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Foraging in Chicago: what's in season in November

101 of the 404 wild species in this guide are in season around Chicago right now, 24 at their peak, from Blushing Bracket to Candlestick Fungus. Updated automatically every month.

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Chicago · November

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

24 at peak 101 in season 1 starting soon
Blushing Bracket
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Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosa
At peak
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Turkey Tail, Lumpy Bracket, Oak Mazegill. 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.
 Common Juniper
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Common JuniperJuniperus communis
At peak
Scrub & hedgerows, Heath & moor, Grassland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: English yew, Savin juniper, Prickly juniper. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Coralberry
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CoralberrySymphoricarpos orbiculatus
At peak
Scrub & hedgerows, Woodland edges
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Common snowberry, Tatarian honeysuckle, Common privet. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Eastern Red Cedar
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Eastern Red CedarJuniperus virginiana
At peak
Scrub & hedgerows, Woodland edges, Heath & moor
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: European yew, Canadian yew, Savin juniper. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Enoki Mushroom
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Enoki MushroomFlammulina velutipes
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Enoki Mushroom, Velvet Shank, Poplar Velvet Shank. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Ginkgo
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GinkgoGinkgo biloba
At peak
Disturbed ground, Woodland edges
 Honey Mushroom
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Honey MushroomArmillaria mellea
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Bulbous Honey Fungus, Shaggy Scalycap, Funeral Bell. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Hop Tree
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Hop TreePtelea trifoliata
At peak
Scrub & hedgerows, Woodland edges
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Poison ivy, White ash, Box elder. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Japanese Honeysuckle
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Japanese HoneysuckleLonicera japonica
At peak
Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows, Disturbed ground
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Fly honeysuckle, Tatarian honeysuckle, Amur honeysuckle. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Jerusalem Artichoke
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Jerusalem ArtichokeHelianthus tuberosus
At peak
Disturbed ground, Grassland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: water hemlock, common sunflower, sawtooth sunflower. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Late Oyster
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Late OysterSarcomyxa serotina
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Angel wings, Jack-o'-lantern mushroom, Bitter oyster. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Lion's Mane
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Lion's ManeHericium americanum
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Coral tooth fungus, Lion's mane, Bear's head tooth. 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.
 Maitake
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MaitakeGrifola frondosa
At peak
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Black-staining Polypore, Giant Polypore, Umbrella Polypore. 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.
 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.
 Pickerelrush
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PickerelrushPontederia cordata
At peak
Waterside, Wetland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Green arrow arum, Water arum, Water plantain. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Slippery Jack
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Slippery JackSuillus luteus
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Weeping bolete, Ornate-stalked bolete, Larch bolete. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Sweetgum
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SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
At peak
Woodland, Wetland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Red maple, American sycamore, Sugar maple. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Tiger Sawgill
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Tiger SawgillLentinus tigrinus
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Jack-o'-lantern mushroom, Spring polypore, Train wrecker. Only forage with a confident ID.
 White Wood Ear
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White Wood EarTremella fuciformis
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Leafy brain, Yellow brain, Warlock's butter. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Wild Parsnip
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Wild ParsnipPastinaca sativa
At peak
Grassland, Disturbed ground, Woodland edges
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: poison hemlock, water hemlock, cowbane. 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.
 American Persimmon
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American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
In season
Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Similar species: pawpaw, Japanese persimmon. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Amethyst Deceiver
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Amethyst DeceiverLaccaria amethystina
In season
Woodland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Deadly Webcap, Lilac Fibrecap, Lilac Bonnet. 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.
 Artist's Conk
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Artist's ConkGanoderma curtisii
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Reishi, Sessile Ganoderma, Hemlock Varnish Shelf. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Bay Polypore
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Bay PolyporePicipes badius
In season
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
In season
Woodland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Strict-branch Coral, Lion's Mane, Bear's Head Tooth. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Birch Polypore
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Birch PolyporeFomitopsis betulina
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Artist's bracket, Tinder fungus, Lumpy bracket. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Bitternut Hickory
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Bitternut HickoryCarya cordiformis
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Black walnut, Shagbark hickory, Pignut hickory. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Black Alder
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Black AlderAlnus glutinosa
In season
Wetland, Waterside
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Alder buckthorn, Bird cherry, Grey alder. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Black Walnut
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Black WalnutJuglans nigra
In season
Woodland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Tree of heaven, Butternut, English walnut. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Black-staining Polypore
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Black-staining PolyporeMeripilus sumstinei
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Hen of the Woods, Berkeley's Polypore, Chicken of the Woods. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Butter Collybia
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Butter CollybiaRhodocollybia butyracea
In season
Woodland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Fool's Funnel, Spotted Toughshank, Russet Toughshank. Only forage with a confident ID.
