Awesome photos. I’m a native portlander who relocated out to Estacada 1 year ago. I want to try and make better use of the local forest. My wife and I went out yesterday and, although we saw a lot of different mushrooms, we found nothing that looked edible.

I make hard cider and would gladly exchange some for any advice you could give me on how to find chanterelles.

Thanks,
Nick

House Joint Resolution 68 - Oregon Laws 1999
Session Law
Whereas the State of Oregon is internationally renowned for producing an abundance of wild, edible fungi of high culinary value; and
Whereas the Pacific golden chanterelle is unique to the Pacific Northwest and found in prodigious quantities in Oregon; and
Whereas the Pacific golden chanterelle is coveted for its culinary, nutritional and medicinal value; and
Whereas the more than 500,000 pounds of Pacific golden chanterelles harvested annually represent a large portion of Oregon’s commercial mushroom business; and
Whereas most of the Pacific golden chanterelles are exported to foreign markets; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon:
That the Pacific golden chanterelle (Cantharellus formosus) is recognized as and hereby is designated to be the official mushroom of the State of Oregon.
Filed in the office of Secretary of State July 2, 1999

Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom Fungi –
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Gasteromycetes
Order: Cantharellales
Family: Cantharellaceae
Genus: Cantharellus
SpeciesCanthrellusformosus