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Foraging Mushrooms

Foraging wild mushrooms is an exciting way to explore all that nature has to offer, but it requires careful identification. These guides will help you safely identify, harvest, and use edible wild mushrooms like chanterelles, morels, and reishi mushrooms. Learn how to make the most of your foraged fungi in cooking and remedies.

Mushroom Preservation Methods

10+ Ways to Preserve Mushrooms

Mushroom Fairy Ring

Foraging Fairy Ring Mushrooms (Marasmius oreades)

Indigo Milk Cap Mushrooms (Lactarius indigo)

Foraging Indigo Milk Caps (Lactarius indigo)

Shaggy Parasol Mushroom (Chlorophyllum Rhacodes)

Foraging Parasol Mushrooms (Macrolepiota & Chlorophyllum Sp.)

Summer Mushroom Foraging

30+ Mushrooms to Forage in Summer (Beginner to Advanced)

Agaricus campestris

Foraging Agaricus Mushrooms (Agaricus sp.)

Russula Mushrooms

Foraging For Russula Mushrooms (Russula sp.)

Common Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)

Foraging Oyster Mushrooms (Pleurotus sp.)

Mushrooms to Forage in Spring. Left to right, starting at top left: Chicken of the Woods, Reishi, Pheasant Back, Boletes, Morels, Witches Butter, Yellowfoot Chanterelles, Turkey Tail and Winecap.

24+ Mushrooms to Forage in Spring (Beginner to Advanced)

Caesars Mushroom (Amanita caesarea)

Foraging Caesar’s Mushroom (Amanita caesarea)

Woods Ear Mushrooms

Foraging Wood Ear Mushrooms (Auricularia sp.)

Fistulina hepatica

Foraging Beefsteak Mushrooms (Fistulina sp.)

Autumn Mushrooms

20+ Mushrooms for Forage in Fall

Four Coral Mushroom Species

Foraging Coral Mushrooms (Ramaria Sp. & Artomyces Sp.)

Wood Blewit Mushrooms

Foraging Wood Blewits (Lepista nuda)

Pigs Ear Mushrooms

Foraging Pigs Ear Mushrooms

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