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Foraging in Ottawa: what's in season in November

130 of the 442 wild species in this guide are in season around Ottawa right now, 30 at their peak, from Blushing Bracket to Bur Oak. Updated automatically every month.

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Ottawa · November

A localized calendar for the Ottawa area, from real occurrence records.

30 at peak 130 in season 0 starting soon
Blushing Bracket
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Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosa
At peak
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Turkey Tail, Lumpy Bracket, Oak Mazegill. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Bur Oak
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Bur OakQuercus macrocarpa
At peak
Woodland, Grassland
⚠ Similar species: White oak, Swamp white oak, Overcup oak. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Candlestick Fungus
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Candlestick FungusXylaria hypoxylon
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Dead man's fingers, Dead moll's fingers, Crested coral fungus. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Common Juniper
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Common JuniperJuniperus communis
At peak
Scrub & hedgerows, Heath & moor, Grassland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: English yew, Savin juniper, Prickly juniper. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Common Reed
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Common ReedPhragmites australis
At peak
Wetland, Waterside
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Giant reed, Johnson grass, Smooth cordgrass. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Cranberry
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CranberryVaccinium macrocarpon
At peak
Wetland, Heath & moor
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: lily of the valley, red baneberry, bearberry. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Cranberry
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CranberryVaccinium oxycoccos
At peak
Wetland
⚠ Similar species: Bearberry, Eastern teaberry, Lingonberry. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Eastern Red Cedar
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Eastern Red CedarJuniperus virginiana
At peak
Scrub & hedgerows, Woodland edges, Heath & moor
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: European yew, Canadian yew, Savin juniper. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Elm Oyster
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Elm OysterHypsizygus ulmarius
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Jack-o'-lantern mushroom, Livid entoloma, Clouded agaric. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Enoki Mushroom
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Enoki MushroomFlammulina velutipes
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Enoki Mushroom, Velvet Shank, Poplar Velvet Shank. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Greater Burdock
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Greater BurdockArctium lappa
At peak
Disturbed ground, Grassland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Foxglove, Common comfrey, Butterbur. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Grey Knight
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Grey KnightTricholoma terreum
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Tricholoma triste, Leopard Knight, Blushing Knight. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Honey Mushroom
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Honey MushroomArmillaria mellea
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Bulbous Honey Fungus, Shaggy Scalycap, Funeral Bell. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Horseradish
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HorseradishArmoracia rusticana
At peak
Disturbed ground
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Foxglove, Monkshood, Comfrey. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Jelly Antlers
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Jelly AntlersCalocera viscosa
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Beautiful Clavaria, Golden Spindles, Meadow Coral. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Jelly Spike
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Jelly SpikePseudohydnum gelatinosum
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Black witches' butter, Yellow brain, Warlock's butter. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Jerusalem Artichoke
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Jerusalem ArtichokeHelianthus tuberosus
At peak
Disturbed ground, Grassland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: water hemlock, common sunflower, sawtooth sunflower. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Late Oyster
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Late OysterSarcomyxa serotina
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Angel wings, Jack-o'-lantern mushroom, Bitter oyster. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Lion's Mane
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Lion's ManeHericium americanum
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Coral tooth fungus, Lion's mane, Bear's head tooth. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Lion's Mane
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Lion's ManeHericium erinaceus
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Coral tooth fungus, Bear's head tooth fungus, Conifer coral tooth. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Orange Peel Fungus
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Orange Peel FungusAleuria aurantia
At peak
Disturbed ground, Grassland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Spring orange peel fungus, Hare's ear, Eyelash cup. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Oyster Mushroom
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Oyster MushroomPleurotus ostreatus
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Pale Oyster, Aspen Oyster Mushroom, Leaf-like Oyster. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Parrot Waxcap
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Parrot WaxcapGliophorus psittacinus
At peak
Grassland, Heath & moor
⚠ Similar species: Heath Waxcap, Golden Waxcap, Butter Waxcap. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Partridgeberry
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PartridgeberryMitchella repens
At peak
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Bearberry, Wintergreen, Bunchberry. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Pickerelrush
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PickerelrushPontederia cordata
At peak
Waterside, Wetland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Green arrow arum, Water arum, Water plantain. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Russian Olive
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Russian OliveElaeagnus angustifolia
At peak
Disturbed ground
⚠ Similar species: Sea buckthorn, Silver buffaloberry, Autumn olive. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Sea Buckthorn
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Sea BuckthornHippophae rhamnoides
At peak
Waterside, Disturbed ground, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Common buckthorn, Glossy buckthorn, Bittersweet nightshade. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Tiger Sawgill
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Tiger SawgillLentinus tigrinus
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Jack-o'-lantern mushroom, Spring polypore, Train wrecker. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Wild Parsnip
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Wild ParsnipPastinaca sativa
At peak
Grassland, Disturbed ground, Woodland edges
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: poison hemlock, water hemlock, cowbane. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Wintergreen
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WintergreenGaultheria procumbens
At peak
Woodland, Heath & moor, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Similar species: Bearberry, Lingonberry, Bunchberry. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Aborted Entoloma
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Aborted EntolomaEntoloma abortivum
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Livid Entoloma, Clouded Agaric, Wood Pinkgill. Only forage with a confident ID.
