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A Field Guide To Edible Mushrooms In Ontario

A guide to some of the edible 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 9
Boletinellus merulioides
King Bolete 10
Boletus edulis
Old-man-of-the-woods 10
Strobilomyces strobilaceus
Cornflower Bolete 11
Gyroporus cyanescens
Russell's Bolete 12
Aureoboletus russellii
Purple-veiled Slippery Jack 10
Suillus luteus
Chicken Fat Mushroom 13
Suillus americanus
Short-stalked Suillus 14
Suillus brevipes
Larch Bolete 15
Suillus grevillei
Brown Birch-bolete 16
Leccinum scabrum
Painted Suillus 17
Suillus spraguei
conic morel 14
Verpa conica
Mes-7 18
Morchella prava
black morel 19
Morchella angusticeps
white morel 20
Morchella americana
Shellfish-scented Russula 21
Russula xerampelina
Yellow Swamp Brittlegill 22
Russula claroflava
lobster mushroom 11
Hypomyces lactifluorum
saffron milkcap 21
Lactarius deliciosus
indigo milk cap 23
Lactarius indigo
Meadow Mushroom 24
Agaricus campestris
Horse Mushroom 25
Agaricus arvensis
Wine-cap Stropharia 26
Stropharia rugosoannulata
fairy ring marasmius 27
Marasmius oreades
deceiver 21
Laccaria laccata
Rosy Slime Spike 21
Gomphidius subroseus
Slimy Spike 28
Gomphidius glutinosus
Shaggy Mane 29
Coprinus comatus
Chrome-footed Bolete 30
Harrya chromapes
Plums-and-Custard 10
Tricholomopsis rutilans
Dotted-stalked Suillus 31
Suillus granulatus
Amethyst Deceiver 32
Laccaria amethystina
Common Ink Cap 33
Coprinopsis atramentaria
Armillaria solidipes 34
mica cap 35
Coprinellus micaceus
Dryad's Saddle 36
Cerioporus squamosus
Beefsteak Polypore 37
Fistulina hepatica
deer mushroom 38
Pluteus cervinus
chicken of the woods 39
Laetiporus sulphureus
hen of the woods 37
Grifola frondosa
Lilac oysterling 40
Panus conchatus
Late Oyster 41
Sarcomyxa serotina
Bear's Head Tooth 13
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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