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Big haul last weekend in PA
(lemmy.nz)
Two pounds of smooth chanterelles, young dryad's saddle, a few old-man-of-the-woods, a black velvet bolete and some lovely white-pored chicken of the woods.
Sorry for the late reply.
The red-footed boletes in my area are Xercomellus and are usually quite abundant in all kinds of forests and even parks and hedges. The only drawback with this group of species is that they are very susceptible to gold mold and become worm-eaten very quickly. Therefore, it really only makes sense to harvest young specimens, and because of the species’ small size, harvesting them is less worthwhile than harvesting other boletes found here.
Ah, like the smaller cracked-cap guys with the usually slender stem? I think I've seen a few of those, and never very large fruitings at once, either. Understandable.
Yes! Usually I havest a few young specimens at the beginnig of the walk just to be annoyed when cleaning my findings after subsequently filling the basket with more desireable species... alway the same old story. ^^'