 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.
 Christmas Fern
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Christmas FernPolystichum acrostichoides
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Marginal wood fern, Intermediate wood fern, Western sword fern. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Common Funnel
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Common FunnelInfundibulicybe gibba
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges, Grassland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Goblet, Tawny Funnel Cap, Ivory funnel. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Conifer Mazegill
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Conifer MazegillGloeophyllum sepiarium
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Turkey tail, Brown rot conk, Thin-walled maze polypore. Only forage with a confident ID.
 corn
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cornZea mays
In season
Disturbed ground, Grassland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Johnson grass, Sorghum, Eastern gamagrass. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Dead Man's Fingers
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Dead Man's FingersXylaria polymorpha
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Dead man's fingers (long-stemmed), Candlesnuff fungus, King Alfred's cakes. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Deceiver
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DeceiverLaccaria laccata
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Scurfy Deceiver, Twisted Deceiver, Bicoloured Deceiver. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Decorated Mop
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Decorated MopTricholomopsis decora
In season
Woodland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Spectacular Rustgill, Plums and Custard, Flaming Scalycap. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Eastern Hemlock
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Eastern HemlockTsuga canadensis
In season
Woodland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Canada yew, English yew, Balsam fir. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Eastern White Pine
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Eastern White PinePinus strobus
In season
Woodland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: European yew, Canadian yew, red pine. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Ebony Spleenwort
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Ebony SpleenwortAsplenium platyneuron
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
 Eclipta
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EcliptaEclipta prostrata
In season
Wetland, Waterside, Disturbed ground
 Fairy Inkcap
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Fairy InkcapCoprinellus disseminatus
In season
Woodland, Disturbed ground
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Common inkcap, Mower's mushroom, Pale brittlestem. Only forage with a confident ID.
 False Turkey Tail
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False Turkey TailStereum hirsutum
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Purplepore Bracket, False Turkey Tail, Crowded Parchment. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Forked Lichen
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Forked LichenCladonia furcata
In season
Heath & moor, Grassland
 Hemlock Reishi
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Hemlock ReishiGanoderma tsugae
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Reishi, Curtis's Reishi, Stemless Reishi. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Highbush Cranberry
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Highbush CranberryViburnum opulus
In season
Woodland edges, Wetland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Fly honeysuckle, Bittersweet nightshade, Wayfaring tree. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Hoary Rosette Lichen
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Hoary Rosette LichenHyperphyscia adglutinata
In season
Disturbed ground, Woodland edges
 Honey Mushroom
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Honey MushroomDesarmillaria caespitosa
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Sulphur Tuft, Shaggy Scalycap, Honey Fungus. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Horse's Hoof Fungus
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Horse's Hoof FungusFomes fomentarius
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Red-belted conk, Willow bracket, Artist's conk. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Jack Pine
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Jack PinePinus banksiana
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows
 Jelly Babies
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Jelly BabiesDacrymyces spathularis
In season
Woodland
 Lobed Artist's Conk
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Lobed Artist's ConkGanoderma lobatum
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Artist's conk, Southern bracket, Reishi. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Lumpy Bracket
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Lumpy BracketTrametes gibbosa
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Turkey tail, Hairy bracket, Pubescent bracket. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Maidenhair Fern
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Maidenhair FernAdiantum pedatum
In season
Woodland, Wetland
 Mapleleaf Viburnum
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Mapleleaf ViburnumViburnum acerifolium
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: European cranberrybush, mountain maple, common ninebark. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Multiflora Rose
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Multiflora RoseRosa multiflora
In season
Scrub & hedgerows, Grassland, Disturbed ground
⚠ Similar species: dog rose, rugosa rose, Himalayan blackberry. 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.
