Wild Edible Mushrooms of British Columbia

This guide covers a number of edible mushrooms in British Columbia, Canada including the Vancouver area, the Gulf Islands, Haida Gwaii, and the Kootenay, Yoho, Mount Revelstoke, and Glacier National Parks. Do not collect where prohibited. This guide focuses on wild edible mushrooms that are suitable for the novice mushroom enthusiast, since they either have no poisonous look-alikes or can be differentated from look-alikes by verifying all the key characteristics listed for the mushroom. As a safety precaution, only consume small quantities when trying a mushroom for the first time, and always cook mushrooms thoroughly. Warning: do not attempt to identify a mushroom by matching the pictures alone; compare all the listed characteristics. Never experiment with a mushroom that you cannot positively identify, that is over-ripe, damaged, or collected from contaminated areas. Consuming poisonous mushrooms can kill you. apricot jelly mushroom bear's head tooth mushroom black morel blue chanterelle cauliflower mushroom comb tooth mushroom common puffball fairy ring mushroom golden chanterelle hedgehog mushroom hexagonal-pored polypore horn of plenty (aka black chanterelle, black trumpet) horse mushroom ink cap jelly ear (aka wood ear) king bolete (aka cepe) larch bolete lion's mane lobster mushroom meadow mushroom mica cap oyster mushroom red cracked bolete rosy gomphidius saffron milk cap scaly hedgehog shaggy mane slimy spike cap western giant puffball yellow swamp russula yellow-gilled russula

Related topics: Edible Berries of British Columbia - Edible Plants of British Columbia

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