Applegate Field Office
- Manager
- Bureau of Land Management
- Designation
- National Public Lands
- Size
- 684,668 acres
- Region
- California
Mushroom harvest rules
Rules vary
Bureau of Land Management public lands
BLM lets you collect reasonable amounts of some renewable plant resources for noncommercial use outside developed sites, but mushrooms are not named. Check with the local field office.
43 CFR 8365.1-5(b) allows collecting reasonable amounts of commonly available renewable resources such as flowers, berries, nuts, seeds, cones and leaves for noncommercial purposes, except at developed recreation sites or where prohibited and posted. Other collection of forest products falls under 43 CFR part 5500, which may require a permit. Mushrooms are not named, so rules vary by field office; check with the land manager.
Official source: 43 CFR 8365.1-5 Property and resources (Cornell LII copy of the eCFR text)
Last verified: November 11, 2026
Rules change. Confirm with the land manager before you pick.
See the foraging laws for California.
Location
The marker shows an approximate point, not a boundary. Check the manager's map for exact borders and access points.
Species recorded in California and in season now
Based on state-wide records for this month, not specific to this land. Edibility rules still apply: never eat a wild mushroom based on this site.
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Lace Lichen
Ramalina menziesii
Edibility unknown — do not eat -
Turkeytail
Trametes versicolor
Edibility unknown — do not eat -
Hairy Curtain Crust
Stereum hirsutum
Inedible -
Fly Agaric
Amanita muscaria
Poisonous -
Oak Moss
Evernia prunastri
Edibility unknown — do not eat -
common porecrust
Schizophyllum commune
Edible (per source) -
wolf lichen
Letharia vulpina
Edibility unknown — do not eat -
Death Cap
Amanita phalloides
Deadly — can kill -
Sulphur Tuft
Hypholoma fasciculare
Poisonous -
Brown Rust of Wheat
Puccinia recondita
Edibility unknown — do not eat -
Honey Fungus
Armillaria mellea
Caution -
Veiled Polypore
Cryptoporus volvatus
Edibility unknown — do not eat
Land data: USGS PAD-US (public domain).