Mountain Home Demonstration State Forest
- Manager
- State Department of Natural Resources
- Designation
- State Resource Management Area
- Size
- 5,226 acres
- Region
- California
Mushroom harvest rules
Rules vary
State forests
No single rule applies; each state sets its own. Check with the managing state forestry agency before you pick.
State forest rules are set by each state's forestry or natural resources agency and sometimes by the individual forest. Find your state's forestry agency through the directory linked here, then check its rules or call the local office. See this site's state pages for what we have verified.
Official source: National Association of State Foresters: state forestry agency directory
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 - No photo yet
California Jack O' Lantern
Omphalotus olivascens
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 - No photo yet
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 - No photo yet
Cramp Balls
Annulohypoxylon thouarsianum
Edibility unknown — do not eat - No photo yet
Western Chicken-of-the-Woods
Laetiporus gilbertsonii
Edibility unknown — do not eat
Land data: USGS PAD-US (public domain).