Mushroom foraging laws in Newfoundland and Labrador
Compiled from official sources; not legal advice. Rules change. Confirm with the land manager or the agency before you pick.
Summary
The Provincial Parks Regulations ban removing, harming or destroying any object, including plant life, inside a provincial park without a permit for management or scientific purposes. They do not mention fungi by name. We found no mushroom-specific rule for other Crown land; check with the land manager before you pick.
Public land
Provincial parks: a person may not, except under a permit for management or scientific purposes, remove, harm or destroy any object, animate or inanimate, within a provincial park. 'Animate' is defined to include all plant and animal life; fungi are not named, so ask the park whether mushrooms are covered. Other Crown land: no official rule on mushrooms found. Federal lands and Labrador Inuit Lands follow their own rules.
Permits
Provincial parks: only a permit for management or scientific purposes is mentioned; no permit for personal picking is described.
Sources
Last verified: November 11, 2026
Public land in Newfoundland and Labrador · Species recorded in Newfoundland and Labrador