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A Field Guide To Mushrooms In Ontario

A guide to some of the edible and medicinal mushroom found in Ontario.

Note: This is only for use as an educational tool. Do NOT eat any mushroom you find without checking with a skilled forager or following the mushroom key identification system.

Cantharellus phasmatis 1
Cantharellus flavus 2
Red Chanterelle 3
Cantharellus cinnabarinus
Yellowfoot 4
Craterellus tubaeformis
Black Trumpet 5
Craterellus fallax
pig's ears 6
Gomphus clavatus
Wood Hedgehog 7
Hydnum repandum
depressed hedgehog 8
Hydnum umbilicatum
ash-tree bolete
Boletinellus merulioides
King Bolete 9
Boletus edulis
Old-man-of-the-woods 9
Strobilomyces strobilaceus
Cornflower Bolete 10
Gyroporus cyanescens
Russell's Bolete 11
Aureoboletus russellii
Purple-veiled Slippery Jack 9
Suillus luteus
Chicken Fat Mushroom 12
Suillus americanus
Short-stalked Suillus 13
Suillus brevipes
Larch Bolete 14
Suillus grevillei
Brown Birch-bolete 15
Leccinum scabrum
Painted Suillus 16
Suillus spraguei
conic morel 13
Verpa conica
Mes-7 17
Morchella prava
black morel 18
Morchella angusticeps
white morel 19
Morchella americana
Shellfish-scented Russula 20
Russula xerampelina
Yellow Swamp Brittlegill 21
Russula claroflava
lobster mushroom 10
Hypomyces lactifluorum
saffron milkcap 20
Lactarius deliciosus
indigo milk cap 22
Lactarius indigo
Meadow Mushroom 23
Agaricus campestris
Horse Mushroom 24
Agaricus arvensis
Wine-cap Stropharia 25
Stropharia rugosoannulata
fairy ring marasmius 26
Marasmius oreades
deceiver 20
Laccaria laccata
Rosy Slime Spike 20
Gomphidius subroseus
Slimy Spike 27
Gomphidius glutinosus
Shaggy Mane 28
Coprinus comatus
Chrome-footed Bolete 29
Harrya chromapes
Plums-and-Custard 9
Tricholomopsis rutilans
Dotted-stalked Suillus 30
Suillus granulatus
Amethyst Deceiver 31
Laccaria amethystina
Common Ink Cap 32
Coprinopsis atramentaria
Armillaria solidipes 33
mica cap 34
Coprinellus micaceus
Dryad's Saddle 35
Cerioporus squamosus
Beefsteak Polypore 36
Fistulina hepatica
deer mushroom 37
Pluteus cervinus
chicken of the woods 38
Laetiporus sulphureus
hen of the woods 39
Grifola frondosa
Lilac oysterling 40
Panus conchatus
Late Oyster 41
Sarcomyxa serotina
Bear's Head Tooth 12
Hericium americanum
angel's wings 42
Pleurocybella porrigens
Oyster Mushroom 43
Pleurotus ostreatus
Coral tooth fungus 44
Hericium coralloides
Jelly Ear 45
Auricularia auricula-judae
Pear-shaped Puffball 46
Apioperdon pyriforme
crown-tipped coral fungus 47
Artomyces pyxidatus
common puffball 48
Lycoperdon perlatum
giant puffball 49
Calvatia gigantea
orange peel fungus 50
Aleuria aurantia

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