Foraging for Mushrooms in February
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- In this episode of Mushroom Wonderland, Aaron Hilliard- VP of the Kitsap Peninsula Mycological Society and Creator of Mushroom Wonderland takes un on a foray in the forest of Western Washington to see what wild mushrooms are growing in the dead of winter, and helps to identify them and give any special facts about these shrooms.
On our walk we encounter 2 types of common conch mushrooms in a conifer dominant forest- the "artists conch," Ganoderma applanatum and the "Red Belted Conch," Fomitopsis mounceae. We learn to decipher the two from one another. Then we come across a suprise flush of "Candy Caps," Lactarius rubidus- a sweet edible delicacy. We come across some mature "Decievers," Laccaria laccata group. We have a look at some beautiful "Rosy Conchs," Rhodofomes cajanderi. We coma across a large troop of "The Black Footed Polypore," Picipes badius. We also do a bit of a show and tell to reveal what he carries in his backpack while out foraging.
This video is an attempt to make the video a bit more professional, shot in 4k with beautiful sweeping drone shots, amazing forest footage and improved sound quality. Hopefully it makes for a more enjoyable viewing experience.
I am not endorsing any of the products in my pack.
Thanks for watching and Mush-love!!
I would recommend carrying about 50 ft of fishing line tied to a washer for pulling down oysters/lion's mane from high in trees. It works really well and doesn't take up much space at all
Amazing idea. Thanks!
@@HeyRaeSunnyDay that's probably half the fun, till it's not and (I would) just give up!
Good idea.
Oh I'm climbing that tree. I never back down from a challenge hahahaha! ( Never found hericeums ).....yet. Thanks for the video!
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I'm so glad you post these videos. I'm just beginning my mushroom adventures. At first I thought I'd never remember the names. But because you repeat them, I'm actually learning them.. I live in the foothills of NC and never realized how many 🍄 are at my feet! Thanks again for all you do!!!
I’m learning names too. That I thought would never happen.
Same! I'm just north of you in VA and this year really started getting into it. I've learned so much in just one year
@@gregbrandonbrady that’s cool bro keep up the good work. Have you been cooking any or using medicinal ones ?
@@timmynormand8082 I've found lions mane, oysters, honeys, morels, chicken of the woods, hen of the woods, Chantrelles, ect. And enjoyed them all! Most recently oysters and enoki
@@gregbrandonbrady your a beast finding all these species I probably could identify the ones you named Like I find oysters turkey tail reshie Never found chicken if the woods or loins mane I found slot that I didn’t know lol
I love the off-season videos! I am a novice and need the drive to get familar with habitat and the subtleties of the seasons. Plus you are semi local to me, which is SO HELPFUL.
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I just love this update every month. I live on the East coast in NY state we have a lot of different mushrooms. My Mom came from Germany and my relatives go mushroom forging and make an amazing mushroom soup that is to die for!
Awesome, glad you're here! 🤙🍄
The smell of candy caps are amazing, only found 1 last year. Lots of Turkey tail near me.thanks 👍
Thanks for another great video Aaron. Appreciate you showing us what is currently out there in your neck of the woods.
Aaron, I love the increase in production. I think your channel will go far if you can keep up the informational and entertaining videos like this one. A huge resource to all budding mushroom foragers in the PNW
Thank you!
Gonna have to get some of those self heating meals. That’s pretty nice.
Can’t believe you found candy caps. So crazy
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I love how you understand your audience and give good advice and focus on identifying characteristics. I also appreciate how, unlike other UA-camrs, you are not afraid to revisit things like the turkey tail in this video.
I love you’re out in dec/jan/feb. I’m always proclaiming that mushrooms are always out there to be found and that there isn’t a “dead” season
Found some massive oyster mushrooms recently, and some enokitake. I love winter mushrooms :)
I’m only 16, but I’ve been fascinated by mushrooms for years now. I go on many hikes looking for any kinds of mushrooms I can find. I love your videos because you seem like you’re in love with mushrooms just like I am. It makes me happy to see you post in the winter and find many wonderful mushrooms that are still thriving because where I am not much likes to grow through the snow. You make me look forward to the spring with my fingers crossed that I’ll find something as cool as what you’ve found in your videos.
That's awesome! I was totally into mushrooms at 16 but there was no internet so I really felt like the only one interested in them. You're so lucky to have all of this good mushroom info and community at your fingertips! Keep going.!!
Aye man I’m just across the bridge in UP! I love to see our home taken such good care of brother!
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The quality of your videos just keeps getting better! I really enjoy watching your content.
Visiting my sister here in Oregon and have found a few stashes of Turkey tail but not much more thus far( really first time 😊). As always, thanks for the video Aaron 💞🙏
Awesome "unboxing" of your backpack! Some great ideas (especially the whistle dealy) I'm seeing the very baby beginnings of all sorts of Spring fungus, but especially Tremetes Versacolor. I would love it if you would show us how to make a tea and/or tincture from it, and also how much can you consume? Thank you again!
