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Foraging in San Francisco: what's in season in October

161 of the 309 wild species in this guide are in season around San Francisco right now, 82 at their peak, from Ambiguous Stropharia to Aspen Oyster. Updated automatically every month.

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San Francisco · October

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

82 at peak 161 in season 10 starting soon
Ambiguous Stropharia
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Ambiguous StrophariaStropharia ambigua
At peak
Disturbed ground, Grassland
 Aspen Oyster
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Aspen OysterPleurotus populinus
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Eastern jack-o'-lantern, Western jack-o'-lantern, Ivory funnel. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Bay Polypore
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Bay PolyporePicipes badius
At peak
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
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Strict-branch Coral, Lion's Mane, Bear's Head Tooth. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Bearberry
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BearberryArctostaphylos uva-ursi
At peak
Heath & moor, Scrub & hedgerows, Woodland edges
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Wild cotoneaster, Salal, Lingonberry. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Beefsteak Fungus
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Beefsteak FungusFistulina hepatica
At peak
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Artist's conk, Reishi, Shaggy bracket. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Black Trumpet
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Black TrumpetCraterellus calicornucopioides
At peak
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Devil's urn, Horn of plenty, Wavy-capped craterellus. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Blue Oak
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Blue OakQuercus douglasii
At peak
Grassland, Scrub & hedgerows
 Butter Collybia
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Butter CollybiaRhodocollybia butyracea
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Fool's Funnel, Spotted Toughshank, Russet Toughshank. Only forage with a confident ID.
 California Bayberry
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California BayberryMorella californica
At peak
Scrub & hedgerows, Woodland edges, Heath & moor
 California Sulphur Shelf
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California Sulphur ShelfLaetiporus gilbertsonii
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Western jack-o'-lantern, Sulphur shelf, Conifer chicken of the woods. 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.
 Canyon Live Oak
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Canyon Live OakQuercus chrysolepis
At peak
Woodland, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Similar species: Coast live oak, Interior live oak, Huckleberry oak. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Chicken Fat Mushroom
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Chicken Fat MushroomSuillus americanus
At peak
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Chicken Fat Mushroom, Yellow Slippery Jack. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Coast Live Oak
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Coast Live OakQuercus agrifolia
At peak
Woodland, Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: English holly, interior live oak, canyon live oak. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Common Funnel
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Common FunnelInfundibulicybe gibba
At peak
Woodland, Woodland edges, Grassland
⚠ Similar species: Goblet, Tawny Funnel Cap. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Conifer Coral Tooth
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Conifer Coral ToothHericium abietis
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Lion's Mane, Coral Tooth Fungus, Northern Tooth Fungus. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Conifer Mazegill
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Conifer MazegillGloeophyllum sepiarium
At peak
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
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Funeral Bell, Brick Tuft, Sulphur Tuft. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Cooper's Truffle
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Cooper's TruffleGeopora cooperi
At peak
Woodland, Scrub & hedgerows
 Coral Fungus
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Coral FungusClavulina coralloides
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Beautiful clavaria, Pale coral fungus, Grey coral fungus. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Crimson Wax Cap
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Crimson Wax CapHygrocybe singeri
At peak
Grassland, Heath & moor
 Deceiver
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DeceiverLaccaria laccata
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Scurfy Deceiver, Twisted Deceiver, Bicoloured Deceiver. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Dryad's Saddle
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Dryad's SaddlePhaeolus schweinitzii
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Oak bracket, Chicken of the woods, Giant polypore. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Enoki Mushroom
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Enoki MushroomFlammulina velutipes
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Deadly Galerina, Sulphur Tuft, Shaggy Scalycap. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Evergreen Blackberry
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Evergreen BlackberryRubus laciniatus
At peak
Scrub & hedgerows, Woodland edges, Disturbed ground
⚠ Similar species: Himalayan blackberry, Elmleaf blackberry, European blackberry. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Evergreen Huckleberry
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Evergreen HuckleberryVaccinium ovatum
At peak
Woodland, Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: California coffeeberry, Salal, Red huckleberry. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Fairy Inkcap
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Fairy InkcapCoprinellus disseminatus
At peak
Woodland, Disturbed ground
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Common inkcap, Mower's mushroom, Pale brittlestem. Only forage with a confident ID.
