Found near Val-d'Or · September
What people actually find here
197 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-alikeYarrow7 records within 40 km this month
Chokecherry2 records within 40 km this month
Rose hips2 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
8 records nearby
Tawny Grisette
Amanita fulva
4 records nearby
Your woods
What's growing around Val-d'Or
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.
- spruce
- maple
- poplar and aspen
- birch
- fir
- larch
- pine
- alder
Know these first
What can hurt you around Val-d'Or in September
2 species on our hazard list have been recorded near here this month, 1 of which can kill a healthy adult. Learn these before you learn anything you intend to eat.
- Can kill1 record nearby
Brown roll-rim
Paxillus involutus
- Mistaken for
- Assorted brown gilled mushrooms; it was eaten as an edible in Europe for generations.
- How to tell
- Inrolled felty cap margin, gills that bruise dark brown and can be rubbed off the cap, growing under birch.
- What it does
- Sensitises the immune system over repeated meals, then one day triggers it to destroy the eater's own red blood cells. People have died after eating it safely for years.
- Hospital1 record nearby
Man on horseback
Tricholoma equestre
- Mistaken for
- Nothing — it was a prized edible until recently.
- How to tell
- Yellow gills and yellow-tinged flesh, in sandy pine woods.
- What it does
- Repeated large meals have caused rhabdomyolysis — muscle breakdown severe enough to kill. Its edible reputation is out of date.
These are recorded within about 40 km of here in this month, from verified public observations. It is not a complete list of what is dangerous — nothing is — and a species missing from it may still be in your woods. Never eat anything identified from a photograph and a description alone.
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What to start watching for
Coming into season in the next month or two near Val-d'Or, Quebec. Seasons shift a week or two with the weather, so treat these as things to keep an eye on rather than dates.
