This young man is incredibly knowledgeable about mushrooms, to say nothing of articulate on camera. Keep up the good work!
Yay finally Adam... now I know what my patch of black staining polypore is. I have been admiring it for years never finding out what exactly it was. Thank you so much for your vids, they help so much!
early on I mistook this mushroom for a hen of the woods and when I finished cutting up a very large one into manageable pieces my fingers were stained black for about a week..........lesson learned.
And now it's happening to me! Just picked these off a tree on my school campus. Thought I straight up walked into a small cluster of hens
@@Publicspeaking-xk4xx , chlorine bleach is very harsh on skin. Perhaps try an oxygen bleach instead (like oxyclean), that stuff is an excellent cleaner but gentle and non-toxic.
Keep those videos coming man. I appreciate your time and knowledge.
Dude your so well spoken and you jam so many facts in while your talking its awesome, keep up the great work
Some of the best fungus identification videos on youtube! Keep up the good work!
Yeah I found out the hard way that I'm allergic to this mushroom... Be careful peeps. If you're not 100% what you've got or if you have never tried one before, don't eat it when you're alone and make sure you can get to a hospital quick if you need to. Food allergies suck.
You are so AWESOME! I've been a sub since around the 2k congrats. You will be at 10k before you know it. THANK YOU so much for your time and info I know so much about mushrooms and I'm sharing with friend and family. Found about 40lbs of chicken of the woods last weekend and had a feast. Thanks again and good luck on your next forage can't wait to see what you find:)
Thank you so much for making this video. It is July for me in eastern PA and I found a group of growing mushrooms that I thought was Hen of the Woods and I thought I had a lucky find. When I sautéed them in butter and onions they turned dark black-brown and were very stringy and tough. The flavor was really good but too tough to chew. So your video showed me what I did find. I will look for hen of the woods(maitake) mushrooms in the fall. I was happy this past spring to find morels and they were delicious sautéed in butter.
Very informative videos as always. Your method of teaching is good, and the information tends to retain itself in my mind.
Great video! Love watching your videos as I live near Pittsburgh so actually recognize many of the plants you feature.
Great video! That was a tremendous help in identifying this around an oak stump on my property.
started watching you 3 years ago from Berlin, Germany, found this one for the first time today, then a beautiful COTW nearby. we are having some pretty good mushroom weather at the moment.
I foraged some of this mushroom because I wanted to taste it.
The flavor is great, but the texture makes it pretty much inedible. Best left appreciated.
its relative, Meripilus giganteus is called tonbimaitake in northern Japan and it's a choice edible here.
it's rarer than maitake and can be more expensive. it's even cultivated.
the texture is tough but makes very good soup broth!
I love finding videos of yours I haven’t yet watched. I thought I’d been through all of them and one will pop up now and then and it’s truly like GOLD! LOL I am so VERY grateful for all of your teachings. If I move to Lancaster with my daughter and her family my first trip will be over to see one of your classes!!! You’re just a true blessing to this old grandmother! LOL Thanks for all you do. Blessings always ~Lisa
I just found your channel, and am somewhat impressed. Your teaching style has impressed me. Often, we are told, "If you don't know what a mushroom is, don't eat it." Sound advice, except these are often our "experts" who never get around to teaching anyone anything. I'll be looking forward to more educational videos. Yakoki/Chokemashki.
I just wanted to say that you do a great job presenting information and I enjoyed watching your video. And this is coming from someone who’s not really big on mushrooms (it’s a texture thing for me). Although, I do love any kind of food that includes the word “truffle” lol (I just discovered truffle honey). In any case, I have mushrooms growing in my container garden and I took to UA-cam to find out whether they were good or not and now I’ve gone down the rabbit hole. Best of luck to you!
I used to go mushroom picking with my dad. Where can i find elephant ear also called sheep head, its white, grows big and has a nutty flavor. My dad would fry it with scrambled eggs. Yum!
thanks for the video i just found one of these the other day and was confused by it and not finding this american variety listed in the my mushroom books. I appreciate the information. Thanks
I have pictures of some of these that were over 24" in diameter. They were a bit darker, more gray in color. These are the only mushroom I've ever found that resemble hens.
this is awesome! I attend SRU and go to McConnell's mill often! Now, I have an eye to spot some of the mushrooms featured on here.
The more I learn the more confused I become... So many look- a likes and other things to consider. I would love to go on a guided tour sometime.
Nice video! I would guess some might also, at least initially, confuse this with a young Laetiporus sp., but not difficult to distinguish as you point out. Cheers!
Much respect for your education and enthusiasm for sharing it.
Thanks for the great videos Adam 👍
Totally educational! I appreciate your time.
We found a very large, (in Southern Illinois ), but still tender polypore, but not black staining. From Internet research I believe it is Berkley's polypore. I looked on your channel, no mention of it. If this grows in your area would love to see a video about this variety.