 False Solomon's Seal
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False Solomon's SealMaianthemum stellatum
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: False hellebore, Lily of the valley, Solomon's seal. Only forage with a confident ID.
 False Turkey Tail
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False Turkey TailStereum hirsutum
At peak
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Purplepore Bracket, False Turkey Tail, Crowded Parchment. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Field Mushroom
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Field MushroomAgaricus campestris
At peak
Grassland
⚠ Similar species: Yellow Stainer, Eastern Destroying Angel, Horse Mushroom. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Fig
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FigFicus carica
At peak
Scrub & hedgerows, Woodland edges, Disturbed ground
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Castor bean, Weeping fig, Paper mulberry. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Garry Oak
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Garry OakQuercus garryana
At peak
Woodland, Scrub & hedgerows, Grassland
 Hawthorn
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HawthornCrataegus monogyna
At peak
Scrub & hedgerows, Woodland edges
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Wall cotoneaster, Firethorn, European holly. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Himalayan Blackberry
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Himalayan BlackberryRubus armeniacus
At peak
Scrub & hedgerows, Woodland edges, Disturbed ground
⚠ Similar species: Evergreen blackberry, California blackberry, Allegheny blackberry. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Holm Oak
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Holm OakQuercus ilex
At peak
Woodland, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Holly, Kermes oak, Cork oak. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Indische Scheinerdbeere
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Indische ScheinerdbeerePotentilla indica
At peak
Disturbed ground, Grassland
⚠ Similar species: wild strawberry, Virginia strawberry, creeping cinquefoil. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Interior Live Oak
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Interior Live OakQuercus wislizeni
At peak
Woodland, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Similar species: Coast live oak, Canyon live oak, California black oak. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Japanese Privet
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Japanese PrivetLigustrum lucidum
At peak
Scrub & hedgerows, Disturbed ground, Woodland edges
 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.
 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.
 Madrone
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MadroneArbutus menziesii
At peak
Woodland, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Similar species: Strawberry tree, Texas madrone, Arizona madrone. Only forage with a confident ID.
 mica cap
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mica capCoprinellus micaceus
At peak
Woodland, Woodland edges, Disturbed ground
⚠ Similar species: Firerug Inkcap, Trunk Inkcap, Flocculose Inkcap. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Northern California Walnut
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Northern California WalnutJuglans hindsii
At peak
Waterside, Woodland edges, Disturbed ground
 Oceanspray
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OceansprayHolodiscus discolor
At peak
Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows, Heath & moor
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: red elderberry, hardhack, goat's beard. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Ochre Jelly Club
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Ochre Jelly ClubGuepinia helvelloides
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Jelly ear, Leafy brain, Yellow stagshorn. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Olive
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OliveOlea europaea
At peak
Scrub & hedgerows, Woodland edges
 Orange Jelly Spot
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Orange Jelly SpotGuepiniopsis alpina
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: orange jelly spot, witch's butter, golden ear. 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.
 Oregon Grape
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Oregon GrapeMahonia aquifolium
At peak
Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: European holly, Heavenly bamboo, Common privet. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Osage Orange
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Osage OrangeMaclura pomifera
At peak
Disturbed ground, Woodland edges
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Ohio buckeye, custard apple, pomelo. 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.
 Pacific Golden Chanterelle
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Pacific Golden ChanterelleCantharellus formosus
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Deadly webcap, Jack-o'-lantern mushroom, Eastern jack-o'-lantern. 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.