Thank you for keeping me motivated to get back to nature. I saw your foraging with beginner. Do you do guided trips?
I've volunteer to do some forays with the Kitsap Peninsula mycological Society on occasion, for free with a club membership. Maybe in the future I will do private ones, but not yet. Thanks for asking though.
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Thanks for showing us what's in your bag - super helpful for first timers! I'm planning on taking my family mushroom hunting this year and I'll refer back to this video for them and what they should carry for a day-hike.
Love the production! Clear and detailed explanation of each mushroom encountered in the forest. Really would like to travel to WA for mushroom foraging
Nice job again bro! Mush love ❤️, and can u 1 day describe how to set up a mushroom bed, (cow) , lol, or if not tell how you can incorporate lc into the forest, something in that realm would be helpful, seems like not to many folks has that kinda content on there channels!, just saying, I would like to see something along those lines myself.
Washington state is beautiful isn't it? Over here on this side of Washington all im finding is white coral mushrooms. I was finding turkey tail mushrooms but it looks like someone has been getting them before I could. I'm thinking many people these days are realizing the benefits they all carry. In a way that's awesome. That just means for me, that I need to be better prepared and ready to climb higher in the tree lol. Now that would be a sight to see...lol. Thank you again for your knowledge and love of giving.
I love mushrooms so much and I want to go out and look at them so badly, but I'm disabled and can't walk or stand for long periods of time. I'm living vicariously through you, loving mushrooms from afar 😭 Thank you for what you do!
Tragic and inspiring story, I'm honored. Thank you for watching 🙏🍄
@@mushroomwonderland1 at least I'm learning more about mushrooms, and I'll be able to draw them better too. Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome won't stop me loving mushrooms!
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Fantastic videos!!
Great footage and very informative, good to hear the common mushroom names as well as Latin.
Thanks for creating these videos Aaron!
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Nice Aaron
The quality has gone up levels! Great video
Thanks for doing these videos! I live in the Port Orchard area (transplant to the region, 5 years) and hike these paths too!
You can tell you really put in a lot of effort in these videos, the camera shots of you walking in the forest, the drone footage, the transitions, all of these elements make for really cool videos. Keep up the great work!
Thank you🙏🍄🤙
14:29 Thank you for showing your "go tos" for your pack! I am always wondering what I should have that I don't have.
It's great to see what's going on in other regions. From NorCal here, and man, I wish we had some rain. All of our mushrooms are dried up 😅
Pumped to see your channel growing, Aaron!
Another informative cool vidio I learn something good from you on every one
I like the idea of using the screw containers since they snap together. Looks like I'll be raiding the hubby's garage. Nice video, as always. Definitely like the advice on having a tracking app. I use OnX and feel a lot safer just having it as a backup. I also like being able to mark waypoints on it if I find a cool mushroom, or some animal tracks, or whatever's clever. It's pretty easy to become disoriented in the woods, especially in unfamiliar areas. Thanks for the content!
Thanks for the strava info. Been looking for an all encompassing map to geotag routes on.
If I make it to the pnw this summer I’m def stopping off Stevens pass hwy for some cliff diving and forage. Wishing I was into fungus when I lived in Everett years back.
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Found Turkey tail and some old oyster shrooms hiking on Cougar Mtn today!
Love your videos. The artist conk is also medicinal. :0) Love the wonderland!
A bonus of your monthly video cataloging of mushroom fruiting; provides more information that could be used to track climate development in a macro zone. And that's only because your data is localized to a zone.
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beautiful videography and super helpful foraging information. I found the music volume a bit overwhelming because it distracted from the cool drone shots. I also enjoyed the pack inventory bit. Nicely done.
Suggest a portable battery charger and a compass in case your phone battery dies. A toilet kit with trowel to bury waste (Don’t want to be a surface pooper) with a ziplock for used toilet paper. Headlamp just in case. :)
Yeah that stuff's good! There is a compass on my whistle. I didn't go too deep into how to dispose of your waste in the forest, but lifting up a log and putting it back on top often works just fine! And yeah trying to keep it pretty minimal but the phone charger is a good idea 🤙🍄
Really loved your walk through the woods-- and then tour of your backpack! One piece of feedback-- are you ready? It would be great to have a reuseable water bottle-- I was bummed to see the plastic bottle you showed-- those types that are so ridiculously cheap, and so bad for the environment. Hope to be watching one day when you show a Kleen Kanteen-- or something along those lines, to take advantage of your position to be educating folks on taking good care of the woods!
Totally slowing down here on the central coast. Almost nothing around. Found a good batch of those deceivers but they're on their way out. Chanterelles are sparse.
Went out yesterday found the rosie conch some elfin saddle and three tiny oysters mushrooms.
Very cool. 🍄🤙
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“Right here in February “x10000
@Aaron if you ever come to ever head over to eastern WA or N Idaho I can show you some giant mushroom areas
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Hardly any mushrooms around here this February, been dry as a bone in the California bay😔 holding out for morel season in a few months
That's what I heard. Always looking forward to morels!
