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Golden Mushrooms
Photo By Jim Lewis

 

September 13, 2006
Wednesday


Ketchikan, Alaska - Rainwater sparkles in the vase-shaped cap of a woolly Yellow Foot Chantrelle. Growing on the right is an Orange Coral Mushroom. These colorful mushrooms were photographed along Lunch Creek Trail.


jpg Colorful Mushrooms


The edibility of the woolly Yellow Foot Chantrelle is questionable since it reportedly has caused gastrointestinal upsets in some consumers. One should always be extremely careful when picking wild mushrooms - some species are poisonous.

 

 

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