 Peruvian Peppertree
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Peruvian PeppertreeSchinus molle
At peak
Disturbed ground, Woodland edges
 Ponderosa Larch Mushroom
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Ponderosa Larch MushroomNeolentinus ponderosus
At peak
Woodland
 Ponderosa Pine
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Ponderosa PinePinus ponderosa
At peak
Woodland
 Pouch Fungus
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Pouch FungusCryptoporus volvatus
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Artist's conk, Red-belted conk, Purplepore bracket. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Prickly Pear
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Prickly PearOpuntia ficus-indica
At peak
Disturbed ground, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Similar species: Erect prickly pear, Engelmann's prickly pear, Sweet prickly pear. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Prince Bolete
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Prince BoleteAgaricus augustus
At peak
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Death cap, Yellow-staining mushroom, Inky mushroom. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Red-cracking Bolete
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Red-cracking BoleteXerocomelus chrysenteron
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Satan's bolete, Lurid bolete, Dotted-stem bolete. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Rounded Earthstar
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Rounded EarthstarGeastrum saccatum
At peak
Woodland, Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Common earthball, Collared earthstar, Fringed earthstar. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Saffron Milk Cap
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Saffron Milk CapLactarius deliciosus
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: False Saffron Milkcap, Bleeding Milk Cap, Salmon Milkcap. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Salal
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SalalGaultheria shallon
At peak
Woodland, Scrub & hedgerows, Heath & moor
⚠ Similar species: Evergreen huckleberry, Kinnikinnick, Eastern teaberry. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Salsify
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SalsifyTragopogon porrifolius
At peak
Grassland, Disturbed ground
⚠ Similar species: Meadow salsify, Yellow salsify, Black salsify. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Scarlet Waxcap
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Scarlet WaxcapHygrocybe coccinea
At peak
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
At peak
Disturbed ground
⚠ Similar species: Coprinus vosoustii, Magpie Inkcap, Common Inkcap. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Shortstalk Slippery Jack
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Shortstalk Slippery JackSuillus pseudobrevipes
At peak
Woodland
 Slender Grass Fungus
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Slender Grass FungusClavaria tenuipes
At peak
Grassland, Woodland
 Soap Plant
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Soap PlantChlorogalum pomeridianum
At peak
Scrub & hedgerows, Grassland, Woodland edges
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: death camas, Fremont's star lily, common camas. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Spindle Coral
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Spindle CoralClavulinopsis fusiformis
At peak
Woodland, Grassland
⚠ Similar species: Handsome club, Apricot club, White spindles. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Sugar Pine
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Sugar PinePinus lambertiana
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: western white pine, eastern white pine, ponderosa pine. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Sunflower
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SunflowerHelianthus annuus
At peak
Disturbed ground, Grassland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: golden crownbeard, Jerusalem artichoke, false sunflower. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Sydney Golden Wattle
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Sydney Golden WattleAcacia longifolia
At peak
Scrub & hedgerows, Woodland edges, Waterside
⚠ Similar species: Blackwood, White Sallow Wattle, Golden Wattle. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Tanoak
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TanoakNotholithocarpus densiflorus
At peak
Woodland, Woodland edges
 Toyon
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ToyonHeteromeles arbutifolia
At peak
Scrub & hedgerows, Woodland edges
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: English holly, Franchet's cotoneaster, Heavenly bamboo. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Tree of Heaven
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Tree of HeavenAilanthus altissima
At peak
Disturbed ground
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Poison sumac, Staghorn sumac, Black walnut. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Valley Oak
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Valley OakQuercus lobata
At peak
Grassland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: blue oak, Oregon white oak, Engelmann oak. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Wild Teasel
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Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
At peak
Disturbed ground, Grassland
⚠ Similar species: cut-leaved teasel, spear thistle, musk thistle. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Wood Blewit
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Wood BlewitLepista nuda
At peak
Woodland, Woodland edges, Disturbed ground
⚠ Similar species: Blewit, Field Blewit, Sordid Blewit. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Wood Ear
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Wood EarAuricularia americana
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: witches' butter, amber jelly roll, wood ear. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Aleutian Maidenhair
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Aleutian MaidenhairAdiantum aleuticum
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges, Waterside
 Amphibious Bistort
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Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia
In season
Wetland, Waterside
⚠ Similar species: Redshank, Pale persicaria, Water pepper. 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.
