At some of Lawrence’s more creative restaurants, the daily specials menu is a great — if not the only — place to find dishes featuring ephemeral local ingredients. (Think about it: putting produce with unpredictable availability on a permanent menu doesn’t really work.)

Right now, one of those unusual ingredients-du-jour is the chanterelle.

Restaurants are featuring the aromatic wild mushroom in dishes from pizza to sliders. Here’s a few of the entrees spotted on social media in recent days, though there’s sure to be more — keep your eye on those specials boards.

At 715, fettuccine and chanterelles. At Merchants Pub & Plate, a local chanterelle and gruyere slider and linguine with local chanterelles. At Limestone Pizza, chanterelle pizza (of course). At Pachamama’s, locally raised tilapia with ricotta herb tart and chanterelle herb vinaigrette.

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Tips welcome!

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