How to Identify Poisonous Jack O'Lantern Mushrooms!

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  • Seeing a distant flash of bright orange amongst the greens of late summer / early fall can be exciting for those of us looking for chanterelles, but this mushroom offers no promise of a good meal. However, there are a few things that distinguish this fungus from our edible favorites.
    Jack o’ Lantern mushrooms (Omphalotus illudens) have true gills that hang in neat rows under the cap and grow in clusters like oyster mushrooms from decaying wood and stumps, whereas chanterelles grow singly or in loose associations directly from the forest floor. While it looks like they are growing directly from the soil, they are actually growing on dead or decaying wood just below the surface. That’s why it’s important to consider all field marks when identifying mushrooms.
    These Jacks were found next door to North Spore in Portland, Maine! 🎃
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  • @boscorner
    @boscorner 11 місяців тому +259

    One way i check is by peeling them like string cheese. Chantelles peel easily like that.

  • @wendyleslie6461
    @wendyleslie6461 10 місяців тому +138

    Thank you for stating all mushrooms are safe to touch. I've always worried about that and it's been one of the fears I've had in learning to forage.

    • @sarahwilson7825
      @sarahwilson7825 7 місяців тому +5

      Some of us are allergic and can not handle wild mushroom varieties, so make these decisions mindfully. I learned as a toddler(backyard mushroom caused severe hay fever and hives) the lesson stuck.

  • @iagreewithyou3478
    @iagreewithyou3478 11 місяців тому +78

    Are you telling me that I can have my glow in the dark fairy garden closer to reality?!

  • @GenuineNPC
    @GenuineNPC 11 місяців тому +99

    Step number one, if it grows in a huge cluster its probably not a cow.

  • @sleepysam4u
    @sleepysam4u 10 місяців тому +7

    When she said, “All mushrooms are safe to touch” I thought, is that true? What I found is yes it’s true! So wild that out of the thousands of different species, they’re all safe to hold!
    The only one that people aren’t sure about touching is called Podostroma cornu-damae. Although its ability to harm you by touch is unconfirmed and believed to be a rumor.

    • @dwaynezilla
      @dwaynezilla 9 місяців тому +1

      I wonder if the "rumor" thing is like poison ivy where some are sensitized to it and others not

  • @mattmatthews5414
    @mattmatthews5414 11 місяців тому +29

    Found a basketball sized patch of them on an old stump deep in the woods as a kid in upstate NY, but couldn’t find them again. Now I want to go find them again just to hang my hammock up for the night to see the lumens!

  • @user-ri4bs6di7e
    @user-ri4bs6di7e 11 місяців тому +14

    I've found some huge jack o lantern mushrooms in socal last year. Really cool mushrooms even if you can't eat it

  • @soupmuncher.
    @soupmuncher. 11 місяців тому +13

    more people should know about this channel this video is rlly good!

  • @phillipbingham487
    @phillipbingham487 11 місяців тому +7

    I have a cousin who ate them once..boy did he regret that..he assumed he was getting chantrels

  • @DogTBH
    @DogTBH 11 місяців тому +2

    I went foraging today and found Laccaria Lacata and Imleria Badia! Going into a stew tomorrow with beef and potato! Yumm!

  • @F0AM-
    @F0AM- 11 місяців тому +5

    They glow!!!

  • @velmat3822
    @velmat3822 11 місяців тому +8

    replacing pumpkins for these

  • @tesseract_1982
    @tesseract_1982 11 місяців тому +29

    I'd be orders of magnitudes more pleased to find GLOWING MUSHROOMS, instead of edible mushrooms. 😎 💚💚💚

  • @marche800
    @marche800 7 місяців тому +1

    Oh wow, i didn’t know shrooms are all safe to touch. I've always been too paranoid about the poison and spores.

  • @jessevvs
    @jessevvs 5 місяців тому

    Jacks will always be growing on wood, never soil. The wood may be buried so be careful. Also Jacks have true gills while chanterelles do NOT.

  • @RajinderKaur-dr4ce
    @RajinderKaur-dr4ce Місяць тому

    I haven’t seen them, but a way for identifying poisonous mushrooms is if they have a ring around it or if the bottom of the cap is light. Destroying angel and death cap have one of these to identify it.

