Yellow Foot / Winter Chanterelle

Craterellus tubaeformis

Opens Oct 1565d out

Open

Oct 15 – Feb 28

Best

Dec–Jan

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Cold-season moisture in rotting conifer wood and moss; cold-tolerant, taking over as the golden chanterelle declines.

signal · Antecedent rainfall and soil temperature. (modeled)

Plate No. 014 · 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

Small hollow-stemmed chanterelle; flourishes in wet rotting conifer wood deep into winter.

The event: Takes over where the golden leaves off.

Where to find it

Tillamook 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 Yellow Foot / Winter Chanterelle in particular. The shared feeds it reads (tides, weather, water temp) are the live feeds above.

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