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Oregon: Pacific Golden Chanterelle Mushroom

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Oregon: Pacific Golden Chanterelle Mushroom

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Minnesota isn't the only state with an official mushroom — Oregon got into the act in 1999 declaring theirs to be The Pacific golden. It's an entirely separate species from the golden chanterelle mushroom, although it is sometimes not easy to tell the two apart. Oregon's darling mushroom can be identified by its tiny dark scales on the cap surface and its pinkish orange-yellow cap colors, although often (considering this is Oregon) these differentiating factors are washed away in the rain. The state harvests a whopping 500,000 Pacific goldens per year.

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