    • @NorthSpore
      @NorthSpore  7 днів тому

      This is actually untrue. There is no definitive rule like this to classify a mushroom as poisonous. It's unfortunately more complicated and requires understanding a genus and the rules within it. Sometimes, it really comes down to knowing the individual species. Other times, edibility is just unknown.

  • @mariannesloan3733
    @mariannesloan3733 6 місяців тому

    I never knew they were all safe to touch! Cool!

  • @jeremiahcarter2487
    @jeremiahcarter2487 9 місяців тому

    The smell is really sweet and like a flower.. they will not kill you but make you sick.so don't let people like this make you fear mushrooms... I have ate these before vomited for one hour

  • @CarlytheQueenofChaos
    @CarlytheQueenofChaos 11 місяців тому +7

    No one:
    German Jack o lantern mushrooms:Ölbaumpilz bro it's literally oil tree mushroom

    • @Whatsahandle4
      @Whatsahandle4 10 місяців тому

      I hear it causes mild hallucinations with extreme diarrhea and gastral pain. No fun

  • @emanuelthomas5530
    @emanuelthomas5530 Місяць тому

    Awesome

  • @joechilds9448
    @joechilds9448 11 місяців тому +3

    They glow with UV and moon light!!!!

  • @JustMe085
    @JustMe085 7 місяців тому

    Thank you ❤

  • @moosestubbings1853
    @moosestubbings1853 7 місяців тому

    Add them to garden compost for a kick of phosphorus

  • @joyhamilton4248
    @joyhamilton4248 10 місяців тому

    Thank you so much for such a great video!!

    • @NorthSpore
      @NorthSpore  9 місяців тому

      You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @prateekbatta2012
    @prateekbatta2012 День тому

    May god bless the people who all tasted these mushrooms and told us that these are poisonous

  • @mushroomsrcool1449
    @mushroomsrcool1449 8 місяців тому

    Beautiful!

  • @marcusmorgan4787
    @marcusmorgan4787 11 місяців тому +1

    The last part ❤

  • @chimchimshi
    @chimchimshi 8 місяців тому

    I ate chantelles in ohio they tasted really good once cooked ❤

  • @CloudSpirals
    @CloudSpirals 11 місяців тому

    Thanks for that info 💚

  • @just_a_dumbasscallmekai7887
    @just_a_dumbasscallmekai7887 9 місяців тому +1

    I love smacking the tops of mushrooms. Bouncy bouncy bouncy!😂

  • @abundance_In_Motion
    @abundance_In_Motion 9 місяців тому

    I call them false chanterelles. They sometimes emit a deep orange ooze that smells sweet

  • @galka_brutalka8045
    @galka_brutalka8045 9 місяців тому

    Thanks for information 👏

  • @boxerfencer
    @boxerfencer 7 днів тому

    I beleive there is at least one mushroom that is NOT safe to touch.

    • @NorthSpore
      @NorthSpore  7 днів тому +1

      www.rjgrayecology.com/blog/mycophobia-and-the-fire-coral-fungi#/

  • @faerefolke
    @faerefolke 10 місяців тому

    I can just look and see the differences.

  • @stefi4967
    @stefi4967 10 місяців тому

    These would make nice lamps for the lawn

  • @Carol32547
    @Carol32547 8 місяців тому

    They grow in clusters like ringless honeys?? Beginner question

  • @greyecologyst4694
    @greyecologyst4694 9 місяців тому

    We had these at work and they didn't glow. I was really disappointed

  • @m.pearce3273
    @m.pearce3273 10 місяців тому +1

    Lobster Mushrooms ofen confused too

  • @momothebug
    @momothebug 10 місяців тому +1

    It looks so tasty I'm mad I can't eat it.

  • @edithharrington2998
    @edithharrington2998 9 місяців тому

    Never in a million years could they be mistaken for chanterelles

    • @NorthSpore
      @NorthSpore  9 місяців тому +2

      Unfortunately it does happen.

  • @akankshachaphekar8922
    @akankshachaphekar8922 7 місяців тому

    How to grow medicinal mushrooms?

    • @NorthSpore
      @NorthSpore  7 місяців тому

      We have a ton of info about this at northspore.com!