 Beargrass
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BeargrassXerophyllum tenax
In season
Grassland, Heath & moor, Scrub & hedgerows
 Beechwood Sickener
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Beechwood SickenerRussula cyanoxantha
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Greyish Brittlegill, Crab Brittlegill, Greencracked Brittlegill. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Black Oak
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Black OakQuercus kelloggii
In season
Woodland, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Similar species: interior live oak, coast live oak, northern red oak. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Blue Elderberry
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Blue ElderberrySambucus cerulea
In season
Woodland edges, Waterside
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Western water hemlock, Poison hemlock, Red elderberry. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Boreal Wolf Lichen
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Boreal Wolf LichenVulpicida canadensis
In season
Woodland, Scrub & hedgerows
 Bristly Oxtongue
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Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
In season
Disturbed ground, Grassland, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Viper's bugloss, Hawkweed oxtongue, Common sowthistle. Only forage with a confident ID.
 California Maidenhair Fern
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California Maidenhair FernAdiantum jordanii
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges, Waterside
⚠ Similar species: Southern maidenhair fern, Western maidenhair fern, Northern maidenhair fern. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Californian Incense-cedar
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Californian Incense-cedarCalocedrus decurrens
In season
Woodland
 Cat's-ear
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Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
In season
Grassland, Disturbed ground
⚠ Similar species: Common dandelion, Rough hawkbit, Smooth hawksbeard. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Centuryplant
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CenturyplantAgave americana
In season
Scrub & hedgerows
 Chickweed
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ChickweedStellaria media
In season
Disturbed ground, Woodland edges, Grassland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: scarlet pimpernel, petty spurge, common mouse-ear chickweed. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Chicory
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ChicoryCichorium intybus
In season
Grassland, Disturbed ground, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Similar species: Prickly lettuce, Common sowthistle, Catsear. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Common Plantain
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Common PlantainPlantago major
In season
Grassland, Disturbed ground
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Foxglove, Lily of the valley, Fragrant plantain lily. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Conifer Chicken of the Woods
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Conifer Chicken of the WoodsLaetiporus conifericola
In season
Woodland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Western jack-o'-lantern, Western hardwood sulphur shelf, Sulphur shelf. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Deer Mushroom
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Deer MushroomPluteus cervinus
In season
Woodland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Livid pinkgill, Clouded agaric, Willow shield. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Douglas Mugwort
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Douglas MugwortArtemisia douglasiana
In season
Scrub & hedgerows, Grassland, Disturbed ground
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Common tansy, Common mugwort, White sagebrush. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Elegant Sunburst Lichen
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Elegant Sunburst LichenXanthoria elegans
In season
Scrub & hedgerows, Woodland edges
 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.
 Field Marigold
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Field MarigoldCalendula arvensis
In season
Grassland, Disturbed ground
⚠ Similar species: Corn marigold, Pot marigold, Dandelion. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Forked Lichen
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Forked LichenCladonia furcata
In season
Heath & moor, Grassland
 Funnel Chanterelle
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Funnel ChanterelleCraterellus tubaeformis
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Golden Chanterelle, Black Chanterelle, Cantharellus sphaerosporus. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Goldback Fern
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Goldback FernPentagramma triangularis
In season
Woodland, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Similar species: pallid silverback fern, California cloak fern, Coville's lipfern. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Herb Robert
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Herb RobertGeranium robertianum
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Similar species: Little Robin, Shining Cranesbill, Dove's-foot Cranesbill. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Johnsongrass
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JohnsongrassSorghum halepense
In season
Grassland, Disturbed ground, Waterside
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Sudan grass, sorghum, broomcorn millet. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Lace Lichen
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Lace LichenRamalina menziesii
In season
Woodland, Scrub & hedgerows
 Lucerne
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LucerneMedicago sativa
In season
Grassland, Disturbed ground, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Similar species: Yellow sweet clover, White sweet clover, Black medick. 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.
