Awesome harvest today - over 13 pounds (there was more, this was all we could carry)
Cantharellus lateritius - smooth chanterelle, a choice edible mushroom (and we can attest to that).
Banana and a chef's knife for scale.
Photo information: HDR image (three shot bracketed)
For the nascent mushroom - hunter: this takes a lot of patience... not a quick and easy find... but persevere.
Best to just enjoy the walk in in the woods. In 2007 we got maybe 2 pounds total from the same places...