wild mushrooms.
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