geological and atmospherical condition in Michigan are nearly unadulterated for wild mushroom to grow and thrive . From former spring through dip there are many baseless , comestible mushroom varieties available for collecting in the godforsaken and semi - wild areas in the state . Before take any barbarian mushroom cloud , be absolutely certain you have aright identified it as eatable and non - poisonous ; many vicious mushrooms are very similar in show to non - poisonous ones . Every mushroom-shaped cloud should be identified by a combination of its shape , size , color and the gloss of its spores . Have an experienced mushroom cloud hunter confirm its personal identity or take a spore print . To make a spore print , determine a mushroom on a plain livid piece of typing paper . you may lay it on its side , endure it upright or even suspend it over the newspaper with cosmic string . In approximately two to 24 hour , the spores will come from the bottom of the mushroom cloud ’s cap and land on the paper . They can then be positively identified .
Morels
Morels are one of the easiest tempestuous mushrooms to correctly identify and , accordingly , is one of the most - hunted wild mushrooms . The season begins with shameful morel and progresses through grey and then yellowish . Morels are hollow with a pointed , crinkle cap . Even the smallest morel adds a self-aggrandising punch of mushroom-shaped cloud flavor to any cooked dish , but morels should not be eat raw . They grow idle in woodland near stagnant and dying hardwood trees , such as maple , birch and elm tree . The morel season begins in other spring in the mid - south and endure through former summertime in the far north . Morels do not grow wild in domain where winters are predominantly frost - gratuitous . Attempts to civilize morels have met with little , if any , success .
Chanterelles
The Cantharellus cibarius is another wild mushroom that has fudge attempts to convey into cultivation . It is one of the most luscious mushrooms and is perhaps the second most sought - after wild mushroom-shaped cloud behind morels . Chanterelles are a pastel Orange River color , similar to orange sherbert , with a trumpet - shaped cap . Chanterelles can be found develop in temperate woodlands in late summertime and early fall .
Honey or “Stumpers”
Honey mushrooms are known locally in Michigan as " poser " or " stumpies . " They are major parasite of rotting tree and Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree stumps , where clusters of them are bump turn in the northern cerebral hemisphere world - wide . It is so - describe " dear " because the color of its cap takes on the various nuance that honey take , from honey yellow to a pinkish brown to embrown . Their round cap flatten out at adulthood . They are very powerfully flavour and well - sought - out by mushroom partizan . Honey mushrooms are toxic when raw and must be cooked thoroughly before eating . There are several poisonous mushroom varieties with similar appearing and therefore honey mushrooms should be name using a spore print . Honey mushrooms have white spore , while their venomous look - alikes have browned or rust - colored spore .
