Foray Log- South Central Oregon Coast, February 5, 2022

Scouting out new territory to mushroom hunt is always an adventure. If you have never been to a place before, it is hard to know exactly what you are getting yourself into. My friend Beth and I decided to get way out of town and go explore about 4 hours south of our forests into the south Siuslaw, Elliot State Forests, and BLM land off the Umpqua River. We researched the area with a mix of google maps, OnX maps, BLM maps, state forest maps, blog posts, newspaper articles and observations on iNaturalist. We were on the hunt for Black Trumpets, Craterellus cornucopioides, in the Tanoak forests of southwestern Oregon.

Beth came to my house at 6:45 where we packed up our gear, enough food for a few days and spirit ready for adventure. We had not been out to the woods together for months, maybe even a year and we finally made it work

Foray Log- Alsea Falls Area, January 22, 2022

After the whole family recovered from COVID, I wanted to get out and meet with my study group for a late winter foray. I got the group together and we caravanned out to the Alsea Falls area. We were not looking for anything particular, but just wanted to see what was fruiting this time of year. I am always impressed by the diversity of fungi in the coastal range mid winter. It is probably my favorite time to go to the woods because

Foray Log- Oregon Coast Foray, July 30, 2021

One of the only places to see fungi in the PNW during a drought and wildfire season is at the coast on the west side of the Coastal Range where the fog rolls in and keeps everything damp. We decided to make a day of it and visit 4 different places to observe the early summer fungi. First we stopped at Ona Beach, then met up with the study group at Cape Perpetua, stopped in to the Mike Miller Educational Trail and finally before heading home, walked through Fogarty Creek State Park. It was one long trail of stops up 101 starting in the south and heading north.