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*As I said in [Sunday's post](https://steemit.com/photography/@dreemit/color-challenge-sunday-violet-also-included-artificial-intelligence-ai-and-blockchain-ben-goertzel-and-sophia-humanoid-hanson), I've decided to make this week's color challenge all about mushrooms, leading up to the promised in-depth post I mentioned in [Saturday's Indigo challenge](https://steemit.com/photography/@dreemit/color-challenge-saturday-indigo-blewit-mushroom)*.
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The **Smooth Chanterelle** is cousin to the *True Chanterelle* which most people find tastier, but I personally couldn't tell the difference. They're called 'smooth' because the underside of the cap is exactly that. 

![mushroom yellow2.jpeg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmYCArQd2Q1mEtLiMW57H5dcxAbur6mwR6zHe3DuNsp7b4/mushroom%20yellow2.jpeg)

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They are bright yellow to light orange in color and vase shaped, and have a symbiotic relationship between their mycelium and a tree's roots, so they don't grow on dead or dying material.  They also have a fruity smell rather than the classic mushroom smell like the button mushrooms you get from the store.  

(Unfortunately this came out a bit blurry, but I wanted to show it from a different angle)

![smoothchanterellemush.jpeg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmPsB2WuvAWkkpby8QLxYqtqu2pMdVayt8hReyaw8g3kYc/smoothchanterellemush.jpeg)

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Next we have the toxic **Jack-o'lantern**, which is considered a look alike for *Chanterelles*, though I think they might be more easily confused with True *Chanterelles* given the gills. 

Almost every article you find on these mushrooms will say they glow in the dark, so at first I thought we had misidentified them when they sadly did not. However upon deeper investigation I learned that this is a myth-- I would be happy to hear from someone who has actually seen them do this though!

![mushroom yellow.jpeg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmdX2KdcTa8nVHPCzRugpbNPrxbzr2uztaBbXWQ6K4e2zk/mushroom%20yellow.jpeg)


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And lastly we have some **Honey Mushrooms**.

![mushroom yellow3.jpeg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmUDfLbtw1yAeXaCPEx42C2HgPCcQSBGRTbtJRFAsHjPa4/mushroom%20yellow3.jpeg)

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In [yesterday's color challenge]() I featured honey mushrooms on a tree that were bright orange. For those who missed that post, these are indeed edible, though not sweet as their name suggests (in fact their quite bitter raw, though lose the bitterness when cooked), instead the name comes from the color ranging from orange to a dark tan or light brown. 

![mushroom yellow4.jpeg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmUyLZZ7MAEu1MZHKytGLykxPa6vGomN7tMtiLihBuYZvR/mushroom%20yellow4.jpeg)


And that's it for today, I hope you enjoyed it! If you're interested in the other mushrooms from my challenge here are the links:

[Saturday Indigo](https://steemit.com/photography/@dreemit/color-challenge-saturday-indigo-blewit-mushroom)

[Sunday Violet](https://steemit.com/photography/@dreemit/color-challenge-sunday-violet-also-included-artificial-intelligence-ai-and-blockchain-ben-goertzel-and-sophia-humanoid-hanson)

[Monday Red](https://steemit.com/photography/@dreemit/color-challenge-monday-red-bolete-mushroom)

[Tuesday Orange](https://steemit.com/photography/@dreemit/color-challenge-monday-red-bolete-mushroom)

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