Bear Creek Recreation Area
- Manager
- Army Corps of Engineers
- Designation
- Recreation Management Area
- Size
- 215 acres
- Region
- California
Mushroom harvest rules
Restricted
US Army Corps of Engineers project lands
Removing vegetative growth from Corps project lands is prohibited without written permission from the District Commander. Ask the project office about mushrooms.
36 CFR 327.14(a) prohibits destruction, injury, defacement, removal or alteration of public property, including vegetative growth, unless the District Commander gives written permission. The regulation does not mention mushrooms or say whether fungi count as vegetative growth; check with the project manager's office.
Official source: 36 CFR 327.14 Public property (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 -
California Jack O' Lantern
Omphalotus olivascens
Poisonous -
Hairy Curtain Crust
Stereum hirsutum
Inedible -
Fly Agaric
Amanita muscaria
Poisonous -
Oak Moss
Evernia prunastri
Edibility unknown — do not eat -
Yellow Fieldcap
Bolbitius titubans
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 -
Cramp Balls
Annulohypoxylon thouarsianum
Edibility unknown — do not eat -
Western Chicken-of-the-Woods
Laetiporus gilbertsonii
Edibility unknown — do not eat
Land data: USGS PAD-US (public domain).