 Northern Red Oak
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Northern Red OakQuercus rubra
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Black oak, Scarlet oak, Pin oak. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Old-man-of-the-woods
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Old-man-of-the-woodsStrobilomyces strobilaceus
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Confusing Old Man of the Woods, Russell's Bolete, Bitter Bolete. 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.
 Oyster Mushrooms
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Oyster MushroomsPleurotus
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Angel Wings, Jack-o'-lantern Mushroom. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Paper Birch
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Paper BirchBetula papyrifera
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
 Parrot Waxcap
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Parrot WaxcapGliophorus psittacinus
In season
Grassland, Heath & moor
⚠ Similar species: Heath Waxcap, Golden Waxcap, Butter Waxcap. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Partridgeberry
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PartridgeberryMitchella repens
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Bearberry, Wintergreen, Bunchberry. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Pixie Cup Lichen
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Pixie Cup LichenCladonia pyxidata
In season
Woodland, Heath & moor
 potato
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potatoSolanum tuberosum
In season
Disturbed ground
 Pouch Fungus
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Pouch FungusCryptoporus volvatus
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Artist's conk, Red-belted conk, Purplepore bracket. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Powder-backed Lichen
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Powder-backed LichenFlavoparmelia caperata
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Speckled greenshield lichen, Rough speckled shield lichen, Black stone flower. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Puffball
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PuffballLycoperdon perlatum
In season
Grassland, Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Umber-brown Puffball, Pestle Puffball, Pear-shaped Puffball. Only forage with a confident ID.
 purpletop vervain
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purpletop vervainVerbena bonariensis
In season
Grassland, Disturbed ground
⚠ Similar species: blue vervain, slender vervain, common vervain. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Red Pine
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Red PinePinus resinosa
In season
Woodland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: European yew, Canada yew, Scots pine. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Red-cracking Bolete
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Red-cracking BoleteXerocomelus chrysenteron
In season
Woodland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Satan's bolete, Lurid bolete, Dotted-stem bolete. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Reindeer Lichen
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Reindeer LichenCladonia rangiferina
In season
Heath & moor, Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Star-tipped reindeer lichen, Reindeer lichen, Reindeer lichen. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Rounded Earthstar
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Rounded EarthstarGeastrum saccatum
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Common earthball, Collared earthstar, Fringed earthstar. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Shaggy Bracket
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Shaggy BracketInonotus hispidus
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: willow bracket, robust bracket, chicken of the woods. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Shield Lichen
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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.
 Silver Cock's Comb
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Silver Cock's CombCelosia argentea
In season
Disturbed ground, Grassland
 sorghum
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sorghumSorghum bicolor
In season
Grassland, Disturbed ground
 spiny sowthistle
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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.
 Split Gill
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Split GillSchizophyllum commune
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges, Disturbed ground
⚠ Similar species: Crimped gill, Hairy curtain crust, Turkey tail. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Sweetfern
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SweetfernComptonia peregrina
In season
Scrub & hedgerows, Woodland edges, Heath & moor
 Tomato
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TomatoSolanum lycopersicum
In season
Disturbed ground
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Deadly nightshade, Bittersweet nightshade, Black nightshade. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Tulip Poplar
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Tulip PoplarLiriodendron tulipifera
In season
Woodland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Yellow buckeye, American sycamore, Sugar maple. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Turkey Tail
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Turkey TailTrametes versicolor
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: False turkey tail, Hairy curtain crust, Violet-toothed polypore. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Varnished Shelf Fungus
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Varnished Shelf FungusGanoderma resinaceum
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Lingzhi / Reishi, Artist's Conk, Hemlock Varnish Shelf. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Watercress
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WatercressNasturtium officinale
In season
Waterside, Wetland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Cowbane, Hemlock water dropwort, Lesser water parsnip. Only forage with a confident ID.
