Wild Edible Mushrooms of Prince Edward Island

This guide covers a number of edible mushrooms in Prince Edward Island, Canada including the Charlottetown area and the Prince Edward Island 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. chicken of the woods
4. comb tooth mushroom
5. common puffball
6. fairy ring mushroom
7. golden chanterelle
8. horse mushroom
9. ink cap
10. jelly ear (aka wood ear)
11. king bolete (aka cepe)
12. lion's mane
13. lobster mushroom
14. meadow mushroom
15. mica cap
16. rosy gomphidius
17. saffron milk cap
18. shaggy mane
19. slimy spike cap
20. yellow-gilled russula