Edible Mushrooms

In 2019 we started our mushroom hunting adventures with the discovery of the delicious Chanterelles. The first time we found some and sautéed them up with butter and garlic we were hooked! Mushroom hunting became a new passion and that summer we spent many days foraging all over the property and found many fruitful spots that supplied us with an abundance of chanterelles to feast on for months to come. In 2020, the chanterelle season was a little shorter, due to a dryer summer, so we started looking more closely at all the other interesting fungi we were finding. One by one we identified more edible species, starting with the hard to miss and easy to identify chicken of the woods, quickly there after came the fun little puffballs and the delicious shaggy manes. Mushroom hunting has now become a serious addiction and the more we learn the more we want to be out hunting for these amazing gifts of nature. The tastes and textures are so diverse that every new discovery is a surprise to the palate. We invite you to click on the links below and join us on our mushrooming adventure! Recipes included :-)

Please note: these pages are not meant to serve as your sole source for mushroom identification. Please do your research and use multiple sources before harvesting and eating any wild mushrooms. This website is just for us to share our experiences and stories with you, with some identification tips included. The best way to learn to identify different species is to do head out with an experienced mushroom picker and get some hands on knowledge from an expert!

Chanterelle
Cantharellus cibarius

Chicken of the Woods
Laetiporus sulphureus

Pear-shaped Puffball
Lycoperdon pyriforme

Shaggy Mane
Coprinus comatus

Bear’s Head Tooth
Hericium americanum

Lion’s mane
Hericium erinaceus

Summer Oyster
Pleurotus pulmonarius

Winter Oyster
Pleurotus ostreatus

Cinnabar chanterelle
Cantharellus cinnabarinus

Small chanterelle
Cantharellus minor

Golden Fairy Spindle
Clavulinopsis fusiformis

Shrimp of the Woods
Entoloma abortivum

Late Fall Oyster
Panellus serotinus

Jelly Leaf
Tremella foliacea

Vase-shaped Puffball
Calvatia cyathiformis

Orange Jelly
Dacrymyces palmatus

Crown-tipped Coral
Artomyces pyxidatus

Black Trumpet
Craterellus cornucopioides

Common Brown Cap
Peziza phyllogena

Morel
Morchella esculenta

Meadow Mushroom
Agaricus campestris

Platterful Mushroom
Megacollybia platyphylla

Old man of the woods
Strobilomyces floccopus

Two-coloured Bolete
Boletus bicolor

Giant Polypore
Meripilus sumstinei

Green-cracking Russula
Russula virescens

Hen of the Woods
Grifola frondosa

Coral Tooth
Hericium coralloides

Dryad’s Saddle
Cerioporus squamosus

Resinous Polypore
Ischnoderma resinosum

Cauliflower
Sparassis

Hedgehog
Hydnum repandum

Medicinal Mushrooms

The following mushrooms have been proven to have medicinal or therapeutic qualities. Usually processed into powder or dried in chunks they are commonly consumed as teas or tinctures (some for many thousands of years!) with great success in treating ailments ranging from the common cold to cancer.

Chaga
Inonotus obliquus

Birch Polypore
Fomitopsis betulina

Turkey Tail
Trametes versicolor

Varnish Cap
Ganoderma tsugae

Reishi
Ganoderma lingzhi

Inedible Mushrooms

Most of the mushrooms in this group we have identified as poisonous or inedible. But we have also included mushrooms that are sometimes referred to as edible but look a whole lot like poisonous ones. At this early stage in our mushroom hunting days we are just consuming the ones that we know for sure are absolutely fine to eat and not taking any chances with some that might be misidentified!