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Wild Mushroom Species

Huitlacoche, Utsilago maydis or corn smut in a field

Huitlacoche

Russula parovirescens, the quilted green russula in the woods

Green Russulas

Wild yellow oyster mushrooms

Golden Oysters

The Chome-footed bolete, or Harrya chromapes, Tylopilus chromapes, Leccinum chromapes

Chrome Foot

Amanita amerirubescens from Wisconsin

Blushers

Black staining polypore or Meripilus sumstinei

Meripilus 

Gyroporus cyanescens or the cornflower bolete, an edible blue staining bolete

Cornflower Bolete

Gyromitra mushrooms or false morels

Gyromitra 

Craterellus caeruleofuscus or the cerulean black trumpet mushroom

Blue Trumpets

Lactifluus volemus

L. volemus

Polyozellus multiplex or clustering blue chanterelles

Blue Chanterelles

Pseudocraterellus pseudoclavatus, a rare pig ear mushroom growing with oak

 Gomphus

Ramaria botrytis or pink tipped edible coral mushrooms

Botrytis Coral  

Gyroporus castaneus, the chestnut bolete (1)

Chestnut Bolete

Tylopilus indecisus or ferrugineus mushrooms

 Tylopilus

Matsutake Mushrooms from Minnesota

 Matsutake

Lactarius thyinos, an edible member of the saffrom milkcap mushroo family

L. thyinos

Boletus pallidus mushrooms harvested in Minnesota

B, Pallidus

Tricholoma caligatum the false matsutake

False Matsutake

Blewit mushroom or Clitocybe nuda

Blewit

Bleeding milkcaps lactarius sanguifluus

Bleeding Milkcaps

black morel in northern minnesota

Black Morels

Pine Porcini Mushrooms

Pine”Porcini“

Hygrophorus Russula

H. Russula

scaber stalk leccinum mushrooms birch bolete edible minnesota

Scaber Stalk

Beefsteak mushrooms

Beefsteak

Candy Cap Mushrooms or Lactarius rubidus

Candy Caps

St George's Mushroom

St. George

Shaggy parasol Chlorophyllum rhacodes

Shaggy Parasol

fairy ring mushrooms, marasmius oreades

Fairy Rings

dead man's fingers, Xylaria polymorpha

Xylaria

craterellus fallax and craterellus cinereus var multiplex

Fragrants

Fried chicken mushrooms lyophyllum decastes

Fried Chicken

red chanterelles from wisconsin

Red Chanterelles

porcini, minnesota porcini, boletus edulis

Porcini

ischnoderma resinosum

Ischnoderma

shaggy mane coprinus comatus lawyers wig-4

Shaggy Mane

minnesota white chanterelles

White Chanterelles

craterullus cornocopioides, black trumpet mushroom

Black Trumpets

Hericium Mushroom hericium corralloides bears tooth

Hericium

Puffball Mushrooms

Puffballs

Yellowfoot Chanterelles

Yellowfeet

boletus subglabripes

Yellow Leccinum

suillus luteus slippery jack

Suillus Luteus

minnesota saffron milkcaps

Saffron Milkcaps

matsutake mushrooms

PNW Matsutake

wild lobster mushroom edible wild mushroom minnesosta

Lobster Mushrooms

hedgehog mushroom

Hedgehogs

honey mushrooms pidpenky minnesota wild mushrooms

Honeys

whorl tooth boletes minnesota edible wild mushrooms

Boletinellus

chicken of the woods minnesota

Sulphur Shelf

minnesota hen of the woods

Maitake

Bigfoot morel Morchella crassipes

Yellow/Grey Morels

aborted entoloma mushrooms edible

Aborted Entoloma

Cauliflower mushrooms

Cauliflowers

Meadow Mushrooms

Meadow Mushroom

The Fawn or Pluteus Cervinus

The Fawn

Indigo milkcaps lactarius indigo

Lactarius Indigo

Dryad saddle, pheasant back, or Cerioporus squamosus mushroom

Pheasant Back

clavacorona pyyxidata coral mushroom

Crown Corals

wild chanterelle mushrooms

Chanterelles

chicken fat bolete suillus americanus edible minnesota

Chicken Fat Bolete

lactarius salmoneus

Lactarius Salmoneus

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Comments

  1. David Griggs

    May 26, 2019 at 9:10 pm

    Hello Alan,
    I was wondering if you have ever tried Verpa bohemicas? Lots of older field guides list them as edible, new texts warn of gastric upset. I ate them years ago, and have just recently started harvesting them again. They are all over where I harvest ramps and fiddle heads, seems a shame to leave them out.

