BC chanterelles fruit after fall rain in second-growth Douglas-fir and hemlock forest, from August into November on the coast. Pickable maps those stands from the provincial forest inventory and calls each one for this week.
August to November on the coast; August to October inland. Low ground is the most reliable after fall rain; higher stands finish first.
Douglas-fir and western hemlock forest, mostly 30 to 100 years old, in the coastal and interior wet zones. Often in moss and needle litter on gentle slopes.
Stands where Douglas-fir or hemlock lead, in the right age range and forest zones, grouped into areas you can drive to. Parks, reserves, conservation lands and last summer’s burns are taken out.
Pick your town. These are the chanterelle spots Pickable has mapped within about three hours. The app calls each one for this week.
Get told when they turn Go.
Get told when they turn GoCounts are habitat, not a promise of mushrooms. Parks, reserves and land that's mostly off-limits aren't counted. Drive times are estimates.
The same rules run in the Try it demo on the home page:
Pickable doesn't identify mushrooms. Chanterelles have blunt, forked ridges that run down the stem, and firm white flesh. The false chanterelle has thin, crowded, true gills and is usually a brighter orange. Check the underside of every one. Never eat a wild mushroom on an app's or a photo's say-so. If someone may have eaten a poisonous mushroom, call BC Drug and Poison Information Centre at 1-800-567-8911, or 911.
Most BC Crown land is open to picking for your own use without a permit. Parks, ecological reserves, reserve land and conservation lands aren't, and private land needs permission. Pickable flags each one on the area's Can I go? card. See Data sources for the official sources.
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