Wild Edible Mushrooms of Manitoba

This guide covers a number of edible mushrooms in Manitoba, Canada including the Winnipeg area, the Wapusk National Park and the Riding Mountain National Park.. Do not collect where prohibited.

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

Warning: do not attempt to identify a mushroom by matching the pictures alone; compare all the listed characteristics. 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. bear's head tooth mushroom
2. black morel
3. comb tooth mushroom
4. common puffball
5. fairy ring mushroom
6. hedgehog mushroom
7. hexagonal-pored polypore
8. horse mushroom
9. indigo milk cap
10. ink cap
11. jelly ear (aka wood ear)
12. king bolete (aka cepe)
13. lobster mushroom
14. meadow mushroom
15. mica cap
16. shaggy mane