During the summer and autumn time Kangoo (my mini-camper-van) and I travel and explore  Northern Norway, including a few visits to the northern parts of Sweden and Finland too. I document and catalogue every find. On my memeber pages (only in Norwegian) you can follow me on the road and get exclusive access to mushroom-maps, and more

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Most of what I forage and harvest in the wild forests, but I also have a small garden plot that I experiment and grow on. The vision is a mix of wild and domestic. I want to take care of Currants and Rhubarb that are 100 years old and have spread wildly all over the area here, while also trying...

There are 4 different speices of Pinecone Caps (Strobilurus) in Northern Norway, as far as I have been able to find. In total there are 10 different known species and they all grow on pinecones. All are edible, and most are good.

Boletus might be the most sought-after genus of mushrooms in Europe and the answer is "YES", we have them here in Northern-Norway too. We call them "Steinsopp", that would translate to "Stone mushrooms". Not applicable to the colour, but the shape could be kind of stone like I think.

Edible mushrooms you can find in Northern Norway:

Agaricus (genus)

Aleuria (genus)

Amanita (genus)

Boletus (genus)

Bovista (genus)

Cantharellus (genus)

Craterellus (genus)

Chalciporus piperatus

Chroogomphus rutilus Coll.

Clavariadelphus (genus)

Clitocybe (genus)

Clitopilus (genus)

Cortinarius caperatus

Craterellus (genus)

Cuphophyllus pratensis

Flammulina (genus)

Gomphidius (genus)

Helvella lacunosa

Hydnum (genus)

Hygrocybe punicea

Hygrophorus (genus)

Hypoloma capnoides

Kuehneromyces mutabilis

Laccaria (genus)

Lactarus (genus)

Leccinum (genus)

Lepista nuda

Lycoperdon (genus)

Lyophyllum (genus)

Pluteus (genus)

Phaeolepiota aurea

Psathyrella candolleana

Russola (genus)

Sarcodon (genus)

Strobilurus (genus)

Stropharia (genus)

Suillus (genus)

Tricholoma (genus)

Xerocomus (genus)

Please note! A genus of mushrooms can consist of both edible, not edible and poisonous species