Shaggy Mane

Coprinus comatus

Opens Sep 121d out

Open

Sep 1 – Nov 30

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No pronounced peak. Opportunistic fruiting on disturbed ground after autumn rain; edibility is governed by autolysis within ~24h of emergence, not by season.

signal · Antecedent rainfall (each flush follows a soaking). (modeled)

Plate No. 016 · 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

Tall scaly caps, spring and fall; cook immediately before they melt to ink.

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

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