See the difference?  These mushrooms look friendly.  That's because I know that they are.  

 

These are chanterelles growing near our apple trees.  When we have a week or so of wet weather in summer, the yard sprouts chanterelles.  They come up all over, probably where trees are decomposing under the ground.  I love it when they appear.   

 

They are a little work to clean, but sometimes they come up in the grass and are already clean.  I don't mind cleaning them, though, because they are so good cooked with our green beans from the garden.  They have to be cooked, not eaten raw, but that is true with most mushrooms.

 

But, don't take my word for mushroom identification.  If you are interested in learning about mushrooms, buy a good field guide, and find somebody who knows mushrooms.  It is great to learn from an expert, which I am not.  I have a Naturalist friend who knows mushrooms, and we have spent lots of time together in the woods.  Best to learn first hand, then use the field guides and internet for backup.  

 

HAPPY SUMMER!!!