In western PA last summer at our family's camp in the ANF and saw some gigantic ones! Great info .. thanks
When I was starting out mushroom hunting earlier this year I found a big Berkeley's polypore which I thought might be Hen of the Woods or chicken of the woods... I cut up a bunch of the thinner edges and tried cooking them. not bad but definitely much tougher and more strong flavored then the actual Hen of the Woods I picked last week. I'm up in the Boston area and I've been finding lots of Hen of the Woods and Berkeley's polypore growing around the base of the old oak trees we have around the suburbs.
I have had tremendous results foraging in Ohio , being self taught over the past 6 years . And I owe alot of my knowledge to you and these great videos !
I have found large fruiting patches this year of chicken of the woods. And I believe I'm finding white pored chicken of the woods in the same locations . I'd love to upload my pictures and help with this identification. Thanks
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You are wicked smart and articulate. Great video.
I just found these a couple days ago, I didn't know what it was, was hoping for hedgehog mushrooms, looks similar,, but yes it stained black, some started to stain fast, but a few prices took some time to stain.. good video.
You're videos are so good.
At least we know it’s not poisonous now.
My 8 year old son and I were on a trail this past weekend and came across a fallen log that was decaying. A large grouping of this fungus was on the log. It was very firm and I was wondering the type. Thanks.
These are good to dry and use in soups. It also has medicinal properties. Found one in June nice find.
I was wondering if you know about truffles also, and of you could do a video about them if you do?
This mushroom makes a wonderful spicy jerky.found the recipe on the internet.
Love your videos!
Addicted to your videos thanks !
I actually had to double-back on the intro music - BECAUSE IT'S AWESOME. Nice surprise! Also... Mmmmmmmmmmmmushrooms. Thanks for clarifying!
Another look a like for this mushroom is laetiporus cincinnatus,, from my viewpoint. This mushroom does not turn black when cut and is a delicious type of chicken of the woods.
Thanks for the info bro
So completely relevant. that is how i describe your videos and information. Just this year, 2019, i have discovered your channel, and yes your academy for which i will have to wait an interminable period of waiting to receive an invitation. In the interim, i am actively searching my local area for various fungal growth. Having been surprised recently by an amazing yellow batch of growth on a tree, i took a couple of pictures that are, to me, amazing. I was very confused though as to what i had captured in still life. I did a search on Google for info on identifying an oyster mushroom, as a friend had suggested this type. I had been watching your hen of the woods video previously on another tab, but this was also the very first suggestion Google offered. Hilarious. I scrolled down to see this video, which set me straight, and with your usual ever-present effervescent and animated teaching style, i was able to learn exactly what i needed. thanks again sir.
Adam thank you! I can't wait to get out of the hospital and back into the woods! keep doing that thing you do man.
I appreciate all these videos Adam thank you do much you've thought me a lot and very much useful I information that they should be teaching our kids in schools. (O that's right were not supposed to know). Bless you Adam.
Adam you are always the best
Thanks Adam, as always learning much from your great videos. Question for you: do you have a method for safely testing mushrooms (or for that matter any plant) if they are edible when you can't positively identify the specimen? Cheers!
You're welcome! If I can't positively identify a species, I send a photograph to someone who will know the ID (I have a few mycologist and botanist friends). Other than that, I try my hardest by scanning every resource imaginable, and if I come up short, I try again next year. :)
There are a couple of ways to check mushrooms for toxins, the tried and true way is the lick test. Cut a mushroom and lick it, if it's poisonous your body will pick up on it very quickly and tell you with a stinging mouth. My grandfather did this test his entire life and lived well into his 90's. You can also boil a mushroom with an onion as the majority of toxic mushrooms share a chemical that reacts with onions and if the onion changes color then you know the mushroom is toxic. When making a stock mushrooms should never chemically react with onions.
I have grip of this drying in my attic. It has anti-cancer properties.
I harvested it from my in-law's place, it was growing where we had removed an American Sweetgum.
Yay here In July in pa and am cooking it up now. Stoked to find some edibles from my favorite forest ☺️
Thank You. You are amazing
Hey Adam, are you ever going to make a vid telling we amateurs why we should learn the technical names of the fungi?
Glad I found your video
I am so interested in these videos! I have a camp site in Oakridge NJ. located on spring water fed lake. Sun Air lake. Im constantly looking for different species of Fungi. Thanks for posting I plan on foraging this laborday weekend with friends and the kids. I think I found chicken of the woods but it is still imature. GR8 job dude!
I found one study on this and it showed it balanced the bodies T cells. So it would help with allergies and autoimmunity.
Thank you for this great information, Adam. What's the difference between a bolete and a polypore?
Boletes are polypore mushrooms. The don't have gills only tiny pores. Kind of a spongy surface. The black staining polypore is another polypore. Polypore just explains that part of the fungus. There are other mushrooms that are polypores.
