Finley & Bohlman

Places / Forest

Clatsop State Forest

behind Seaside · coastal fog belt

Coastal Sitka spruce and hemlock in the fog belt: wetter, milder, and a longer mushroom season than the inland forests.

Now · Tuesday, August 11

Weather

52°F

Overcast · wind 6 mph

Local provisions

Sitka-spruce stands here likely hold the rainbow chanterelle (C. cibarius var. roseocanus), a distinct taxon from the golden. Dunes nearby produce matsutake.

What you pursue here

Fungi

The spots

The actual places you stand: what each lands, when it turns on, and how you get on it.

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