 American Chestnut
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American ChestnutCastanea dentata
In season
Woodland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Horse chestnut, Ohio buckeye, Chinese chestnut. Only forage with a confident ID.
 American Umbilicate Lichen
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American Umbilicate LichenUmbilicaria americana
In season
Scrub & hedgerows, Heath & moor
 Amethyst Deceiver
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Amethyst DeceiverLaccaria amethystina
In season
Woodland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Deadly Webcap, Lilac Fibrecap, Lilac Bonnet. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Apple
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AppleMalus domestica
In season
Disturbed ground, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Quince, European pear, European crab apple. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Artist's Conk
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Artist's ConkGanoderma applanatum
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Reishi / Lingzhi, Hemlock varnish shelf, Southern bracket. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Artist's Conk
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Artist's ConkGanoderma curtisii
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Reishi, Sessile Ganoderma, Hemlock Varnish Shelf. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Aspen Oyster
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Aspen OysterPleurotus populinus
In season
Woodland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Eastern jack-o'-lantern, Western jack-o'-lantern, Ivory funnel. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Balsam Fir
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Balsam FirAbies balsamea
In season
Woodland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Canadian yew, Eastern hemlock, White spruce. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Balsam Poplar
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Balsam PoplarPopulus balsamifera
In season
Woodland, Wetland
 Bay Bolete
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Bay BoleteImleria badia
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Reticulate-stalked Bolete, Graceful Bolete, Yellow-cracked Bolete. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Bay Polypore
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Bay PolyporePicipes badius
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Black-footed polypore, Elegant polypore, Spring polypore. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Bear's Tooth Fungus
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Bear's Tooth FungusHericium coralloides
In season
Woodland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Strict-branch Coral, Lion's Mane, Bear's Head Tooth. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Birch Polypore
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Birch PolyporeFomitopsis betulina
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Artist's bracket, Tinder fungus, Lumpy bracket. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Bitternut Hickory
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Bitternut HickoryCarya cordiformis
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Black walnut, Shagbark hickory, Pignut hickory. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Black Alder
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Black AlderAlnus glutinosa
In season
Wetland, Waterside
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Alder buckthorn, Bird cherry, Grey alder. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Black Walnut
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Black WalnutJuglans nigra
In season
Woodland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Tree of heaven, Butternut, English walnut. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Black-staining Polypore
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Black-staining PolyporeMeripilus sumstinei
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Hen of the Woods, Berkeley's Polypore, Chicken of the Woods. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Bog Spruce
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Bog SprucePicea mariana
In season
Woodland, Wetland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Canada yew, White spruce, Red spruce. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Butter Collybia
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Butter CollybiaRhodocollybia butyracea
In season
Woodland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Fool's Funnel, Spotted Toughshank, Russet Toughshank. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Chaga
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ChagaInonotus obliquus
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Willow bracket, Fox polypore, Tinder fungus. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Clubmoss
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ClubmossLycopodium clavatum
In season
Woodland, Heath & moor
 Common Funnel
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Common FunnelInfundibulicybe gibba
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges, Grassland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Goblet, Tawny Funnel Cap, Ivory funnel. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Conifer Mazegill
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Conifer MazegillGloeophyllum sepiarium
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Turkey tail, Brown rot conk, Thin-walled maze polypore. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Conifer Tuft
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Conifer TuftHypholoma capnoides
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Funeral Bell, Brick Tuft, Sulphur Tuft. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Cypress-leaved Plait-moss
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Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: springy turf-moss, lanky moss, glittering wood moss. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Dead Man's Fingers
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Dead Man's FingersXylaria polymorpha
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Dead man's fingers (long-stemmed), Candlesnuff fungus, King Alfred's cakes. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Deceiver
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DeceiverLaccaria laccata
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Scurfy Deceiver, Twisted Deceiver, Bicoloured Deceiver. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Decorated Mop
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Decorated MopTricholomopsis decora
In season
