We spent Friday and Saturday walking through the frozen hillsides near Ashford. I was a little worried that the snow/frost from earlier in the week might have left many of the mushrooms a gooey mess.
I was surprised to find many of the mushrooms we found were still frozen solid. The freeze will likely leave most of the mushrooms in the higher elevations in pretty poor condition once they thaw again.
In one section of forest on Friday, we found dozens of elfin saddle, Xerocomellus, and yellowfoot chanterelles. We came across a few small patches of true chanterelles as well.
On Saturday we walked a 1/2 mile stretch of forest and found one small spot dense with chanterelles. We didn’t find much the following hour until we found another small patch with fib king boletes, lobster, a few chanterelles, more xerocomellus, and a selection of other fun mushrooms.