Brook, Chanterelles, hawkwings, and king boletes are three of the common 'shrooms we pick and eat here in Colorado. Hawkwings are abundant this year. We haven't seen the chanterelles yet, but the time is ripe for them.
We are getting monsoonal rains followed by warm sunny breaks in the weather. They'll be up any day. Last weekend was the famous Telluride Mushroom Festival with all its rowdy good times.
I like your comment about hunting them from your ATV. We actually spotted our most productive chanterelle patch a couple of years ago as we passed by on the Forest Service road. "Road hunting" for mushrooms-now that's got to be unusual.
