Hawk Wing / Scaly Hedgehog

Sarcodon imbricatus

Opens Aug 154d out

Open

Aug 15 – Oct 31

Best

Sep

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today

Late-summer to early-autumn moisture in montane conifer stands; bitterness deepens with age but the fruiting is a short flush.

signal · Antecedent rainfall, soil temperature, elevation. (assumed)

Plate No. 019 · Finley & Bohlman

Tread lightly

The mushroom is only the fruit, but raking the duff to find them tears the mycelial mat that fruits year after year. Cut what's up, leave the ground undisturbed, and never strip a patch.

The read

Brown overlapping scaly caps with teeth; bitter-savory, excellent dried.

What we watch: live feeds

Rainfall Open-Meteo ↗

The Kit

what a forager carries

Gear: Opinel No.08 mushroom knifeREI ↗Nisaku hori-hori trowel-knifeAmazon ↗PNWBUSHCRAFT waxed-canvas pouchmade in WAmakerExcalibur 9-tray dehydratorAmazon ↗
Wear: Xtratuf Legacy bootsREI ↗Grundéns Neptune jacketBackcountry ↗
Reading: All That the Rain Promises and MoreAroraBookshop.org ↗Mushrooms of the Pacific NorthwestTrudell & AmmiratiBookshop.org ↗Fruits of the ForestWinklerBookshop.org ↗

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Sources

What informs Hawk Wing / Scaly Hedgehog in particular. The shared feeds it reads (tides, weather, water temp) are the live feeds above.

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