Woodland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Spectacular Rustgill, Plums and Custard, Flaming Scalycap. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Dog Lichen
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Dog LichenPeltigera canina
In season
Woodland edges, Grassland
 Eastern Hemlock
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Eastern HemlockTsuga canadensis
In season
Woodland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Canada yew, English yew, Balsam fir. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Eastern White Pine
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Eastern White PinePinus strobus
In season
Woodland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: European yew, Canadian yew, red pine. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Ebony Spleenwort
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Ebony SpleenwortAsplenium platyneuron
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
 Elegant Sunburst Lichen
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Elegant Sunburst LichenXanthoria elegans
In season
Scrub & hedgerows, Woodland edges
 Fairy Inkcap
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Fairy InkcapCoprinellus disseminatus
In season
Woodland, Disturbed ground
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Common inkcap, Mower's mushroom, Pale brittlestem. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Fairy Ring Mushroom
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Fairy Ring MushroomMarasmius oreades
In season
Grassland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Fool's Funnel, Spring Fieldcap, Penny Top. Only forage with a confident ID.
 False Tinder Fungus
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False Tinder FungusPhellinus igniarius
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Tinder fungus, Red-belted conk, Artist's conk. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Feather Moss
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Feather MossPleurozium schreberi
In season
Woodland, Heath & moor
⚠ Similar species: Glittering wood moss, Neat feather-moss, Big shaggy-moss. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Forked Lichen
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Forked LichenCladonia furcata
In season
Heath & moor, Grassland
 Freckle Pelt Lichen
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Freckle Pelt LichenPeltigera aphthosa
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows
 Goldthread
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GoldthreadCoptis trifolia
In season
Woodland, Wetland
 Grey Alder
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Grey AlderAlnus incana
In season
Wetland, Waterside
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Alder buckthorn, Black alder, Green alder. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Gypsy Mushroom
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Gypsy MushroomCortinarius caperatus
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Deadly Fibrecap, Gassy Webcap, Contrary Webcap. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Hackberry
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HackberryCeltis occidentalis
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Common buckthorn, Glossy buckthorn, Sugarberry. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Hemlock Reishi
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Hemlock ReishiGanoderma tsugae
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Reishi, Curtis's Reishi, Stemless Reishi. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Highbush Cranberry
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Highbush CranberryViburnum opulus
In season
Woodland edges, Wetland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Fly honeysuckle, Bittersweet nightshade, Wayfaring tree. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Hoary Rosette Lichen
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Hoary Rosette LichenHyperphyscia adglutinata
In season
Disturbed ground, Woodland edges
 Hooded Rosette Lichen
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Hooded Rosette LichenNephroma bellum
In season
Woodland, Scrub & hedgerows
 Horse's Hoof Fungus
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Horse's Hoof FungusFomes fomentarius
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Red-belted conk, Willow bracket, Artist's conk. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Jack Pine
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Jack PinePinus banksiana
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows
 Jelly Babies
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Jelly BabiesDacrymyces spathularis
In season
Woodland
 Lemon Balm
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Lemon BalmMelissa officinalis
In season
Disturbed ground, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Catnip, Spearmint, Ground ivy. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Lesser Burdock
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Lesser BurdockArctium minus
In season
Disturbed ground, Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Foxglove, Comfrey, Butterbur. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Lobed Artist's Conk
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Lobed Artist's ConkGanoderma lobatum
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Artist's conk, Southern bracket, Reishi. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Lumpy Bracket
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Lumpy BracketTrametes gibbosa
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Turkey tail, Hairy bracket, Pubescent bracket. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Lungs of Oak
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Lungs of OakLobaria pulmonaria
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Textured lungwort, Speckle-belly lichen, Broad-leaved lungwort. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Maidenhair Fern
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Maidenhair FernAdiantum pedatum
In season
Woodland, Wetland
 Mapleleaf Viburnum
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Mapleleaf ViburnumViburnum acerifolium
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: European cranberrybush, mountain maple, common ninebark. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Miller Mushroom
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Miller MushroomClitopilus prunulus
In season
Grassland, Woodland edges
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Fool's Funnel, Clouded Funnel, Livid Pinkgill. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Multiflora Rose
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Multiflora RoseRosa multiflora
In season
Scrub & hedgerows, Grassland, Disturbed ground
