Saturday. Rain in the afternoon. Stopped at 4 places, didn't find many. 3 of us. The other 2 found total of 4 matsutake. I picked some bolete and hedgehog. Saw only 1 chanterelle, but it was half rotten. Since it's a national forest area, we stopped at Zigzag ranger station and got a free permit (per person, for personal use). 1 gallon per day, up to 10 days, till the end of this year.
In the box, there're two unknowns. These left photos are one kind that looks and smells good. I even bit into it, and tasted okay. But when cooked, it tasted bitter, so I tossed it. It had a normal mushroom cap, brown, a bit curled at the edge.
These photos to the right are one golden mushroom, looks and smells fine. Tasted okay raw. When cooked, it turned to an alarming purplish red color. But tasted a bit sweet, so a keeper. At the time of writing up this post, it's 1.5 days after I ate the mushroom. No ill effects.
