Lobster Mushroom

Hypomyces lactifluorum

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Open

Aug 1 – Oct 31

Best

Sep

decayed

Oct

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today

Warm late-summer rains drive the Hypomyces parasite over its Russula/Lactarius host; firmness and color build as the crust matures.

signal · Antecedent rainfall and soil temperature. (assumed)

Plate No. 009 · 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

Red-orange parasitic crust; dense, with a seafood aroma.

Where to find it

Tillamook State ForestForest Clatsop State ForestForest

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 Lobster Mushroom in particular. The shared feeds it reads (tides, weather, water temp) are the live feeds above.

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