⚠ Similar species: dog rose, rugosa rose, Himalayan blackberry. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Nipple Lichen
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Nipple LichenUmbilicaria mammulata
In season
Woodland
 Northern Red Oak
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Northern Red OakQuercus rubra
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Black oak, Scarlet oak, Pin oak. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Ochre Jelly Club
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Ochre Jelly ClubGuepinia helvelloides
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Jelly ear, Leafy brain, Yellow stagshorn. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Old-man-of-the-woods
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Old-man-of-the-woodsStrobilomyces strobilaceus
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Confusing Old Man of the Woods, Russell's Bolete, Bitter Bolete. Only forage with a confident ID.
 One-flowered Wintergreen
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One-flowered WintergreenOrthilia secunda
In season
Woodland
 Paper Birch
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Paper BirchBetula papyrifera
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
 Pipsissewa
🌿
PipsissewaChimaphila umbellata
In season
Woodland
 Pixie Cup Lichen
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Pixie Cup LichenCladonia pyxidata
In season
Woodland, Heath & moor
 Powder-backed Lichen
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Powder-backed LichenFlavoparmelia caperata
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Speckled greenshield lichen, Rough speckled shield lichen, Black stone flower. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Powdered Reindeer Lichen
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Powdered Reindeer LichenCladonia uncialis
In season
Heath & moor, Grassland
 Powdered Shield Lichen
🍄
Powdered Shield LichenHypogymnia physodes
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: powder-headed tube lichen, forked tube lichen, hammered shield lichen. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Ragbag Lichen
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Ragbag LichenPlatismatia glauca
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Olive Cetrelia lichen, Ragged rag lichen, American wrinkle lichen. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Red Pine
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Red PinePinus resinosa
In season
Woodland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: European yew, Canada yew, Scots pine. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Red Spruce
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Red SprucePicea rubens
In season
Woodland
 Red-cracking Bolete
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Red-cracking BoleteXerocomelus chrysenteron
In season
Woodland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Satan's bolete, Lurid bolete, Dotted-stem bolete. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Reindeer Lichen
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Reindeer LichenCladonia rangiferina
In season
Heath & moor, Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Star-tipped reindeer lichen, Reindeer lichen, Reindeer lichen. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Reindeer Lichen
🍄
Reindeer LichenCladonia stellaris
In season
Woodland, Heath & moor
 Rounded Earthstar
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Rounded EarthstarGeastrum saccatum
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Common earthball, Collared earthstar, Fringed earthstar. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Scarlet Waxcap
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Scarlet WaxcapHygrocybe coccinea
In season
Grassland, Heath & moor
⚠ Similar species: Crimson waxcap, Splendid waxcap, Vermilion waxcap. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Shaggy Ink Cap
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Shaggy Ink CapCoprinus comatus
In season
Disturbed ground
⚠ Similar species: Coprinus vosoustii, Magpie Inkcap, Common Inkcap. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Shield Lichen
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Shield LichenParmelia sulcata
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Similar species: Common greenshield lichen, Salted shield lichen, Monk's-hood lichen. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Silver Birch
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Silver BirchBetula pendula
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Downy birch, Common alder, Aspen. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Speckled Horsehair Lichen
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Speckled Horsehair LichenBryoria nadvornikiana
In season
Woodland
 spiny sowthistle
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spiny sowthistleSonchus asper
In season
Disturbed ground, Grassland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: common sow thistle, field sow thistle, prickly lettuce. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Splendid Feather Moss
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Splendid Feather MossHylocomium splendens
In season
Woodland, Heath & moor
 Split Gill
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Split GillSchizophyllum commune
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges, Disturbed ground
⚠ Similar species: Crimped gill, Hairy curtain crust, Turkey tail. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Stone Lichen
🍄
Stone LichenParmelia saxatilis
In season
Scrub & hedgerows, Heath & moor
 Sweet Gale
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Sweet GaleMyrica gale
In season
Wetland, Heath & moor
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Alder buckthorn, Grey willow, Common alder. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Sweet Hedgehog
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Sweet HedgehogHydnum repandum
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Terracotta Hedgehog, Chanterelle, Western Bellybutton Hedgehog. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Sweetfern
🌿
SweetfernComptonia peregrina
In season
Scrub & hedgerows, Woodland edges, Heath & moor
 Turkey Tail
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Turkey TailTrametes versicolor
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: False turkey tail, Hairy curtain crust, Violet-toothed polypore. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Varnished Shelf Fungus
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Varnished Shelf FungusGanoderma resinaceum
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Lingzhi / Reishi, Artist's Conk, Hemlock Varnish Shelf. Only forage with a confident ID.
