Found near Saguenay · September
What people actually find here
280 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.
Chokecherry38 records within 40 km this month
Dangerous look-alikeYarrow24 records within 40 km this month
Staghorn sumac22 records within 40 km this month
Wintergreen (teaberry)17 records within 40 km this month
Rose hips14 records within 40 km this month
Broadleaf plantain9 records within 40 km this month
Dandelion6 records within 40 km this month
Elderberries5 records 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
13 records nearby
- No openly licensed photo yet
common puffball
Lycoperdon perlatum
5 records nearby
Apricot Jelly
Guepinia helvelloides
4 records nearby
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Your woods
What's growing around Saguenay
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
- pine
- mountain ash
- spruce
- poplar and aspen
- fir
- cherry
- birch
Know these first
What can hurt you around Saguenay in September
9 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 kill10 records nearby
Canada yew
Taxus canadensis
- Mistaken for
- Its red arils look like berries and taste sweet; conifer foragers also take spruce and fir tips nearby.
- How to tell
- Flat dark needles in two rows, and fleshy red cups open at the end with a hard seed showing. Spruce and fir tips come from cones and bear no fruit.
- What it does
- The needles and seed are cardiotoxic and there is no effective antidote; the fleshy cup itself is not, which is exactly what makes it dangerous.
- Can kill3 records nearby
White baneberry
Actaea pachypoda
- Mistaken for
- Nothing edible, but the berries are conspicuous and children pick them.
- How to tell
- Porcelain-white berries each with a single black dot, on thick red stalks — the common name is doll's eyes.
- What it does
- Cardiac sedative: a few berries cause severe symptoms in a child.
- 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 Saguenay, Quebec. Seasons shift a week or two with the weather, so treat these as things to keep an eye on rather than dates.
