I’ve never found one early enough to eat it. Mostly around here we get golden chanterelles, white oyster, king oyster, boletes, lions main, charcoal burners, blue milk caps, black trumpets, morels and old man of the woods. We get so many golden chanterelles that we are all tired of eating them. Oh, and giant puff balls.
Not sure on the west coast. I live in north Georgia piedmont out in the woods. I’d google for local groups that you could learn from. Remember, there are old mushroom hunters and bold mushroom hunters but there are no old bold mushroom hunters.