Mushrooms of Sierra Nevada & Nor-Cal
Ponderosa, sugar pine, black oak, tan oak, madrone. Mediterranean — winter wet, summer dry. Major post-fire morel zone.
144 documented species · States/areas: CA Sierra, northern CA coast, OR border
edible(111)
- Allen's PsilocybePsilocybe allenii
- American Slippery JackSuillus americanus
- Appalachian ChanterelleCantharellus appalachiensis
- Aspen OysterPleurotus populinus
- Banded MottlegillPanaeolus cinctulus
- Beefsteak Fungus / Ox TongueFistulina hepatica
- Berkeley's PolyporeBondarzewia berkeleyi
- Black TrumpetCraterellus cornucopioides / fallax
- Blackfoot PolyporeCerioporus leptocephalus
- Bleeding MilkcapLactarius rubrilacteus
- Blue ChanterellePolyozellus multiplex
- Blushing MorelMorchella rufobrunnea
- California Golden ChanterelleCantharellus californicus
- Candy CapLactarius rubidus / fragilis
- Caramel-Capped PsilocybePsilocybe pelliculosa
- Charcoal BurnerRussula cyanoxantha
- Chestnut BoleteGyroporus castaneus
- Chicken of the WoodsLaetiporus sulphureus
- Cinnabar ChanterelleCantharellus cinnabarinus
- 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
- Flame-Colored ChanterelleCraterellus ignicolor
- Ghost ChanterelleCantharellus phasmatis
- Gold-Flake Waxy CapHygrophorus chrysodon
- Golden ChanterelleCantharellus cibarius complex
- Golden ScalycapPholiota aurivella
- Granulated BoleteSuillus granulatus
- Gray (Fuzzy-Foot) MorelMorchella tomentosa
- Green-cracking RussulaRussula virescens
- Grey KnightTricholoma terreum
- Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
- Hawk's WingSarcodon imbricatus
- Hedgehog MushroomHydnum repandum / umbilicatum
- Hen of the WoodsGrifola frondosa
- 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
- Lilac Bolete (Xanthoconium)Xanthoconium separans
- Lion's ManeHericium erinaceus
- Lobster MushroomHypomyces lactifluorum
- Manzanita BoleteLeccinum manzanitae
- MatsutakeTricholoma murrillianum
- Mica CapCoprinellus micaceus
- Northern Cushion PolyporeClimacocystis borealis
- Old Man of the WoodsStrobilomyces strobilaceus
- Orange MycenaMycena leaiana
- Oregon Black TruffleLeucangium carthusianum
- Oregon Spring White TruffleTuber gibbosum
- Oregon White TruffleTuber oregonense
- OysterPleurotus ostreatus
- Pacific Golden ChanterelleCantharellus formosus
- Painted BoleteSuillus pictus
- Pale BoleteBoletus pallidus
- 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
- Russula-Like Waxy CapHygrophorus russula
- Saffron Milk CapLactarius deliciosus group
- Slippery JackSuillus brevipes
- Slippery JackSuillus luteus
- Small ChanterelleCantharellus minor
- Smoky PolyporeBjerkandera adusta
- Smooth ChanterelleCantharellus lateritius
- Snow MushroomGyromitra gigas
- Snyder's MorelMorchella snyderi
- Spring KingBoletus rex-veris
- Summer OysterPleurotus pulmonarius
- The FlirtRussula vesca
- The PrinceAgaricus augustus
- Thin-Walled Maze PolyporeDaedaleopsis confragosa
- Tropical Cinnabar PolyporePycnoporus sanguineus
- Two-Colored BoleteBoletus bicolor
- Umber-Brown PuffballLycoperdon umbrinum
- Umbrella PolyporePolyporus umbellatus
- Veined CupDisciotis venosa
- Violet-Toothed PolyporeTrichaptum biforme
- Wasp CordycepsOphiocordyceps sphecocephala
- Weeping ConkInonotus dryadeus
- 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
- White-Pored Chicken (Rose-Cap)Laetiporus cincinnatus
- Wood BlewitLepista (Clitocybe) nuda
- Wood EarAuricularia americana
- Yellow ChanterelleCantharellus flavus
- Yellowfoot ChanterelleCraterellus tubaeformis
Tea / extract use(15)
- Artist's ConkGanoderma applanatum
- 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
- TuckahoeWolfiporia cocos
- Turkey TailTrametes versicolor
toxic(18)
- Blood-Red RussulaRussula sanguinea
- Cinnamon BracketHapalopilus rutilans
- Deadly WebcapCortinarius rubellus
- Death CapAmanita phalloides
- Dyemaker's PuffballPisolithus arhizus
- False Morel (TOXIC)Gyromitra esculenta
- Fly AgaricAmanita muscaria
- Funeral BellGalerina marginata
- Jack-O-LanternOmphalotus illudens
- Pigskin EarthballScleroderma citrinum
- Shaggy ScalycapPholiota squarrosa
- Stuntz's PsilocybePsilocybe stuntzii
- The SickenerRussula emetica
- Wavy CapPsilocybe cyanescens
- Western Destroying AngelAmanita ocreata
- Western Jack-O-LanternOmphalotus olivascens
- Wrinkled Thimble-Cap (NOT a true morel)Verpa bohemica
- Yellow KnightTricholoma equestre
See live fruiting predictions for Sierra Nevada & Nor-Cal on the forecast home page.