Oyster Mushrooms

Pleurotus ostreatus

Opens Oct 151d out

Open

Oct 1 – May 31

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No pronounced peak. Opportunistic saprobic fruiting on hardwood after any rain through the cool season; repeated flushes rather than one prime.

signal · Antecedent rainfall and a mild non-freezing window. (modeled)

Plate No. 013 · 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

Shelf clusters on alder and maple; mild, anise-tinged.

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

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