 White Oak
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White OakQuercus alba
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: swamp white oak, post oak, chestnut oak. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Winged Sumac
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Winged SumacRhus copallina
In season
Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Poison sumac, Tree of heaven, Staghorn sumac. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Wintergreen
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WintergreenGaultheria procumbens
In season
Woodland, Heath & moor, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Similar species: Bearberry, Lingonberry, Bunchberry. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Wood Ear
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Wood EarAuricularia americana
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: witches' butter, amber jelly roll, wood ear. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Wrinkled Crust Fungus
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Wrinkled Crust FungusPlicaturopsis crispa
In season
Woodland
 Yellow Brain Fungus
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Yellow Brain FungusTremella mesenterica
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Golden ear, Orange jelly spot, Golden white jelly fungus. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Yellow Polypore
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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
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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

Peach
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PeachPrunus persica
From December
Disturbed ground
⚠ Similar species: apricot, European plum, cherry plum. Only forage with a confident ID.

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Earthstar 🌿 Columnar Coneflower 🌿 Common Mallow 🌿 Common Milkweed 🌿 Common Mullein 🌿 Common Plantain 🌿 Common Reed 🌿 common scullcap 🌿 Common Speedwell 🌿 Common Woodsorrel 🌿 Corn Poppy 🫐 Cornelian Cherry 🍄 Corrugated-cap Milky 🌿 Cottonwood 🌿 Creeping Jenny 🌿 Creeping Thistle 🌿 crimsoneyed rosemallow 🍄 Crown Tipped Coral 🌿 Curled Dock 🍄 Curved Grill Fungus 🌿 Dame's Rocket 🌿 Dandelion 🍄 Deer Mushroom 🍄 Desert Puffball 🌿 Disc Mayweed 🍄 Dryad's Saddle 🍄 Dryad's Saddle 🌿 early goldenrod 🌿 Eastern Daisy Fleabane 🌿 Evening Primrose 🍄 Fairy Ring Mushroom 🌿 False Garlic 🍄 False Morel 🌿 False Solomon's Seal 🌿 False Solomon's Seal 🌿 False Sunflower 🍄 Field Mushroom 🌿 Field Pansy 🌿 Field Pennycress 🌿 Field Sowthistle 🌿 Field Violet 🌿 Firewheel 🫐 Flowering Raspberry 🌿 Fragrant Sumac 🌿 Fragrant Water Lily 🌿 fringed loosestrife 🌿 Fringeleaf Wild Petunia 🍄 Frost's Bolete 🌿 garden cosmos 🌿 Garlic Mustard 🍄 Giant Puffball 🌿 Goat's Beard 🌿 Golden Alexander 🍄 Golden Oyster 🌿 Great Willowherb 🌿 Greater Burdock 🌿 Greenbrier 🌿 Ground Elder 🌿 Hackberry 🌿 Hairy Betony 🌿 Henbit Deadnettle 🌿 Honeylocust 🌿 Hop 🌿 Horseradish 🍄 Hygrophorus milk cap 🌿 Illinois Bundleflower 🌿 Indian Cucumber 🌿 Indian Hemp 🍄 