 White Spruce
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White SprucePicea glauca
In season
Woodland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: European yew, Canada yew, Black spruce. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Wood Ear
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Wood EarAuricularia americana
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: witches' butter, amber jelly roll, wood ear. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Woolly Bolete
🍄
Woolly BoleteBoletopsis grisea
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Black false bolete, Scaly hedgehog, Scaly tooth. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Wrinkled Crust Fungus
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Wrinkled Crust FungusPlicaturopsis crispa
In season
Woodland
 Yellow Birch
🌿
Yellow BirchBetula alleghaniensis
In season
Woodland
 Yellow Brain Fungus
🍄
Yellow Brain FungusTremella mesenterica
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Golden ear, Orange jelly spot, Golden white jelly fungus. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Yellow Polypore
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Yellow PolyporeFomitopsis ochracea
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Red-belted conk, Northern red-belted conk, Birch polypore. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Yellow Wall Lichen
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Yellow Wall LichenXanthoria parietina
In season
Disturbed ground
⚠ Similar species: Elegant sunburst lichen, Pincushion sunburst lichen, Shrubby sunburst lichen. Only forage with a confident ID.

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🫐 Allegheny Blackberry 🌰 American Beech 🍄 American Caesar's Mushroom 🫐 American Elderberry 🌿 American Linden 🌿 American Rowan 🌿 American Squawroot 🌿 Amphibious Bistort 🌿 Anise Hyssop 🌿 Annual Ragweed 🌿 Arctic Butterbur 🌿 Ash 🌿 Autumn Olive 🍄 Bamboo Fungus 🌿 Barberry 🌿 Beaked Hazelnut 🌿 Bearberry 🌰 Beech Fern 🍄 Beechwood Sickener 🍄 Berkeley's Polypore 🫐 Black Cherry 🌿 Black Chokeberry 🫐 Black Currant 🌿 Black Huckleberry 🌿 Black Locust 🫐 Black Raspberry 🍄 Black Trumpet 🌿 Black-eyed Susan 🌿 Blackcurrant 🌿 Bladder Campion 🍄 Blue Hedgehog Fungus 🌿 Blue Vervain 🌿 Bluebead Lily 🌿 Bogbean 🌿 Borage 🌿 Boxelder 🌿 Bristly Sarsaparilla 🌿 Brittle Bladder-fern 🌿 Broad-leaved Dock 🌿 Broad-leaved Thyme 🌿 Broadleaf Cattail 🌿 Brown Knapweed 🌿 Buckwheat 🌿 Bugle 🌿 Bunchberry 🌿 Canada Avens 🌿 Canada