  • @randocommando6826
    @randocommando6826 8 місяців тому

    what if i accidentally lick my fingers afterwards?

    • @NorthSpore
      @NorthSpore  8 місяців тому +1

      You'll be fine. The mushroom itself needs to be ingested.

  • @minhvunguyenviet7821
    @minhvunguyenviet7821 7 місяців тому

    Jacque

  • @artifexhuman
    @artifexhuman 10 місяців тому

    If this look a like or confuse you then you really need go study more or stay away from wild fungus all together.

  • @SpaceDikon
    @SpaceDikon 10 місяців тому

    Such decretive shroom yet so deadly

  • @jaymesEo6
    @jaymesEo6 9 місяців тому

    What in the Alice's Advertures in Wonderland is this ish?

  • @scottwilliam306
    @scottwilliam306 10 місяців тому

    This question was asked in 2023 UPSC

  • @JoxDrewpcokzz-wm1pv
    @JoxDrewpcokzz-wm1pv 7 місяців тому

    they look yummy😢

  • @ScrotumScratchinSasquatch
    @ScrotumScratchinSasquatch 11 місяців тому

    But there sooo pretty

  • @lovingmybaby1221
    @lovingmybaby1221 11 місяців тому

    Do u think u could grow morels this way?

    • @NorthSpore
      @NorthSpore  10 місяців тому +1

      We're working on it!

    • @user-kz8zr4si3i
      @user-kz8zr4si3i 10 місяців тому

      Check out the Danish Morel Project, they've dialed it down to a science.

  • @shahkhan9316
    @shahkhan9316 7 місяців тому

    How to new that a new mushrooms is good to eat or it's can kill you , I new of family how all are kill by 🍄.

  • @flameguy3416
    @flameguy3416 11 місяців тому

    Not if i have anything to say about it...

  • @sometimesicryinthebasement5121
    @sometimesicryinthebasement5121 5 місяців тому

    Or just don’t go picking random mushrooms

  • @zachfernandez1257
    @zachfernandez1257 11 місяців тому

    Look up the big laughing Jim... your welcome.

    • @user-kz8zr4si3i
      @user-kz8zr4si3i 10 місяців тому

      Yeah, some gymnopilus contain psilocybin and psilocin. It's pretty neat. I believe there is actually a species of gymnopilus that has a mystery psychoactive compound that is not psilocin or psilocybin, but I couldn't find which species it was for confirmation. If anyone could refresh my memory that would be awesome

  • @gmw3083
    @gmw3083 11 місяців тому

    I don't have any orange mushrooms but lots that grow from rotting wood. I think most of them do. I just eat a tiny bit at first and see what happens. Some I've eaten quite a bit. No major problems yet.

    • @NorthSpore
      @NorthSpore  10 місяців тому +2

      I would advise against that! there are some deadly poisonous mushrooms that grow on rotten wood, notedly, Galerina marginata (or autumnalis). Don't consume something you haven't properly identified first!

    • @gmw3083
      @gmw3083 10 місяців тому

      @NorthSpore Eating too much beet greens at once almost did me in a year ago. Weird cause no one says anything about that. That experience showed me again. Moderation, no matter what they say. In the case of mushrooms, I don't know, I'm a cautious nibbler. Same with the weeds. This is where i live. It's cold. It's northwest Canada. I'm learning from the land. Sometimes, it smacks me down. That's life....

    • @Leto_0
      @Leto_0 10 місяців тому +1

      Dude this is dangerous and nibbling on them isn't gonna tell you anything. All mushrooms need to be cooked to be edible, so you aren't going to identify anything unless you also learn how to properly identify them with a book
      You aren't going to die from a nibble but it could cause a fair amount of pain

    • @OpaqueNihilist
      @OpaqueNihilist 10 місяців тому

      ​@@gmw3083that's absolutely pointless. We have science for a reason dude.

  • @Ihtiandr13
    @Ihtiandr13 10 місяців тому

    Too much talking. Just put them side by side and show the difference.
    We could actually reed all those differences. What we need is to see.

  • @Gnome-563
    @Gnome-563 15 днів тому

    Eat it

  • @Its_Me_see
    @Its_Me_see 8 місяців тому

    Was ur hands before you touch ur mouth tho stil