Yesterday I took a walk at my favorite spot for chanterelles. I've had my eye on them for a few weeks and was told that they are slow growers. But I wanted to see how much they grew over a 4 day period when we also had some rain.
Previously, they were too small to pick and I have been waiting for them to grow before I pick them. But as I walked, I saw a few that were still small and decided to wait for my return before I decide whether or not to pick them.
Then I got to a patch that had been loaded with the mushrooms and I found nothing at first. Then, I saw that someone had cut them at the base. That means another good mushroomer has discovered my patch. Or perhaps I discovered his or hers.
In one place, I saw they had marked the spot by tying a ribbon to a branch. I took the ribbon! And I covered the tiny mushrooms there with leaves so they couldn't easily be spotted.
They missed a few. Any other time, if I didn't have a mushroom thief to deal with, I would have let these fairly small mushrooms grow another several days. But this time, I picked them.
It was either pick them small or don't get any at all.
I just fried them up and these will go into the freezer for some future day. It's hard though because they smell so good!
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