Hi everyone,

We went mushroom picking and found quite a lot of these winter chantarelles. As of my research, they are pretty safe to eat but I am not an expert of mushrooms so are there any similar-looking poisonous mushrooms I should be aware of? I could not find online that they need a specific preparation. Are they safe to eat after cleaning?

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  1. Leotia lubrica (rustonupikka) is similar looking, but it feels completely different (rubbery)

  2. Rule of thumb: never pick any mushrooms that you do not recognise. Read guidebooks, or even enroll on a course to learn if you don’t have any friends who could teach you about mushrooms. There’s several extremely poisonous mushrooms in Finnish forests.

    That being said, it does seem like you have scored a fine bunch of suppilovahvero! I’m not aware of any poisonous mushrooms that would look closely like them. However, always make sure that they have the ‘trumpet’ shape, a yellow foot and are hollow. Some seitikki (cortinarius) can look a bit like them in size and color, but they don’t have the trumpet shape, instead the cap grows in a subtle conical shape [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortinarius_rubellus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortinarius_rubellus)

    Disclaimer: I am not a mushroom sensei but love picking winter mushrooms every year.

  3. Yes, these are funnel chanterelles. Another comment already mentioned a similar mushroom.

    About making them. You can either fry them on low heat and put them in the freezer, fry them on high heat if you are preparing them right away, or dry them. I would use at least butter and salt in cooking.

    The mushroom has a hollow stem and it is worth tearing the larger ones in half so you can check if there are any insects inside the stem. Stem (or leg) is also a bit chewy, so I would cut them in 2-3 pieces depending on how long the stem is.

    My favorite dishes from the funnel chaterelles are mushroom pie, meatballs with mushrooms, or mushrooms fried as they are with a generous amount of onion (and salt and butter).

  4. You can’t really go wrong if you find that much. They are hollow, hygroscopic, yellow foot, that’s it.

  7. Psilocybin mushrooms are in the wild as well? Or you can just buy them?

  9. They are recommended for beginners because you cannot really go wrong with them.

    They are ready to eat as they are. No need to boil or cook.

    Your pics made me fantasise about a mushroom pie 😛

  11. These are ridiculously good when marinated and pickled

  12. Haha I was thinking to myself those look like Psilocybin… hmm 

  13. Some seitikki can look somewhat similar. But not the same. Just check each mushroom. Most of them are suppilovahvero, which is fine to eat.

  14. They are delicious and completely safe to eat. Usually you can find a lot of those at this time of the year. Be very careful not mixing it up with suippumyrkkyseutikki or deathly webcap which can look similar but has a little bit of a “pointy” end. Suppilovahvero(winter chantarel) tends to turn inside or stay flat but doesnt rise per se. Deathly webcap is indeed very poisonous and you should check what it looks like to avoid it.

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