 Map Lichen / Geographic Lichen
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Map Lichen / Geographic LichenRhizocarpon geographicum
In season
Heath & moor, Grassland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: rust-colored cobblestone lichen, dark brown tile lichen, map lichen. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Mare's Tail
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Mare's TailErigeron canadensis
In season
Disturbed ground, Grassland, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Similar species: Guernsey fleabane, flax-leaved fleabane, panicled aster. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Meadow Mushroom
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Meadow MushroomAgaricus bisporus
In season
Grassland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: death cap, destroying angel, eastern destroying angel. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Meadow Puffball
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Meadow PuffballLycoperdon pratense
In season
Grassland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Death cap (button stage), Destroying angel (button stage), Common earthball. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Nasturtium
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NasturtiumTropaeolum majus
In season
Disturbed ground, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Monkshood, Ground ivy, Common mallow. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Oakmoss Lichen
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Oakmoss LichenEvernia prunastri
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Tree moss lichen, Farinose cartilage lichen, Old man's beard. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Orange Witches' Butter
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Orange Witches' ButterDacrymyces chrysospermus
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Witch's butter, Golden ear, Common jelly spot. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Oregon Polypore
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Oregon PolyporeGanoderma oregonense
In season
Woodland
 Oregon Wood Sorrel
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Oregon Wood SorrelOxalis oregana
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: White Clover, Common Yellow Woodsorrel, Creeping Woodsorrel. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Oregon-myrtle
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Oregon-myrtleUmbellularia californica
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Cherry laurel, California coffeeberry, Bay laurel. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Pale Chanterelle
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Pale ChanterelleCantharellus roseocanus
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Jack-o'-lantern mushroom, Eastern jack-o'-lantern, Scaly chanterelle. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Pipsissewa
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PipsissewaChimaphila umbellata
In season
Woodland
 Pleated Parasol
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Pleated ParasolParasola plicatilis
In season
Disturbed ground, Grassland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Common inkcap, Petticoat mottlegill, Goldenhaired pleated inkcap. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Poison Lichen
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Poison LichenLetharia columbiana
In season
Woodland
 Porcini
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PorciniBoletus edulis
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Bitter Bolete, Summer Bolete, Bay Bolete. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Pot Marigold
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Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis
In season
Disturbed ground, Grassland
⚠ Similar species: French marigold, Corn marigold, Field marigold. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Powder-backed Lichen
🍄
Powder-backed LichenFlavoparmelia caperata
In season
Woodland
 Powdered Lichen
🍄
Powdered LichenUsnea rubicunda
In season
Woodland
 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.
 Puffball
🍄
PuffballLycoperdon perlatum
In season
Grassland, Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Umber-brown Puffball, Pestle Puffball, Pear-shaped Puffball. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Purple-spored Puffball
🍄
Purple-spored PuffballCalvatia cyathiformis
In season
Grassland, Disturbed ground
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Death cap, Common earthball, Giant puffball. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Ragbag Lichen
🍄
Ragbag LichenPlatismatia glauca
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Olive Cetrelia lichen, Ragged rag lichen, American wrinkle lichen. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Rattlesnake Plantain
🌿
Rattlesnake PlantainGoodyera oblongifolia
In season
Woodland
 Red Alder
🌿
Red AlderAlnus rubra
In season
Woodland, Waterside, Disturbed ground
 Red Currant
🫐
Red CurrantRibes sanguineum
In season
Scrub & hedgerows, Woodland edges
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Twinberry honeysuckle, Red currant, Spreading gooseberry. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Red Huckleberry
🌿
Red HuckleberryVaccinium parvifolium
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
 Red-osier Dogwood
🌿
Red-osier DogwoodCornus sericea
In season
Waterside, Wetland, Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Similar species: silky dogwood, common dogwood, red-barked dogwood. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Scaber Stalk
🍄
Scaber StalkLeccinum scabrum
In season
Woodland, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Similar species: Bitter bolete, Red-capped scaber stalk, Orange birch bolete. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Scaly Hedgehog
🍄
Scaly HedgehogSarcodon squamosus
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Shingled hedgehog, Ridged tooth, Bitter tooth. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Sculptured Puffball
🍄
Sculptured PuffballCalvatia sculpta
In season
Grassland, Scrub & hedgerows
 Seaside Heliotrope
🌿
Seaside HeliotropeHeliotropium curassavicum
In season
Wetland, Waterside
 Shield Lichen
🍄
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.