Please mention temperature and humidity if your videos?
more good stuff! I like to carry a good first aid kit, benadryl topical and pills, pain pills, non adherent pads etc in it. And a small folding saw for trail maintenance or if i need to make something. Frozen water bottles in summer have helped me as well when i was burned by old bear spray lol. Basically wasps and falls are scary!
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Love your videos! But watch out! I had to subscribe again, b/c youtube unsubed me!
Strange! Don't even know what to do about that.
Candy Caps have thin white latex, like watered down non-fat milk, that does not change color after exposure. If the latex viewed reminds you of whole milk or cream, or if the latex turns to yellow after exposure, or stains paper yellow overnight, the mushroom is not a Candy Cap.
Is there anyway you can discuss what mushrooms are common to trees. What species to looks for near what trees.. Also I live in the north east are species diffrent here as compared to your area. Tks
I do plan on making a tree video soon! But in the east a lot of the mushrooms that grow with Conifer here associate with Oak out there, so it's kinda tricky! 🍄🤙
Thank you for your great videos. I have a quick question. I found a tree with a large flush of what I believe (99% sure) are turkey tail mushrooms. They appear to be a bit old and dried out. The colored rings are still quite prominent and not faded much. Are the mushrooms still good and would be useful for medicinal purposes? Thank you.
Yes I think they're probably fine as long as they're not moldy. They can have a way of drying on the tree and preserving themselves for you! 🍄🤙
Do mushroom species diversity rely on biomes or would it be possible that mushrooms found in the PNW could pop up in the Midwest?(ie Illinois)
Love the drone footage! Lots of moss. Do you travel to other parts of the state or other states? Great video, thanks.
I travel a little bit but I'm pretty busy and anchored here with my kids and my day job. So for the past few months I've mainly been foraging within 30 mi radius of my house. But I live in a hugely diverse area as far as mushrooms, as is pretty much anywhere in the temperate Pacific northwest. But looking forward to more travels in the future! There's just so much to learn right here in our own backyard, no need to venture too far yet!
@@mushroomwonderland1 You live in a beautiful area!
I found only turkeytail today... /:
Maybe its because i am in europe
Anyway Thanks for a vid love it
Maybe try to be more care free and you can show us you walk thro the forest and talk for a bit
And maybe little longer.
Thanks again
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Edit oh u found turkey tail too 🤣
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hey Aaron, do think the turkey tails with a little bit of algae on them are still ok for medicinal use? should be fine right, just extra chlorophyll?
I think a little bit would be fine, but I would be sparing. But that's just my instincts telling me that, I haven't studied those kind of algae, so I don't know if a larger amount of it would be toxic. I would do my best to avoid it.🤷
@@mushroomwonderland1 thanks for your reply! yeah they're not super grimy or anything, it's just that one extra velvety band on the top is a little greenish lol. i'll let you know if the tea tastes like seaweed.
Good morning - is there anyone from the Reno area that does mushroom guide/teaching
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We were out yesterday too and found what we thought were turkey tails. They were dense and leather like so we left them. What is the texture of turkey tail?
Leatherlike is a fair description of them. They are not tender or fleshy.
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Question! Mushrooms that grow on trees I heard that they are not poisonous is this true or false?
There are some mushrooms that grow on trees that you do not want to eat, some that are extremely poisonous and deadly. Galerina marginata for example, which is extremely deadly, grows on dead trees. So do Hypholoma fasciculare, which are a pretty toxic Northwest mushroom. A lot of the Pholiota are not recommended for eating, and they grow on trees.. even honey mushrooms (Armillaria) can have adverse reactions on about 40% people who try them. So definitely not true. There's no fast and hard rules about edibility in the mushroom world. You have to take it on a case-by-case basis.
What do you recommend for field Identification guides?
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Do you know much about taking something such as lions mane in capsule form? Not asking for medical advice, more of is it hooey that they're good for the brain? A mushroom forager would be more honest than a company trying to make a buck.
Is there a way to DIY a Lion's Mane I can find in nature into a supplement? Mushrooms trigger sensory issues, so I can't do them in their natural state. But I love going out, I love using natures gifts for my brain health.
Is there a website to use to find local classes or people who teach foraging for mushrooms
I would do a Google search on local mycological societies near you. Probably the best resource for learning about mushrooms and foraging. There you will find a concentration of enthusiastic and knowledgeable people. Not sure what area you are in, or if one is available to you but they're pretty common in most areas. Have a great way to learn is simply to buy mushroom books and read them front to back. I would say by the time you complete three books in their entirety you will be a somewhat expert.🍄🤙
@@mushroomwonderland1 are there three that you would highly recommend. I live in Central Virginia and the closest clubs are 3-4 hours away. I hate Facebook but may need to get back on lol. Ty for your time
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If possible can you send me some turkey tail or any other medicine so I can give to my mother who has cancer?
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