Lion's Mane / Bear's Head

Hericium abietis / erinaceus

Opens Sep 121d out

Open

Sep 1 – Dec 15

Best

Oct–Nov

aged

Dec

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today

best

Autumn moisture triggers fruiting on dying and dead conifer wood; white and firm when fresh, sours and discolors with age.

signal · Antecedent rainfall and temperature. (assumed)

Plate No. 011 · 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

Cascading white icicle teeth on dying conifer logs; crab-like texture.

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 Lion's Mane / Bear's Head in particular. The shared feeds it reads (tides, weather, water temp) are the live feeds above.

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