    I very much enjoy your posts, they inspire me to try new things. If you are ever in the Grand Rapids,Mn area stop in and say hi at the CVS in Target

    Dave

    • Alan Bergo

      May 27, 2019 at 12:01 pm

      Hey Dave! Take a look at my article here. Just cook them through, like a morel. The toxicology of Verpa is the same as Morchella. https://foragerchef.com/half-free-morels/

      • Richard Ransom

        September 6, 2019 at 10:50 pm

        What a brilliant series of edible images. How about links to mycology pages?

  2. Lisa M Converse

    September 28, 2019 at 5:12 pm

    I found a couple of mushrooms while foraging around my cabin. One is a coral, I believe one to be a waxy cap but the third I am stumped on. It looks like a brain in shape and very wet to the touch. the color is beige and it has no gills that I can see. any ideas?

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I liked the staff meal I made for Mondays shoot so I liked the staff meal I made for Mondays shoot so much we filmed it instead of the original dish I’d planned. 

Cooked natural wild rice (not the black shiny stuff) is great hot, cold, sweet or savory. It’s a perfect, filling lunch for a long day of berry picking. 

I make them with whatever I have on hand. Mushrooms will fade into the background a little here, so I use a bunch of them, along with lots of herbs and hickory nut oil + dill flowers. 

I’m eating the leftovers today back up in the barrens (hopefully) getting some more bluebs for another shoot this week w @wild.fed 

#wilwilwice #wildrice #chanterelles #campfood #castironcooking
Baby’s first homegrown mushrooms! Backyard wine Baby’s first homegrown mushrooms! Backyard wine caps on hardwood sawdust from my lumberjack buddy.

Next up blewits. Spawn from @northsporemushrooms

#winecaps #strophariaaeruginosa #allthemushroomtags
It’s wild cherry season. I’ll be picking from It’s wild cherry season. I’ll be picking from my favorite spot tomorrow a.m. and have room for a couple helpers. It’s at an event on a farm just south of St. Cloud. 

If you’re interested send me a message and I’ll raffle off the spots. Plenty of cherries to go around. I’ll be leading a short plant walk around the farm too. 

#chokecherries #foraging #prunusvirginiana #summervibes
Special thanks to the beach in Ashland for hooking Special thanks to the beach in Ashland for hooking it up with on-site garnishes. Beach pea flowers taste strong and leguminous, similar to vetch, or like a rich tasting pea shoot. 

#lathyrusjaponicus #beachpeas #peaflower #foraging #northshore #bts
Great, long day of filming in near the south shore Great, long day of filming in near the south shore of Lake Superior yesterday. 

Blueberries were sparse, and some kind of blight seems to be affecting the serviceberries. Chanterelles weren’t as good as 2020, but they were there. 

Quick dip in the Lake Superior after we broke set was a bonus. 

W/ @barebonesliving  @misterberndt @jesseroesler

#barebonesliving #foraging #lakesuperiorrocks #serviceberries #chanterelles #bts
Green ramp seed make a great lactoferment. Just pu Green ramp seed make a great lactoferment. Just put the green seeds in brine in a jar, leave for 2 weeks. 

After they’re sour they can be water bath processed, although I’ve stored them at room temp without an issue too. 

Finished product is great minced or puréed into places where you’d like garlic, capers, or both. 

Makes a great tzatziki with a little crumbled, dried bee balm. 

#tzatziki #ramps #rampseeds #foraging #fermentation
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