 Short-stemmed Russula
🍄
Short-stemmed RussulaRussula brevipes
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Milk White Brittlegill, Blue Band Brittlegill, Subalpine Waxy Cap. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Slippery Jack
🍄
Slippery JackSuillus luteus
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Weeping bolete, Ornate-stalked bolete, Larch bolete. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Small Nettle
🌿
Small NettleUrtica urens
In season
Disturbed ground, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: stinging nettle, red dead-nettle, white dead-nettle. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Smith's Fairybells
🌿
Smith's FairybellsProsartes smithii
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
 Spear Thistle
🌿
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
In season
Grassland, Disturbed ground, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Similar species: Greater burdock, Cotton thistle, Creeping thistle. Only forage with a confident ID.
 spiny sowthistle
🌿
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.
 Strawberry Tooth Fungus
🍄
Strawberry Tooth FungusHydnellum peckii
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Velvet Tooth, Zoned Tooth, Orange Tooth. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Three-cornered Leek
🌿
Three-cornered LeekAllium triquetrum
In season
Woodland edges, Grassland, Disturbed ground
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Lily of the valley, Summer snowflake, Snowdrop. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Veined Felt Lichen
🍄
Veined Felt LichenPeltigera venosa
In season
Woodland
 Watercress
🌿
WatercressNasturtium officinale
In season
Waterside, Wetland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Cowbane, Hemlock water dropwort, Lesser water parsnip. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Western Sword-fern
🌿
Western Sword-fernPolystichum munitum
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
 White Clover
🌿
White CloverTrifolium repens
In season
Grassland, Disturbed ground
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: bird's-foot trefoil, creeping woodsorrel, black medick. Only forage with a confident ID.
 White Dune Mushroom
🍄
White Dune MushroomLeucocoprinus cretaceus
In season
Disturbed ground
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: green-spored parasol, flowerpot parasol, stinking dapperling. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Wild Carrot
🌿
Wild CarrotDaucus carota
In season
Grassland, Disturbed ground
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Poison hemlock, Fool's parsley. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Woolly Pine Bolete
🍄
Woolly Pine BoleteSuillus tomentosus
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: American slippery jack, Slippery jack, Weeping bolete. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Yellow Polypore
🍄
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
🍄
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.

Starting soon

California Golden Chanterelle
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California Golden ChanterelleCantharellus californicus
From November
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Western jack-o'-lantern, Scaly vase chanterelle, False chanterelle. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Common Reed
🌿
Common ReedPhragmites australis
From November
Wetland, Waterside
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Giant reed, Johnson grass, Smooth cordgrass. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Delicate Marasmius
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Delicate MarasmiusMarasmius plicatulus
From November
Woodland, Woodland edges
 Desert Agaric
🍄
Desert AgaricAgaricus deserticola
From November
Scrub & hedgerows, Grassland
 Honey Mushroom
🍄
Honey MushroomArmillaria mellea
From November
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Bulbous Honey Fungus, Shaggy Scalycap. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Split Gill
🍄
Split GillSchizophyllum commune
From November
Woodland, Woodland edges, Disturbed ground
⚠ Similar species: Crimped gill, Hairy curtain crust, Turkey tail. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Stubble Rosegill
🍄
Stubble RosegillXerocomellus dryophilus
From November
Woodland
 Sweet Pittosporum
🌿
Sweet PittosporumPittosporum undulatum
From November
Woodland, Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows
 Turkey Tail
🍄
Turkey TailTrametes versicolor
From November
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: False turkey tail, Hairy curtain crust, Violet-toothed polypore. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Yellow Brain Fungus
🍄
Yellow Brain FungusTremella mesenterica
From November
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Golden ear, Orange jelly spot, Golden white jelly fungus. Only forage with a confident ID.