You are my authority on fungi. I too live in Pa. (Southeast)
With this mushrooms parasitic trait would the "black staining" name come from the black line wood spalting prised by decorative woodworkers? Could this mushroom be responsible for the inky black lines found in spalted wood?
I wish that I could post pics here. I found what appears to be a white hen. It doesn't bruise when cut or torn and it isn't tough or leathery. Very interesting mushroom. I'd love to be able to send you pics to see what your think.
You're excellent!
hey adam i just a sort of a not so related question, i found a more pale rieshi mushroom and i was wondering your take on it, is it just as edible as a normal colored rieshi?
I have a bunch of mushrooms in my backyard next to a rotting stump. I am trying to figure out if it is maitake.
My dad's family is from the Somerset area!
This mushrooms are growing in my yard but it is toxic. I thought it was family mistake but after cook for two hours with much garlic but only after tasting the broth the stomach pain was strong and after drinking warm water with fresh lemon juice the pain stopped
Keep up the great work I want to eventually live off the land thanks for all the information you share
Hi. I just found a mushroom that looks very much like the black staining polypore or hen of the woods. It's mainly the color of cream with dark edges. I'm confused about it. I broke it apart, cleaned it up very well and then put it in a sink of salted water. The water has turned bright orange. Do you have any idea of what it might be?
I prefer these to Grifolas. They are thicker, easier to clean and most importantly don't make me feel like I'm in late stage labor for 36 hours. The varieties around here don't bruise very much and when they do it's more of a tan to brown.
Can you find the remains of Sheepshead mushrooms in springtime decaying I did very well with Morales this year was just wondering cuz I found what look like rotten sheep head
@Learn Your Land what brand/model of pants are those?
Can you please let us know if we can find enoki and honey ? I think I've watched all your videos lovem all. I really need to find Chaga , lions mane & rieshi ? Idk if they are all available here in Virginia? You very informative, try again blessings🌹
I have lions mane here in Hawaii if you are looking to grow them I can send you cultures.
How do I get some advice on my first mushroom find to no if it is edible or dangerous to touch
I just found one that is cream white and big as a soccer ball and round ..looks like a ball of lace. I want to know if its edible
I wish I could show you the pictures, this thing is shaped like a maitake we picked it in my Woods it was almost White, now 1/2 an hour later I'm cleaning it in the sink and it's getting darker and darker. What should I do if it looks like a maitake.
excellent.....
I took detailed pictures of a strange fungi, here in north central Florida. I'd never seen it before, nor anyone else that I asked. It was on the ground in shaded lawn grass. Want to see if you can ID it?
I was so sure you were going to say Berkeley polypore. I could have easily confused it.
Hi! i found one that was yellowy like yours. but another nearby was grey and white which looks more like hen of the woods. So it's not a Bondarzewia berkeleyi??
Thanks for the info not just same old edible non edible.
Superior information and presentation.
Thanks buddy. Peace.
Liked and Subscribed #40,213 thanks from Chicago! Great video, very well done.
I sure enjoy your videos. I see negative comments and that's okay. I'd rather know if mushrooms I find are poisonous. It's easy for some of the other channels to only present to us the edible mushrooms.
Adam you always show us and tell us the research information on both poisonous and the non poisonous and edible non edible mushrooms.
I really appreciate it.
Keep up the good work.
Hi there I’ve eaten this mushroom and it’s really good and soft as long as it’s young and hasn’t fully developed it’s caps the younger the better once the caps form like the one in the foto it’s tough edible but tough. I wonder if anyone is doing research on its medical properties
Is there some way I can post a pic of a mushroom to ask for info on it ? Like if its edible or has any use , or if its poisionous ? I live in south alabama . I dont think we have edible mushrooms . Maybe I need to move . Lol .
Please, please help me ID this mushroom. It is thicker then the featured mushroom. Could it be the Meripilus Gigantus, I have beautiful pics if I can get them through. The photo comes in too large. Please contact me for the pics. TY!
I like the blue staining mushies I find in my cow field, delicious.
I think I will make jerky out of it....I just found a bunch of it!
I have found a mushroom and a shelf fungi that is not found on any video or website. actually 3. a lavender shelf fungi is my most looked for and there are none to be found online
Great video. Neat to learn about David Ross Sumstine. Grifola got kicked out as not being related to Meripilus (based on DNA). Grifola is in Grifolaceae.
As always soooo Fanawesometastic 🙏💕
At 4:32 you could hear a fly passing by!
Wish I could add a pic! Found one that is close to this but is more tan to beige! Please help Adam!!!!!
is it possible that I found this in may? I live in maine so I'm a little behind you in temps.
DO YOU HAVE MORE ON MUSHROOM VIDEO
Good video
This mushroom makes amazing stock! It’s very savory. It can also be zapped in a blender into a spread.
Thanks for that!