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Common Name
Scientific Name
Season
Mushroom
Morel
Morchella
spp.
April-June/July
Gold Chanterelle
Cantharellus cibarius
August-December
Lobster
August-December
Chicken of the
Woods
Laetiporus sulphureus
August-October
Hen
of the Woods
Grifola frondosa
September-October
Porcini
Boletus edulis
September-November & short
spring season
Cauliflower
Sparassis radicata
October
-November
Matsutake
Armillaria ponderosa
November-January
Truffles
Tuber spp.
November-February
Black
Trumpet
Craterellus cornocopioides
December-February
Hedgehog
Dentinum
December-February
Yellowfoot
Chanterelle
Cantharellus xanthopus
December-February
We stock locally harvested
giant puffball (yes, that
is a penny), fiddlehead ferns from Maine during their May season
and ramps which are also known as wild leeks.
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Wild
mushrooms are harvested
each year during their respective seasons. Wild mushrooms can
be harvested in wooded areas all over the world, however caution
needs to be exercised when picking mushrooms for consumption.
It is estimated that there may be 25-35 poisonous mushrooms out
of the many thousand kinds of mushrooms that grow wild. Some mushrooms
cause stomach flu, cramps, diarrhea, vomiting or nausea and others
may be fatal. It is very important that wild mushrooms be identified
by a certified wild mushroom expert. Forest Mushrooms has been
a certified licensed wild mushroom specialist since 1992.
The
Retail Food Protection
Program Information Manual
distributed by the MN Department
of Agriculture states:
Wild
mushrooms are not
to be
sold or served through a retail establishment unless they have
been individually inspected and determined to be safe by a specialist
acceptable to the regulatory authority. Records which establish
that all wild mushrooms were appropriately inspected must be retained
by the operator for six (6) months.
Poster
used under North American Mycological Association
guidelines for educational purposes.
For
more information on mushroom
poisonings you can visit the North
American Mycological Association
website. There is
a good deal of information regarding symptoms, number of yearly
cases and other educational information.
