What a feast! I really enjoy your fishing videos, and now I have these to look forward to, too. On our 16 acres we only have 2 or 3 hemlocks, so I'm going to have to go searching. I never would have guessed those were edible. Awesome vid, and all your on-the-spot observations were quite educational for those of us who've never mushroom hunted before. Thanks!
The soft outer portions of the young specimens are absolutely delicious sauteed, with a great texture and wonderful nutty, meaty taste. One of our all-time favorites.
Great video John!!! Thanks for showing us this mushroom. I've seen these before but never knew what they were. Now I do and there are plenty of hemlocks around here. Thanks again. love all of your videos!!!
I cut the white part off last year and they grew back then I reharvested them and dried them for tea. They were everywhere in 2020. Was my first time!! They taste pretty 👍
Great video, i am in pa as well and harvest them out of the many hemlock tree stands.We make tinctures and drink infusions of reishi,chaga and trametes versicolor (turkey tail).There is also a good market for these when one finds a fair buyer.
I giggled when you talked to the Turkeys... Reminds me of my Dad. :) Mushroom hunting is awesome! Thanks for your videos! Chickens, Hens, Oysters and Varnish Caps! :)
Great video man!!! I will be adding this to my wild foods. I live in PA in the mountains outside Gettysburg. Not sure if these will show up here but I will be looking. We are presently finding morels but probably not for much longer. Thank you and God bless!!
Fantastic video sunshine. Thanks for the share. I'm new to the forest edibles to better educate myself on Healing. This is where algorithms are beneficial. It's been 7 years since this video has been posted yet so relevant yet sadly not spoken of. Thanks again. Keep well sunshine. 🌱🌲🌞💚🇨🇦
Love your sharing & I share your exitement ! Like you, I just find small reishi growing on this old tree trunk after 1 year. I didn't know how to harvest so some of them already gone..now I know how!
Megalodacne heros, thats the beetle, feed and lay eggs on bracket (conk) fungi. they are Fungivores, so only eat fungas types. Other bugs and birds that eat it are omnivores. If Megalodacne heros, is on it make sure it hasnt laid eggs, in fact if they are on it, I would just leave it for them, you appear to have lots. Good video, thanks.
Seen these for so many years in the PA woods...and many different others. BUT never knew they can be eaten. Damm. I also now know a guy who makes the meds. from others.
Good chance that the reason they grow on the bottom is because the humidity is much higher for longer periods of time. That may be why the top of the tree, the one the fill, was growing so much. Just my thoughts.
funny story. .. i was riding horses in Atmore Alabama. i collected some mature reishi, just coz they were cool. i brought them home and the baby bugs came BOILING out of them about a week after i picked them. it was gross! little larva I think. maybe those critters lay their eggs in there.
Fantastic work! Looks like you found the mother lode out there! I went out a couple of days ago here in Vermont and came back with armfuls. I was seeing those beetles on them as well. I call them Corpse Beetles, but I think they are called Burying Beetles. At any rate, beetles aside, these mushrooms are fantastic eating, and the tea you make with dried specimens isn't so bad either! Check out my channel to see the video of my haul!
wait, I've heard that reishi complex mushrooms are annuals, but a 300 year old reishi was recently found in china. any thoughts on this discrepancy? It was a meter across btw.
Morels are the at the top. On a scale from 1-10 with 10 being the best such as a morel. I personally would place them at a 6-7. some people like them, some dont.
Johnnie Blevins to the naked eye not much of anything. The varnish Cap ( Ganoderma Tsugae) only grow on hemlock for the most part. Lingzhi or Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) Usually grow on hardwoods. The latter is well known in china and japan. Both are usually called reishi.
@@phillippe72 When my daughter was little she asked me if we cold go to the crick and go swimmin. My worker corrected her and said "creek" honey. I corrected him. Their gramma lives in Sandy Creek , we go swimmin at the crick.
Love your sharing & I share your exitement ! Like you, I just find small reishi growing on this old tree trunk after 1 year. I didn't know how to harvest so some of them already gone..now I know how!
Love your sharing & I share your exitement ! Like you, I just find small reishi growing on this old tree trunk after 1 year. I didn't know how to harvest so some of them already gone..now I know how!
Love your sharing & I share your exitement ! Like you, I just find small reishi growing on this old tree trunk after 1 year. I didn't know how to harvest so some of them already gone..now I know how!
What a feast! I really enjoy your fishing videos, and now I have these to look forward to, too. On our 16 acres we only have 2 or 3 hemlocks, so I'm going to have to go searching. I never would have guessed those were edible. Awesome vid, and all your on-the-spot observations were quite educational for those of us who've never mushroom hunted before. Thanks!
The soft outer portions of the young specimens are absolutely delicious sauteed, with a great texture and wonderful nutty, meaty taste. One of our all-time favorites.
Great video John!!! Thanks for showing us this mushroom. I've seen these before but never knew what they were. Now I do and there are plenty of hemlocks around here. Thanks again. love all of your videos!!!
I cut the white part off last year and they grew back then I reharvested them and dried them for tea. They were everywhere in 2020. Was my first time!! They taste pretty 👍
Great videos, thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge!
Great video and info John, thanks for sharing.
daniellegrandpa Thanks!
Great video, i am in pa as well and harvest them out of the many hemlock tree stands.We make tinctures and drink infusions of reishi,chaga and trametes versicolor (turkey tail).There is also a good market for these when one finds a fair buyer.
