Found near Portland · September
What people actually find here
400 species have been recorded within about 40 km of here in September, from verified public observations. These are the ones we have written up, ordered by how often they turn up.
Acorns198 records within 40 km this month
Hawthorn berries157 records within 40 km this month
Salal79 records within 40 km this month
Broadleaf plantain51 records within 40 km this month
Dangerous look-alikeYarrow46 records within 40 km this month
Purslane32 records within 40 km this month
Rose hips19 records within 40 km this month
Dandelion13 records within 40 km this month
Staghorn sumac13 records within 40 km this month
Also out there, that we haven't written up yet
Recorded near you this month. We have no identification guidance for these, so treat them as a list of things to go and learn — from a regional key or someone who knows them — not as a list of things to pick.
Fungi
Fir-Cone Mushroom
Strobilurus trullisatus
103 records nearby
fluted bird's nest fungus
Cyathus striatus
53 records nearby
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Your woods
What's growing around Portland
The commonest trees recorded nearby, most often seen first. Most of the good mushrooms are tied to a particular tree, so this is the first thing to know about a wood.
- maple
- cedar
- oak
- Douglas-fir
- ash
- poplar and aspen
- arbutus
- cherry
Know these first
What can hurt you around Portland in September
10 species on our hazard list have been recorded near here this month, 3 of which can kill a healthy adult. Learn these before you learn anything you intend to eat.
- Can kill22 records nearby
Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea
- Mistaken for
- Comfrey and mullein at the rosette stage, both of which are gathered for tea.
- How to tell
- Foxglove leaves are finely toothed with a strongly netted underside; comfrey leaves are untoothed and bristly, and mullein is thickly woolly and soft as felt.
- What it does
- Cardiac glycosides. A cup of tea made from the wrong rosette has killed.
- Can kill7 records nearby
Death cap
Amanita phalloides
- Mistaken for
- Paddy straw mushrooms, young Agaricus, and anything picked as a 'field mushroom'.
- How to tell
- Greenish to olive cap with a faint metallic sheen, white gills, a ring, and a sac-like volva at the base. Introduced with European trees and now widespread, especially under oaks.
- What it does
- Responsible for most fatal mushroom poisonings worldwide. Half a cap can kill an adult; symptoms start only after the damage is done.
- Can kill2 records nearby
Brown roll-rim
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What to start watching for
Coming into season in the next month or two near Portland, Oregon. Seasons shift a week or two with the weather, so treat these as things to keep an eye on rather than dates.
