Wild Edible Mushrooms of Alberta

This guide focuses on wild edible mushrooms in Alberta that are suitable for novice mushroom pickers. They either have no poisonous look-alikes or can be differentated from look-alikes by verifying all the key characteristics and comparing the mushroom against the listed look-alikes. As a safety precaution, only consume small quantities when trying a mushroom for the first time, and always cook mushrooms thoroughly.

Warning: Never experiment with a mushroom that you cannot positively identify, that is over-ripe, damaged, or collected from contaminated areas. Consuming poisonous mushrooms can kill you.

1. fairy ring mushroom
2. gem-studded puffball
3. meadow mushroom
4. inky cap
5. scaly hedgehog
6. glistening ink cap
7. coral tooth fungus
8. hedgehog mushroom
9. jelly ear
10. saffron milk cap
11. slimy spike cap
12. oyster mushroom
13. shaggy mane
14. yellow-gilled russula
15. hexagonal-pored polypore
16. horse mushroom
17. king bolete
18. larch bolete
19. western giant puffball
20. stump puffball
21. pig's ears
22. western painted suillus
23. club coral
24. deer mushroom
25. giant puffball