Goldenrod 🌿 Canada Mayflower 🌿 Canada Violet 🌿 Canadian Germander 🌿 Canadian Mint 🌿 Catnip 🍄 Chanterelle 🍄 Chanterelle 🫐 Cherry Plum 🍄 Chicken Fat Mushroom 🍄 Chicken of the Woods 🌿 Chicory 🍄 Chippewa Bolete 🌿 Chives 🌿 Chokecherry 🌿 Christmas Fern 🍄 Cinnabar Chanterelle 🌿 Cinnamon Fern 🍄 Collared Earthstar 🌿 Common Hemp-nettle 🌿 Common Mallow 🌿 Common Milkweed 🌿 Common Mullein 🌿 Common Plantain 🌿 common scullcap 🌿 Common Speedwell 🌿 Common Woodsorrel 🍄 Coral Fungus 🌿 Corn Mint 🌿 Corn Poppy 🌿 Cottonwood 🌿 Cow Parsley 🌿 Cowslip 🌿 Creeping Jenny 🌿 Creeping Snowberry 🌿 Creeping Thistle 🍄 Crown Tipped Coral 🌿 Cuckoo Flower 🌿 Curled Dock 🌿 Dame's Rocket 🌿 Dandelion 🍄 Deer Mushroom 🌿 Disc Mayweed 🍄 Dotted-stem Bolete 🍄 Dryad's Saddle 🍄 Dryad's Saddle 🍄 Dryad's Saddle 🍄 Dryad's Saddle 🍄 Dung Cup Fungus 🫐 Dwarf Raspberry 🌿 early goldenrod 🌿 Eastern Daisy Fleabane 🌿 English Oak 🌿 European Bugleweed 🌿 Evening Primrose 🌿 False Solomon's Seal 🌿 False Solomon's Seal 🌿 False Sunflower 🍄 Field Mushroom 🌿 Field Pennycress 🌿 Field Sowthistle 🌿 Fireweed 🌿 Firewheel 🫐 Flowering Raspberry 🍄 Fool's Webcap 🌿 Fragrant Sumac 🌿 Fragrant Water Lily 🌿 fringed loosestrife 🍄 Funnel Chanterelle 🌿 garden cosmos 🌿 Garlic Mustard 🍄 Giant Puffball 🍄 Glutinous Gomphidius 🫐 Golden Currant 🌿 Great Willowherb 🌿 Ground Elder 🌿 Herb Robert 🫐 Highbush Blueberry 🌿 Hobble Bush 🌿 Honeylocust 🌿 Hop 🍄 Hygrophorus milk cap 🌿 Indian Cucumber 🌿 Indian Hemp 🍄 Indigo Milk Cap 🌿 Indische Scheinerdbeere 🌿 Intermediate Wood Fern 🌿 Japanese Knotweed 🍄 Jellybaby Fungus 🌿 Labrador Tea 🌿 Lady Fern 🌿 Lady's Bedstraw 🌿 lady's-mantle 🌿 Lamb's Quarters 🌿 Larch 🍄 Larch Bolete 🌿 Large White Trillium 🌿 Large-flowered Bellwort 🌿 Large-leaved Avens 🌿 Linden 🌿 Liverleaf 🍄 Lobster Mushroom 🫐 Lowbush Blueberry 🌿 Lucerne 🌿 Lungwort 🍄 Maitake 🌿 Mare's Tail 🌿 Marginal Wood Fern 🌿 Marsh Cinquefoil 🌿 marsh mallow 🌿 Meadow Horsetail 🌿 Meadow Salsify 🌿 Meadowsweet 🍄 mica cap 🍄 Morel 🌿 Motherwort 🌿 Mouse-ear Chickweed 🌿 Mugwort 🌿 Narrow-leaf Lady Fern 🌿 Narrow-leaved Cattail 🍄 Netted Spine Fungus 🌿 New England Aster 🌿 Nipplewort 🌿 Nodding Trillium 🌿 Northern Prickly Ash 🌿 Norway Maple 🌿 Norway Spruce 🌿 Oak Fern 🍄 Orange Jelly Spotting Fungus 🌿 Orange Jewelweed 🍄 Orange Witches' Butter 🌿 Oregano 🫐 Oregon Grape 🍄 Ornate-stemmed Bolete 🌿 Ostrich Fern 🌿 Ostrich Fern 🌿 Ox-eye Daisy 🌿 Pagoda Dogwood 🍄 Painted Suillus 🍄 Pale Chanterelle 🌿 Perennial Ryegrass 🍄 Pig's Ear 🫐 Pin Cherry 🌿 Plains Coreopsis 🍄 Pleated Parasol 🍄 Ponderosa Larch Mushroom 🍄 Porcini 