Found near Greater Sudbury · September
What people actually find here
324 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-alikeYarrow19 records within 40 km this month
Wintergreen (teaberry)17 records within 40 km this month
Acorns13 records within 40 km this month
Staghorn sumac7 records within 40 km this month
Lobster mushroom6 records within 40 km this month
Rose hips6 records within 40 km this month
Broadleaf plantain5 records within 40 km this month
Chokecherry3 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
birch polypore
Fomitopsis betulina
45 records nearby
Shaggy Mane
Coprinus comatus
18 records nearby
Your woods
What's growing around Greater Sudbury
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.
- pine
- maple
- poplar and aspen
- birch
- cedar
- oak
- mountain ash
- cherry
Know these first
What can hurt you around Greater Sudbury in September
7 species on our hazard list have been recorded near here this month, 2 of which can kill a healthy adult. Learn these before you learn anything you intend to eat.
- Can kill4 records nearby
Lily of the valley
Convallaria majalis
- Mistaken for
- Ramps and wild garlic — it comes up in the same woods at the same time, with the same shape of leaf.
- How to tell
- Crush a leaf. Ramps smell unmistakably of onion and garlic; lily of the valley smells green and of nothing else. If it does not smell of onion, it is not a ramp. Ramps also have a reddish-purple stalk base.
- What it does
- Cardiac glycosides that disturb the heart's rhythm. Every part is toxic, including the water cut flowers have stood in.
- Can kill3 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.
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What to start watching for
Coming into season in the next month or two near Greater Sudbury, Ontario. Seasons shift a week or two with the weather, so treat these as things to keep an eye on rather than dates.
