Found near Fargo · September
What people actually find here
238 species have been recorded within about 40 km of here in September, from verified public observations. These are the ones we have written up, ordered by how often they turn up.
Dangerous look-alikeWild grapes26 records within 40 km this month
Acorns21 records within 40 km this month
Dangerous look-alikeYarrow12 records within 40 km this month
Dangerous look-alikeGiant puffball9 records within 40 km this month
Broadleaf plantain4 records within 40 km this month
Black walnut3 records within 40 km this month
Dandelion2 records within 40 km this month
Wild hazelnuts1 record within 40 km this month
Also out there, that we haven't written up yet
Recorded near you this month. We have no identification guidance for these, so treat them as a list of things to go and learn — from a regional key or someone who knows them — not as a list of things to pick.
Fungi
Shaggy Mane
Coprinus comatus
14 records nearby
turkey-tail
Trametes versicolor
8 records nearby
Your woods
What's growing around Fargo
The commonest trees recorded nearby, most often seen first. Most of the good mushrooms are tied to a particular tree, so this is the first thing to know about a wood.
- maple
- oak
- basswood
- elm
- poplar and aspen
- hackberry
- ash
- willow
Know these first
What can hurt you around Fargo in September
7 species on our hazard list have been recorded near here this month, 3 of which can kill a healthy adult. Learn these before you learn anything you intend to eat.
- Can kill5 records nearby
Red baneberry
Actaea rubra
- Mistaken for
- Red currants and other woodland berries.
- How to tell
- Glossy red berries in a tight cluster on a stout stalk, above compound toothed leaves. No currant-like flower remnant at the tip.
- What it does
- As white baneberry: severe cardiac effects from a small number of berries.
- Can kill5 records nearby
Moonseed
Menispermum canadense
- Mistaken for
- Wild grapes. It climbs beside them and fruits in the same blue-black clusters.
- How to tell
- Split a fruit and look at the seed. A grape holds two or more round seeds; moonseed holds a single flat crescent. The leaves have no true lobed points and the vine has no tendrils.
- What it does
- Contains an alkaloid related to curare. Children have died from eating the berries as grapes.
- Can kill1 record nearby
Small parasols (Lepiota)
Lepiota (the whole genus)
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What to start watching for
Coming into season in the next month or two near Fargo, North Dakota. Seasons shift a week or two with the weather, so treat these as things to keep an eye on rather than dates.
