Mushrooms of Rocky Mountains
Aspen, Engelmann spruce, subalpine fir, ponderosa & lodgepole pine. North American Monsoon triggers fall flush.
125 documented species · States/areas: CO, UT, ID, MT, WY, northern NM
edible(94)
- Allen's PsilocybePsilocybe allenii
- American Slippery JackSuillus americanus
- Appalachian TruffleTuber canaliculatum
- Aspen BoleteLeccinum insigne
- Aspen OysterPleurotus populinus
- Banded MottlegillPanaeolus cinctulus
- Bear's Head ToothHericium abietis
- Birch BoleteLeccinum scabrum
- Black MorelMorchella angusticeps
- Blackfoot PolyporeCerioporus leptocephalus
- Bleeding MilkcapLactarius rubrilacteus
- Blue ChanterellePolyozellus multiplex
- Caramel-Capped PsilocybePsilocybe pelliculosa
- Charcoal BurnerRussula cyanoxantha
- Cinnabar PolyporePycnoporus cinnabarinus
- Conifer ChickenLaetiporus conifericola
- Coral FungiRamaria spp.
- Coral ToothHericium coralloides
- Corrugated MilkcapLactarius corrugis
- Crowned MorelMorchella prava
- Crusty RussulaRussula crustosa
- Elephant EarGyromitra brunnea
- Esculentoides Yellow MorelMorchella esculentoides
- Exuberant MorelMorchella exuberans
- Flame-Colored ChanterelleCraterellus ignicolor
- Gem-studded PuffballLycoperdon perlatum
- Giant PuffballCalvatia gigantea
- Gold-Flake Waxy CapHygrophorus chrysodon
- Golden ScalycapPholiota aurivella
- Granulated BoleteSuillus granulatus
- Gray (Fuzzy-Foot) MorelMorchella tomentosa
- Green-cracking RussulaRussula virescens
- Grey KnightTricholoma terreum
- Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
- Half-Free MorelMorchella punctipes
- Hawk's WingSarcodon imbricatus
- Hexagonal PolyporePolyporus alveolaris
- Honey MushroomArmillaria mellea complex
- Horse MushroomAgaricus arvensis
- Hygrophorus MilkcapLactarius hygrophoroides
- Indigo Milk CapLactarius indigo
- King BoleteBoletus edulis
- Knobby TopsPsilocybe baeocystis
- Landscape MorelMorchella importuna
- Lemon ScalycapPholiota limonella
- Lion's ManeHericium erinaceus
- Lobster MushroomHypomyces lactifluorum
- MatsutakeTricholoma murrillianum
- Mica CapCoprinellus micaceus
- Mountain Blonde MorelMorchella tridentina (M. frustrata)
- Northern Cushion PolyporeClimacocystis borealis
- Old Man of the WoodsStrobilomyces strobilaceus
- Orange MycenaMycena leaiana
- OysterPleurotus ostreatus
- Pacific Golden ChanterelleCantharellus formosus
- Painted BoleteSuillus pictus
- Peach ChanterelleCantharellus persicinus
- Pig's EarGomphus clavatus
- PioppinoCyclocybe aegerita
- Poor Man's Slippery JackSuillus tomentosus
- Pungent Slippery JackSuillus pungens
- Questionable StrophariaStropharia ambigua
- Red-Capped Scaber StalkLeccinum aurantiacum
- Resinous PolyporeIschnoderma resinosum
- Rocky Mountain ChanterelleCantharellus roseocanus
- Rocky Mountain PorciniBoletus rubriceps
- Rooting ShankXerula radicata
- Saffron Milk CapLactarius deliciosus group
- Shrimp RussulaRussula xerampelina
- Slippery JackSuillus brevipes
- Slippery JackSuillus luteus
- Small ChanterelleCantharellus minor
- Smoky PolyporeBjerkandera adusta
- Snow MushroomGyromitra gigas
- Spring KingBoletus rex-veris
- Summer OysterPleurotus pulmonarius
- The FlirtRussula vesca
- The PrinceAgaricus augustus
- Thin-Walled Maze PolyporeDaedaleopsis confragosa
- Tropical Cinnabar PolyporePycnoporus sanguineus
- Umber-Brown PuffballLycoperdon umbrinum
- Veined CupDisciotis venosa
- Velvet ShankFlammulina velutipes
- Violet-Toothed PolyporeTrichaptum biforme
- Wasp CordycepsOphiocordyceps sphecocephala
- Western Brown MorelMorchella brunnea
- Western Cauliflower MushroomSparassis radicata
- Western Half-Free MorelMorchella populiphila
- Western Painted BoleteBoletus aurantiosplendens
- Western Yellow MorelMorchella eohespera
- White ChanterelleCantharellus subalbidus
- White King BoleteBoletus barrowsii
- Wood EarAuricularia americana
- Yellowfoot ChanterelleCraterellus tubaeformis
Tea / extract use(18)
- Artist's ConkGanoderma applanatum
- Birch PolyporeFomitopsis betulina
- ChagaInonotus obliquus
- Curtis's ReishiGanoderma curtisii
- Dyer's PolyporePhaeolus schweinitzii
- False Turkey TailStereum ostrea
- Gilled PolyporeTrametes betulina
- Goldenthread CordycepsTolypocladium ophioglossoides
- Hairy BracketTrametes hirsuta
- Lumpy BracketTrametes gibbosa
- Northern Red-Belted ConkFomitopsis mounceae
- Ochre-Belted ConkFomitopsis ochracea
- Red-Belted ConkFomitopsis pinicola
- Scarlet Caterpillar ClubCordyceps militaris
- Southern ReishiGanoderma sessile / curtisii
- Tinder ConkFomes fomentarius
- TuckahoeWolfiporia cocos
- Turkey TailTrametes versicolor
toxic(13)
- Blood-Red RussulaRussula sanguinea
- Cinnamon BracketHapalopilus rutilans
- Deadly WebcapCortinarius rubellus
- Dyemaker's PuffballPisolithus arhizus
- False Morel (TOXIC)Gyromitra esculenta
- Fly AgaricAmanita muscaria
- Funeral BellGalerina marginata
- Pigskin EarthballScleroderma citrinum
- Shaggy ScalycapPholiota squarrosa
- Stuntz's PsilocybePsilocybe stuntzii
- The SickenerRussula emetica
- Wrinkled Thimble-Cap (NOT a true morel)Verpa bohemica
- Yellow KnightTricholoma equestre
See live fruiting predictions for Rocky Mountains on the forecast home page.