Mississippi Mushroom Guide

Our Mississippi mushroom guide helps you understand how to get started or improve your skills in mushroom hunting in Mississippi.

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Mississippi Mushroom Guide: Edible Mushrooms In Mississippi

In this guide, we invite you to explore the main edible mushrooms. Here is a non-exhaustive list of mushrooms you might find in Mississippi:

• Chanterelles and Trumpets: Cantharellus cibarius, Cantharellus lateritius, Cantharellus Cinnabarinus, Craterellus cornucopioides, Craterellus tubaeformis
• Puffballs: Lycoperdon Perlatum, Lycoperdon pyriforme, Lycoperdon marginatum, Calvatia Gigantea
• Polypores: Chicken of the Woods, Maitake Mushroom, Pheasant Back Mushroom, Hen-of-the-woods, Dryads Saddle (Polyporus squamosus), Beefsteak polypore (Fistulina hepatica)
• Hericium sp.: Lion’s Mane Mushroom (Hericium erinaceus), Coral Tooth (Hericium coralloides)
• Morels (Morchella sp.): Morchella esculenta, Morchella americana, Morchella punctipes, Morchella angusticeps
• Boletes: Suillus americanus, Retiboletus ornatipes, Suillus Luteus or Slippery Jack, Gyroporus castaneus, Boletus auripes

Discover the best mushroom spots in Mississippi directly with our Mushroom Maps.

Mississippi Mushroom Guide: How To Hunt For Mushrooms

1. First, you need to have a thorough understanding of the growth conditions of the mushroom you’re seeking. Each mushroom, such as morel or chanterelle, requires specific soil type, acidity, host trees, altitude, aspect…
2. Next, you need to have a comprehensive knowledge of Mississippi: its forests, soils, and topography (altitude, aspect, slope).
3. Finally, once you know which mushroom you’re searching for, you just need to identify the right conditions in the right place in Mississippi.

In this guide, it’s challenging to delve into the details of each parameter as it would require writing a complete book on the subject. It would be very tedious for you to read and apply all the concepts covered. This is why the next section might interest you:

Our Maps Will Guide You To The Mushrooms

Are you looking for a real interactive guide to know where to find the best edible mushrooms in Mississippi, and you want to know the best time to go searching for each mushroom? Discover our mushroom maps!

Our maps allow you to know where, when, and how to find edible mushrooms (morels, chanterelles, lion’s mane, and more) and provide you with all the details to understand why these are the best spots (soil, trees, topography, and more).

Embark on an adventure with our maps!