🍄 Pouch Fungus 🌿 Prairie Fleabane 🌿 Prickly Lettuce 🌿 Prickly Rose 🍄 Puffball 🍄 Puffball 🌿 Purple Coneflower 🌿 Purple Loosestrife 🌿 Purple Pitcher Plant 🍄 Purple-spored Puffball 🌿 Purslane 🌿 Quaking Aspen 🌿 Ramp 🍄 Red Cage Stinkhorn 🌿 Red Clover 🫐 Red Elderberry 🌿 Red Maple 🫐 Red Raspberry 🌿 Red Trillium 🌿 Red-osier Dogwood 🌿 Red-veined Dock 🌿 Redcurrant 🌿 Redroot Pigweed 🌿 Ribwort Plantain 🫐 River Grape 🌿 Rotgelbe Taglilie 🌿 Rowan 🌿 Royal Fern 🌿 Rugosa Rose 🍄 Saffron Milk Cap 🌿 Salsify 🍄 Scaber Stalk 🍄 Scaly Pholiota 🌿 Scots Pine 🍄 Scutiger 🌿 Selfheal 🌿 Sensitive Fern 🌿 Shagbark Hickory 🌿 Sharp-lobed Liverwort 🌿 Shepherd's Purse 🍄 Short-stemmed Russula 🌿 Shrubby Cinquefoil 🌿 Silky Dogwood 🌿 Silverberry 🌿 Silverweed 🌿 Slender Nettle 🌿 smallspike false nettle 🌿 Smooth Sow-thistle 🌿 Smooth Yellow Violet 🌿 Soft Rush 🌿 Soopolallie 🌿 Spatterdock 🌿 Spear Thistle 🌿 Spikenard 🍄 Spindle Coral 🌿 Spotted Beebalm 🌿 Spotted Coralroot 🌿 Spotted Deadnettle 🌿 Spotted Joe-Pye Weed 🌿 Spotted Ladysthumb 🌿 Spring Beauty 🍄 Spring Morel 🌿 Stinging Nettle 🍄 Straight-stalked Entoloma 🌿 Sugar Maple 🌿 Sundew 🌿 Sunflower 🌿 Swamp Milkweed 🌿 Sweet Violet 🌿 Tamarack Larch 🌿 Tatarian Maple 🍄 The Flirt 🌿 Thicket Serviceberry 🌿 Tiger Lily 🌿 Toothwort 🌿 Trailing Arbutus 🍄 Trainwrecker 🌿 Trout Lily 🍄 Truncated Clubfungus 🌿 Tufted Vetch 🌿 Twinflower 🌿 Twining Honeysuckle 🌿 Valerian 🫐 Velvet Leaf Blueberry 🌿 Viper's Bugloss 🌿 Virginia Bistort 🌿 Virginia Waterleaf 🌿 Wall Lettuce 🌿 Water Avens 🌰 Water Chestnut 🌿 Water Horsetail 🌿 White Bedstraw 🌿 White Campion 🌿 White Clover 🫐 White Mulberry 🌿 White Oak 🌿 White Sweetclover 🌿 Wild Asparagus 🌿 Wild Basil 🌿 Wild Bergamot 🌿 Wild Cabbage 🌿 Wild Carrot 🌿 Wild Geranium 🌿 Wild Sarsaparilla 🫐 Wild Strawberry 🌿 Wild Teasel 🌿 Winter Cress 🌰 Witch Hazel 🌿 Witchgrass 🌿 Withe Rod 🌿 Wood Avens 🌿 Wood Horsetail 🫐 Woodland Strawberry 🌿 woolly hedgenettle 🍄 wrinkled cortinarius 🌿 Yarrow 🌿 Yellow Archangel 🌿 Yellow Loosestrife 🌿 Yellow Sweetclover

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One note before you head out

Forage helps you discover and identify wild plants, but identification is never 100% certain. Many edible plants have toxic lookalikes. Never eat anything you find based only on what this app tells you. Always confirm with a field guide, an experienced forager or a local expert. The season score tells you where to look, too: it’s not a guarantee. Mind conservation law and property rights as well.

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