Mushrooms in BC.
It is so exciting to look for mushrooms. This year the forest has been abundantly filled with all sorts of mushrooms due to the wonderful Summer and Autumn we have had. Just the right amount of rain and sunshine, its been crazy beautiful. Once I started to learn, I photographed, bought books and went all out mushroom hunting, including a visit to the Mycologist Society`s annual display held at the VanDusen botanical gardens in in Vancouver.
Mushroom picking is not permitted on National or Provincial Parks or protected areas such as ecological or special reserves or Recreation Areas including forest service recreation sites and trails.
Mushroom picking is not permitted on National or Provincial Parks or protected areas such as ecological or special reserves or Recreation Areas including forest service recreation sites and trails.
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| Fuzzy-footed Coral - Ramaria cystidiophora |
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| Crested Coral - Clavulina cristata |
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| Coral Fungi |
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| Coral Fungi |
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| Boletus mirabilis - Admirable Bolete |
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| Boletus mirabilis - Admirable Bolete |
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| Boletus mirabilis - Admirable Bolete |
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| Boletus mirabilis - Admirable Bolete |
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| Boletus |
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| Boletus |
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| Cauliflower Mushroom - Sparassis crispa |
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Amanita muscaria var, formosa.
The puffball reveals solid flesh when sliced vertically,
while an amanita will show an embryo of cap,
gills and stalk |
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| Puffball - Lycoperdon pyriforme |
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| Gem-studded puffball - Lycoperdon perlatum |
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| Red-belted Conk - Fomitopsis pinicola |
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| Red-belted Conk - Fomitopsis pinicola |
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| Unsure about this one - looks like the Red Waxy Caps (Hygrocybe Coccinea) |
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| Rosy Russula - Russula sanguinea |
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| Angel Wings - Pleurocybella porrigens |
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| Angel Wings - Pleurocybella porrigens |
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| Angel Wings - Pleurocybella porrigens |
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| Honey Mushroom - Armillaria mellea |
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| Honey Mushroom - Armillaria mellea |
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| Honey Mushroom - Armillaria mellea |
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| Honey Mushroom - Armillaria mellea |
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| Pungent Cortinarius - Cortinarius traganus |
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| Pungent Cortinarius - Cortinarius traganus |
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| Unsure about this one - looks like the Capped Amanita |
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| Lobster Mushroom - Hypomyces lactifluorum |
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| Oyster Mushroom - Pleurotus ostreatus |
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| Oyster Mushroom - Pleurotus ostreatus |
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| Scaly/Bristly Pholiota - Pholiota squarrosa |
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| Turkey tails |
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| The Violet Cortinarius - Cortinarius violaceus |
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| The Violet Cortinarius - Cortinarius violaceus |
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| Chanterelle - Cantharellus cibarius |
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| Chanterelle - Cantharellus cibarius |
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| Chanterelle - Cantharellus cibarius |
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| Chanterelle - Cantharellus cibarius
Check the identity of the mushrooms with an experienced person. I had some wonderful people helping me. Poisonous mushrooms grow in BC and can cause sickness and even death if eaten. Mushrooms should not be eaten raw. Pick or cut the mushrooms one by one, cut the stem of the mushroom above the ground. Do not rake or disturb the forest floor - this will disturb or kill the mycelium that produces the mushroom spreading spores.
The Mycologists scientists that study the mushrooms believe that there may be as many as 10,000 species of fungi living in the Pacific Northwest.
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