Indigo Milk Cap 🌿 Indische Scheinerdbeere 🌿 Intermediate Wood Fern 🌿 Japanese Knotweed 🌿 Japanese Pea 🌿 Lamb's Quarters 🌿 Large White Trillium 🌿 Large-flowered Bellwort 🌿 Leadplant 🌿 Lemon Balm 🌿 Lesser Burdock 🌿 Liverleaf 🍄 Lobster Mushroom 🫐 Lowbush Blueberry 🌿 Lucerne 🌿 Mare's Tail 🌿 Marginal Wood Fern 🌿 Marsh Cinquefoil 🌿 Maximilian Sunflower 🌿 Meadow Salsify 🍄 mica cap 🌿 Missouri Ironweed 🌿 Mistflower 🍄 Morel 🍄 Mosaic Puffball 🌿 Motherwort 🌿 Mouse-ear Chickweed 🌿 Mugwort 🌿 Musk Thistle 🌿 Narrow-leaf Lady Fern 🌿 Narrow-leaved Cattail 🌿 New England Aster 🌿 Nipplewort 🌿 Nodding Onion 🌿 Northern Prickly Ash 🌿 Norway Maple 🍄 Orange Jelly Spotting Fungus 🌿 Orange Jewelweed 🌿 Oregano 🫐 Oregon Grape 🌿 Osage Orange 🌿 Ostrich Fern 🌿 Ostrich Fern 🌿 Ox-eye Daisy 🌿 Pagoda Dogwood 🌿 Pale Coneflower 🌿 Partridge Pea 🌿 Pawpaw 🌿 Perennial Ryegrass 🌿 Perilla Mint 🌿 Pink Evening Primrose 🌿 Plains Coreopsis 🍄 Pleated Parasol 🌿 Prairie Fleabane 🌿 Prairie Onion 🌿 Prairie Rose 🌿 Prairie Smoke 🌿 Prickly Lettuce 🍄 Puffball 🌿 Purple Coneflower 🌿 Purple Loosestrife 🍄 Purple-spored Puffball 🌿 Purslane 🌿 Quaking Aspen 🌿 Ramp 🍄 Red Cage Stinkhorn 🌿 Red Clover 🌿 Red Dead-nettle 🫐 Red Elderberry 🌿 Red Maple 🫐 Red Mulberry 🌿 Red-barked Dogwood 🌿 Red-osier Dogwood 🌿 Redbud 🌿 Ribwort Plantain 🫐 River Grape 🌿 rose of Sharon 🌿 Rotgelbe Taglilie 🌿 Roughleaf Dogwood 🌿 Roundhead Lespedeza 🌿 Royal Fern 🌿 Rue Anemone 🌿 Rugosa Rose 🌿 Salsify 🌿 Sassafras 🍄 Scaly Pholiota 🍄 Scarlet Cup Fungus 🍄 Scutiger 🌿 Selfheal 🌿 Sensitive Fern 🌿 sericea lespedeza 🌿 Shagbark Hickory 🍄 Shaggy Ink Cap 🌿 Sharp-lobed Liverwort 🌿 Shepherd's Purse 🌿 Shrubby Cinquefoil 🌿 Silky Dogwood 🌿 Silverweed 🌿 Slender Nettle 🌿 smallspike false nettle 🌿 Smooth Aster 🌿 Smooth Sumac 🌿 Smooth Yellow Violet 🌿 Soft Rush 🌿 Solomon's Seal 🌿 Spatterdock 🌿 Spear Thistle 🌿 Spearmint 🌿 Spicebush 🌿 Spikenard 🍄 Spindle Coral 🌿 Spotted Beebalm 🌿 Spotted Deadnettle 🌿 Spotted Joe-Pye Weed 🌿 Spotted Ladysthumb 🌿 Spotted Wintergreen 🌿 Spreading Hedgeparsley 🌿 Spring Beauty 🍄 Spring Morel 🌿 Squash 🌿 Starry Campion 🌿 Stinging Nettle 🌿 Stonecrop 🍄 Straight-stalked Entoloma 🌿 Sugar Maple 🌿 Sunflower 🌿 Swamp Milkweed 🌿 Sweet Woodruff 🌿 Sweet Wormwood 🌿 Sweetshrub 🌿 Sycamore 🌿 tall thoroughwort 🌿 Tamarack Larch 🌿 Tatarian Maple 🌿 Tiger Lily 🌿 Toothwort 🍄 Trainwrecker 🌿 Tree of Heaven 🌿 Trout Lily 🌿 Twining Honeysuckle 🌿 Valerian 🌿 Violet Wood Sorrel 🌿 Viper's Bugloss 🌿 Virginia Bistort 🌿 Virginia Bluebells 🌿 Virginia Pepperweed 🌿 Virginia Waterleaf 🌿 Water Horsetail 🌿 Water Mint 🌿 White Campion 🌿 White Clover 🌿 White Dogtooth Violet 🫐 White Mulberry 🌿 White Sage 🌿 White Sweetclover 🌿 Wild Asparagus 🌿 Wild Bergamot 🌿 Wild Cabbage 🌿 Wild Carrot 🌿 Wild Geranium 🌿 Wild Sarsaparilla 🫐 Wild Strawberry 🌿 Wild Teasel 🌿 Wild Yam 🌿 Wineberry 🌿 Winter Cress 🌰 Witch Hazel 🌿 Witchgrass 🫐 Woodland Strawberry 🌿 woolly hedgenettle 🌿 Yarrow 🌿 Yellow Archangel 🌿 Yellow Loosestrife 🌿 Yellow Stargrass 🌿 Yellow Sweetclover

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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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