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🌰 Almond 🌿 Alpine Lily 🌿 American Licorice 🌿 Arctic Butterbur 🫐 Beach Strawberry 🌿 Beaked Hazelnut 🌿 Bermuda Buttercup 🌿 Bigberry Manzanita 🌿 Black Locust 🌿 Black Sage 🌿 Blackwood Acacia 🌿 Blue Passion Flower 🌿 Borage 🌿 Boxelder 🌿 Brittle Bladder-fern 🌿 Broad Bean 🌿 Broadleaf Cattail 🌿 Broom 🌿 Buck's-horn Plantain 🌿 Buckbrush 🫐 California Blackberry 🌿 California Buckwheat 🌿 California Mugwort 🌿 California Poppy 🌿 California Sycamore 🌿 California Toothwort 🍄 Charcoal Cup Fungus 🫐 Cherry Plum 🌿 Chia 🌿 Cleavers 🌿 Clintonia 🌿 Common Mullein 🌿 Common Vetch 🍄 Conifer Cone Cap 🌿 Cootamundra Wattle 🌿 Coyote Willow 🌿 Crown Daisy 🌿 Curled Dock 🌿 Daisy 🌿 Dandelion 🌿 Deerbrush 🍄 Desert Puffball 🌿 Disc Mayweed 🌿 Douglas Fir 🌿 Dwarf Mallow 🌿 Early Blue Violet 🌿 Evergreen Violet 🌿 Fairy Slipper 🌿 False Solomon's Seal 🌿 Fennel 🌿 Fireweed 🌿 Fogfruit 🌿 Fool's Onion 🌿 Fragrant Sumac 🌿 Fremont Cottonwood 🌿 Fringe Cups 🌿 Fulton's Mariposa Lily 🌿 Giant Horsetail 🌿 Giant Reed 🫐 Golden Currant 🌿 Greenleaf Manzanita 🍄 Half-Free Morel 🌿 Hard Fern 🌿 Henbit Deadnettle 🌿 Horehound 🫐 Hottentot-fig 🌿 Ithuriel's Spear 🌿 Japanese Honeysuckle 🌿 Johnnyjump-up Violet 🍄 King Bolete (Spring) 🌿 Lady Fern 🌿 Large-fruited Lomatium 🌿 Lemon Balm 🫐 Lemonade Berry 🍄 Lobster Mushroom 🌿 Loquat 🌿 Milk Thistle 🌿 Miner's Lettuce 🍄 Morel 🌿 Mountain Pennyroyal 🌿 Naked Buckwheat 🌿 Nipplewort 🍄 Ochre Elfcup 🌿 Oregon Maple 🌿 Osoberry 🌿 Ox-eye Daisy 🌿 Pacific Trillium 🌿 Peach 🍄 Pig's Ear 🌿 Pink Evening Primrose 🌿 Prickly Lettuce 🌿 Purple Sage 🌿 Purple Violet 🌿 Purple Viper's-bugloss 🌿 Purplestem Brodiaea 🌿 Purslane 🌿 Red Clover 🌿 Red Dead-nettle 🫐 Red Elderberry 🍄 Reishi 🌿 Ribwort Plantain 🌿 Salmonberry 🌿 Salsify 🍄 Scaber Stalk 🌿 Sea Rocket 🌿 Seaside Plantain 🌿 Selfheal 🌿 Shepherd's Purse 🌿 Siberian Springbeauty 🌿 Sickle-leaf Onion 🫐 Sierra Gooseberry 🌿 Sierra Stonecrop 🌿 Silver Wattle 🌿 Silverleaf Cotoneaster 🌿 Silverweed 🌿 Skunkbush Sumac 🌿 Slender Nettle 🌿 Smooth Sow-thistle 🍄 Snyder's Morel 🌿 Spotted Coralroot 🌿 Spreading Hedgeparsley 🌿 Sticky Manzanita 🌿 Stream Violet 🍄 Stubble Rosegill 🌿 Sulfur Buckwheat 🌿 Swamp Onion 🌿 Thimbleberry 🌿 Tiny Carrot 🌰 Walnut 🍄 Western Amethyst Deceiver 🌿 White Fir 🌿 White Sweetclover 🫐 Whitebark Raspberry 🌿 Wild Ginger 🍄 Wood Ear Orange 🫐 Woodland Strawberry 🌿 Yarrow 🌿 Yerba Santa

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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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