🍄 Mushroom Foraging on public land in California

278 public places in California are listed for mushroom foraging (273 state & public land, 5 national forests). 0 have no entry fee. Open any place for its map, directions, fees and the land around it.

Foraging rules vary by unit: some allow personal-use gathering, some limit quantities, and some prohibit it. Confirm with the managing agency, and only eat what you can identify with certainty.

The places

🗺️ Darwin Falls WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Headwaters Forest ReserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Agua Tibia WildernessUnknown — check official site
🌲 Angeles National ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ansel Adams WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Anza-Borrego Desert State WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Argus Range WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Asilomar State BeachUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Avawatz Mountains WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bair Island Ecological ReserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Baldwin Hills Scenic OverlookUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bear Canyon Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bear Mountain Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Beauty Mountain WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Beauty Mountain Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Berryessa Snow Mountain National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Big Maria Mountains WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bigelow Cholla Garden WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bighorn Mountain WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bitterbrush Instant Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Black Mountain WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Black Mountain Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bodie Mountain Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bodie State Historic ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bodie Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bolinas Lagoon PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bright Star WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bristol Mountains WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Brush Creek/Lagoon Lake Wetlands and Coastal Dunes Natural PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cache Creek WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cadiz Dunes WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cady Mountains Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cahuilla Mountain WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Caliente Mountain Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Caribou WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Carmel River State BeachUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Carrizo Gorge WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Carrizo Gorge Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Carrizo Plain National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Carson-Iceberg WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Carson-Iceberg Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Casa Diablo Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cedar Roughs WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chemehuevi Mountains WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chidago Canyon Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chimney Peak WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chuckwalla Mountains WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chumash WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cleghorn Lakes WildernessUnknown — check official site
🌲 Cleveland National ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Clipper Mountain WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Coal Creek Open Space PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Coal Mine Ridge PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Conejo Canyons Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Coso Range WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Coyote Mountains WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Crater Mountain Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cucamonga WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cuesta Ridge Botanical Special Interest AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dead Mountains WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Deer Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Desert Tortoise Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Desolation WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dick Smith WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dinkey Lakes WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Doane Valley Natural PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Domeland WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Edwin L. Z'berg Natural PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ El Paso Mountains WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ El Sereno Open Space PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Elkhorn Ridge WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Emigrant WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Excelsior Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fish Creek Mountains WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fish Slough Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Foothills Open Space PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fort Ord National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fort Ross State Historic ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fremont Older Open Space PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Funeral Mountains WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Garcia Mountain Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Garcia WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Giant Sequoia National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Golden Trout WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Golden Valley WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Granite Chief WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Granite Mountain WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Grass Valley WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Great Falls Basin WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Gualala Point Regional ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hagen Canyon Natural PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hain WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hauser Mountain Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hauser WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Havasu WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hollow Hills WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hoover WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hungry Valley State Vehicular Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ibex WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Imperial Refuge WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Independence Creek Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Indian Pass WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Inyo Mountains WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ishi WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Jacumba Wilderness AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Jennie Lakes WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ John Krebs WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ John Muir WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Jug Handle State Natural ReserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kaiser WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kelso Dunes WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kiavah WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ King Mountain Open Space PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ King Range National Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ King Range WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kingston Range WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lake Davis Wetlands and Coastal Dunes Natural PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lassen Volcanic WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lava Beds WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lava Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Little Chuckwalla Mountains WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Little Picacho WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Loma Alta Open Space PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Long Ridge Open Space PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌲 Los Padres National ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Machesna Mountain WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Machesna Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Magic Mountain WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Malpais Mesa WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Manly Peak WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Marble Mountain WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Marin Islands Ecological ReserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Marina Dunes Natural PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Marina State BeachUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Matilija WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mecca Hills WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Merced River Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mesquite WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Milk Ranch-Case Mountain Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mission Trails Regional ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mitchell Caverns Natural PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mojave National PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mojave Trails National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mojave WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mokelumne WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Monarch Butterfly Natural PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Monarch WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mono Lake Tufa State Natural ReserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Moore Creek Wetland Natural PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Morro Dunes Natural PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Morro Strand State BeachUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Moses Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mount Biedeman Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mount Lassic WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mount San Jacinto State WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mount Sutro Open Space ReserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Muir Beach (GGNRA)Unknown — check official site
🗺️ Newberry Mountains WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Nopah Range WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ North Algodones Dunes WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ North Mesquite Mountains WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ohlone Coastal Cultural PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Old Woman Mountains WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Orocopia Mountains WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Otay Mountain WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Owens Peak WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Owens Peak Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Owens River Headwaters WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pahrump Valley WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Palen-McCoy WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Palo Verde Mountains WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Panoche Hills North Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Panoche Hills South Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Picacho Peak WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Picchetti Ranch Open Space PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Piedras Blancas Light Station Outstanding Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pine Creek WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pinto Mountains WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Piper Mountain WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pit River Canyon Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Piute Cypress Instant Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Piute Mountains WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pleasant View Ridge WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Point Dume State Beach & PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Point Reyes National SeashoreUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rancho Corral de TierraUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ravenswood Open Space PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Resting Spring Range WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rice Valley Wilderness AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Riverside Mountains WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rockhouse A Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rocks and Islands WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rocky Creek-Cache Creek Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rodman Mountains WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ronald W. Caspers Wilderness ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Runyon Canyon ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Russian Ridge Open Space PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Russian River State Marine Receational Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sacatar Meadows Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sacatar Trail WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Saddle Peak Hills WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Salinas River Dunes Natural PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Salinas River Mouth Natural PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Salinas River State BeachUnknown — check official site
🌲 San Bernardino National ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ San Felipe Hills Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ San Francisco Peninsula WatershedUnknown — check official site
🗺️ San Gabriel Mountains National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🗺️ San Gabriel WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ San Gorgonio WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ San Jacinto WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ San Mateo Canyon WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ San Onofre State BeachUnknown — check official site
🗺️ San Pedro Mountain Open Space PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ San Rafael WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ San Timoteo CanyonUnknown — check official site
🗺️ San Ysidro Mountain Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sand to Snow National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Santa Clara Estuary Natural PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Santa Lucia WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Santa Rosa Mountains State WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Santa Rosa WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Saratoga Gap Open Space PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sawtooth Mountains A Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sawtooth Mountains C Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sawtooth Mountains WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Scodie Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sespe WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sheep Mountain WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sheep Ridge Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sheephole Valley WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Silver Peak WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sinkyone State WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Siskiyou WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Skyline Ridge Open Space PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Slinkard Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site

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