An unassuming year-round jelly fungus could save your life in a pinch.

The elusive Blue Chanterelle, with its brilliant colour, is not a mushroom you will often come by.

Cauliflower Mushroom is a choice edible mushroom that grows in the fall. It typically grows solus in the forest and can become quite large!

Yellow Foot, or Winter Chantrelle, is a delicious late fall and winter mushroom, sister to the usual Chanterelle you think of.

Hedgehog mushrooms are a delicious late fall and winter mushroom to enjoy.

Lion’s Mane is a highly sought-after and choice mushroom not only for eating, but for its health benefits. Studies have linked Lion’s Mane to cognitive health, nerve regeneration, and much more.

West Coast Reishi / Vanish Conk is a highly medicinal mushroom with a striking shine on its cap. It makes a good tea or tincture that has many benefits!

Lobster mushroom is a unique and beautiful early-season mushroom to enjoy.

Bear’s Head is a mesmerizingly beautiful and choice mushroom of the Pacific Northwest.

Chicken of the Woods is a brightly coloured shelf mushroom with a long growing season and a meaty texture to eat.

Turkey tail mushrooms are small (1-4 inch) shelf mushrooms that grow from decaying deciduous and conifers logs. The tops of their caps are hairy but smooth, and beautifully striped with just about any colour!

Overall Shaggy Parasols are delicious and one of my favorite edible mushrooms. They have a beautiful texture and flavor, almost meaty, and are of course filled with vitamins and minerals from the forest.

The oyster mushroom arranges itself as shelves growing off dead trees, usually deciduous, Red Alder (Alnus rubra) being the most common host in the Salish area environments.

Morels are a fire-loving fungi, meaning you will likely find them in burnt forests most abundantly in the spring following a summer fire season, however, it is possible to find them outside of burns in the spring.

You will find chanterelles growing from the ground, in a variety of different shapes and sizes but usually with caps 2-6 inches in size. They may be bright yellow-orange (Cantharellus cibarius) or white-soft pink (Cantharellus subalbidus).