You sir are doing God's work
I giggled when you talked to the Turkeys... Reminds me of my Dad. :) Mushroom hunting is awesome! Thanks for your videos! Chickens, Hens, Oysters and Varnish Caps! :)
Thanks , the white outer edge was great tasting and the texture kinda reminds me of liver !
What a beautiful Reish do you have, bingo!
I really enjoyed your video! I am not an outdoors person but I learned a lot. Thanks much. :)
Nice video. I like how you could find this mushroom so quickly. My 3 boys and I will be looking for these in the woods.
Great video man!!! I will be adding this to my wild foods. I live in PA in the mountains outside Gettysburg. Not sure if these will show up here but I will be looking. We are presently finding morels but probably not for much longer. Thank you and God bless!!
Eric Day Thanks! Hope to be adding more new mushroom videos in the future.
Look up learn your land he is great and from pa
You are so lucky. This is one mushroom I haven't found yet. I'm jealous.
They r actually soooo good!!!❤️❤️❤️
Fantastic video sunshine. Thanks for the share. I'm new to the forest edibles to better educate myself on Healing. This is where algorithms are beneficial. It's been 7 years since this video has been posted yet so relevant yet sadly not spoken of. Thanks again. Keep well sunshine. 🌱🌲🌞💚🇨🇦
The white grows back too after you cut it
Love your sharing & I share your exitement ! Like you, I just find small reishi growing on this old tree trunk after 1 year. I didn't know how to harvest so some of them already gone..now I know how!
Good stuff!
Do you have to clean them by putting them in salt water?
Also...you can use the entire mushroom to make tea.
The bugs are pleasing fungus beetles...not sure if I have the same where I am. I have only found slugs that feed off of them.
Just subscribed. Cool stuff
Megalodacne heros, thats the beetle, feed and lay eggs on bracket (conk) fungi. they are Fungivores, so only eat fungas types. Other bugs and birds that eat it are omnivores. If Megalodacne heros, is on it make sure it hasnt laid eggs, in fact if they are on it, I would just leave it for them, you appear to have lots. Good video, thanks.
Great video! Would you happen to know if these mushrooms would still be growing now in southern PA?
Logan Barnhart I would say they should be.
Wonderfull!!!
Seen these for so many years in the PA woods...and many different others. BUT never knew they can be eaten. Damm. I also now know a guy who makes the meds. from others.
Good chance that the reason they grow on the bottom is because the humidity is much higher for longer periods of time. That may be why the top of the tree, the one the fill, was growing so much. Just my thoughts.
Do you have to soak them in salt water before you eat them like morels?
Jake Andrew Nope you do not have to soak them in saltwater.
great video.. thanks
I make them into soup stock..yumm
funny story. .. i was riding horses in Atmore Alabama. i collected some mature reishi, just coz they were cool. i brought them home and the baby bugs came BOILING out of them about a week after i picked them. it was gross! little larva I think. maybe those critters lay their eggs in there.
What is the nutritional and medicinal benefits of this ?😊
@@BilliejoFoy I'm not sure but some say it has cancer fighting and preventative properties but not sure If the research is out on that yet or not.
Can you not peal off the varnish part and have more of the mushroom?
I have them on Long Island New York on a giant Maple log
I live in East Tennessee and a lot of us call morels "land fish" I've never seen those mushrooms though
Aren't you supposed to skin the brown part to eat its insides. The bugs seem to be doing that.
cool like from me
I want going to find mushroom too
Fantastic work! Looks like you found the mother lode out there! I went out a couple of days ago here in Vermont and came back with armfuls. I was seeing those beetles on them as well. I call them Corpse Beetles, but I think they are called Burying Beetles.
At any rate, beetles aside, these mushrooms are fantastic eating, and the tea you make with dried specimens isn't so bad either! Check out my channel to see the video of my haul!
tomatoplot Thanks, I left a comment on your video.
wait, I've heard that reishi complex mushrooms are annuals, but a 300 year old reishi was recently found in china. any thoughts on this discrepancy? It was a meter across btw.
Can you eat'em raw?
Ford Raptor For just a general purpose note.. You shouldn't eat any mushroom raw.
OK I was just wondering
How are there taste compared to morals?
Morels are the at the top. On a scale from 1-10 with 10 being the best such as a morel. I personally would place them at a 6-7. some people like them, some dont.
discribe the difference in reishi and varnish caps
Johnnie Blevins to the naked eye not much of anything. The varnish Cap ( Ganoderma Tsugae) only grow on hemlock for the most part. Lingzhi or Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) Usually grow on hardwoods. The latter is well known in china and japan. Both are usually called reishi.
+Leatherwoodoutdoors2 I thank you for this video I was fishing last night and found some
Why don't you take the whole mushrooms
I always leave 15 to 20% as they will grow back when you leave a portion attached to the host tree
A little faster please
Sure sounds like a NW PA accent you got there, and the fack you pronounced creek (crick) correctly. Lol
Fact*
@@phillippe72 When my daughter was little she asked me if we cold go to the crick and go swimmin. My worker corrected her and said "creek" honey. I corrected him. Their gramma lives in Sandy Creek , we go swimmin at the crick.
similar to reishi? it is a reishi *facepalm
Love your sharing & I share your exitement ! Like you, I just find small reishi growing on this old tree trunk after 1 year. I didn't know how to harvest so some of them already gone..now I know how!
Love your sharing & I share your exitement ! Like you, I just find small reishi growing on this old tree trunk after 1 year. I didn't know how to harvest so some of them already gone..now I know how!
Love your sharing & I share your exitement ! Like you, I just find small reishi growing on this old tree trunk after 1 year. I didn't know how to harvest so some of them already gone..now I know how!