Though at 84, I seldom get out into the wild, so I very much cherish your excellent videos and travel with with you in my mind, with great gratitude. Wishing you all the best as you bring the wild into the homes of those of us who cannot get out into the woods ourselves any more. Keep up the great work!!
As a relatively new forager, (8 years), I can not emphasize how much I appreciate your approach to learning mycology. Well, appreciating foraging in general. No glitz, no glam, just straightforward knowledge. Don’t change.
My husband came home with three of the cauliflower mushrooms this week. We live in northeastern Bavaria, Germany. We forage for Pfefferlinge (chanterelles) and Steinpilze (Boleus) but the cauliflower mushrooms are my absolute favorite!
I just found one of these two weeks ago! Unfortunately it was in a protected area with a large sign near it saying NO MUSHROOM FORAGING! It was a true tragedy! The mushroom was humongous and at the peak of ripeness. Took all the self control I had to leave it. Obviously I’m not over it even still.
For the last 3 or 4 years, these mushrooms have been popping up by an old oak stump in our back woods. One year there were 6 of them! This year there were technically 5 although, 2 of them fused together to make one huge fruiting. I haven't picked any of them to eat but I love taking photos of the cauliflower mushroom. 💜
Adam-I love your channel and your content! I love how concise your information is, and how you don’t waste our time. I love how your information is accessible to the unprofessional, yet professional enough to bring us into the full, scientific discussion! I have a QUESTION for you. Is there anything about gilled mushrooms that present a greater risk, or any reason why a novice should use gills as a pre screening safety measure? And why would someone think there was, either way-since it doesn’t present as a standard disclaimer on all mushroom sites and books. Thanks for your time!
I found one of these in the woods a few years ago. When I researched it and found out you could eat them, I went back to harvested it. It was the most incredible mushroom I have ever eaten! The texture was amazing. I ordered some hot and sour soup from a local Chinese place and added the mushroom. It was fantastic! The mushroom I found was massive, I estimate about 3-4 pounds. Very hard to clean with all the nooks and crannies (was under a pine, so that didn't help) and I still found some ants crawling around inside the bowl I stored it in after a few days. lol. Well worth it though!
Hi Adam! This is the second time I found a mushroom and within a couple of days from when I found it, you posted a video about it! The first was the grifola frondosa Hen of the Woods a couple of weeks ago, and now this cauliflower mushroom. This is the first year I spotted this beauty after frequenting our 80 acres of decidious/conifer mixed woods in south western New Hampshire for the past 6 years. It was indeed growing at the base of some beech trees in a small grove, and red oak are also present in the area. It was about 12 inches in diameter, so I spotted it from quite a distance! Must be a good season for this species. Thanks for the accurate and great info!
I've come across this beautiful fungus three times in 15+ years of foraging. I don't find it has any flavor, but it does have texture. All of my best finds, and what addicted me to fungi foraging and forests, is the process you describe of seeing something curious in the distance, going to look at it, and discovering the most amazing or choice edible. The Forest Gods at work. The art and magic of Wandering. Love it! And your videos, too!
Good find (I say this knowing the mushrooms really find us)! I found my first cauliflower this year by a chanterelle patch. A bear to clean, but very tasty. On a hike on a new to me trail a few weeks later, I found my 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. I harvested one and left the others for other animals than me. While I was confident the whole time (after proper identification) from cutting it to eating, it is still good to hear your knowledge about it. Thank you for what you do!
Thanks for the video! A few weeks ago you posted a video about Maitake. The day after, I went out and found Maitake in my favorite Virginia forest. The day after that, I went out again and found the cauliflower mushroom and a second older maitake. Super excited for this awesome fall mushroom season!
Ah Adam, love seeing you with these! And I’m a little envious, as we don’t seem to see these in Germany. Here a similar joy to find is Sparassis crispa (whose German name translates to ‚Curly Clucking Hen‘) - but what a drag to clean our version is, as it is so densely folded. It does reward with a lovely taste though - reminiscent of eggs or butter. Wikipedia says it also grows in North America, do you find that one too? Happy further foraging this fall, Adam 😊
I too found that smelling already known mushroom is the best identification method and forever remembered. Human sense of smell is under rated. We live not using our noses actively only passively but it has lots of potential is you use it actively. I also found that dogs do not have a significantly better smell than us despite the myth that they do, the difference is they actively and extensively use it + their nose is close from the floor. That makes for most of the difference, not abilty to recognize odors.
Just discovered these on a walk thru the woods yesterday. They were delicious in omelets and put the rest in soup. Very nice if you can find them before the beetles do.
Haven't found this mushroom, but lots of Comb Tooth, one of my favorites. But this year has been a rough one for mushroom picking due to the lack of rain. Lake water levels are way down. Endless hot days scorching the forest flora. Thanks for the video.
I have a large front yard here in North Georgia and I have been finding it growing every other year. Yes it is a wonderful treat and like you, have a Hungarian soup recipe for it.
Ive never seen that one before! But I did find a beautiful Lion's Mane this morning while out for a walk, brought it home and sauteed it up as an addition to my breakfast! My first time having it and it was excellent.
puff balls are coming out in our area and they are one of my favorites I consider them the bread of the woods as they take on pretty much any flavor of which you cook them in making little pizzas out of them is pretty awesome too Fry on both sides in some butter let it cool and then put some pizza sauce and mozzarella cheese and toppings of your desire and boom there you have it
I found one here on my property a few years ago on a stump (do not know the tree species) but it was my first and only since. Loved this mushroom sauteed!
Is it not crazy how your walk one day and see a different type of mushroom and along a trail and days later, something different. Just think what all you missed over the whole year even on that one trail. Never saw anything like this, yet. Thanks for posting.
Thank you for this info. Did not know it was edible. I found a very large one this year in my woods. Growing where an old red oak used to stand. Took several pics of it over two weeks time.
Thanks for doing a vid on these. I've only found a couple and they were always too old to eat. It's near record breaking dry here in Northern KY currently. I haven't found a single edible shroom since the chants quit flushing almost a month ago. They're saying a good amount of rain is coming late next week so hopefully things will pick up after that.
Strangely, the only time I've found the cauliflower mushroom was under a pine tree in central North Carolina. It's amazing how mushrooms continuously break their own "rules"!
Western Ohio is in the midst of an insane drought right now but I'm still surprised by how many species are still blooming despite it. I work part time on a nature preserve now, and I've noticed a huge amount of the cute little plant Euonymus americanus, the "bursting heart." I've only seen it one time in my parent's woods which is less than 10 miles away from the preserve, but it is far more common here. It's so small you could easily step on it without noticing but the colors range from white, pink, deep red, and even light purple. As for how this directly relates to the video: I've been pleasantly surprised by how many plants are trying their best to continue as usual despite well over a month without rain and with daily 85+ Fahrenheit (29.5C) temperatures. I've been seeing far more plants than I expected to, so don't be afraid to go looking even if you think you might not see anything.
absolutely choice edible. i got a big one recently, in DE, like a large cabbage. maybe a bit older, it had a sort of rubbery/cartilaginous texture. not unpleasant, sauteed in butter reminded me of fried clams. i got covered in hundreds of deer ticks though.
Yup! They are kinda rare to find. The largest one I ever found was in Southern Oregon. I don't expect to find them, either. But, it's nice when it happens.
Luke I wish I could go in the wild to forage, but still lucky me, I can go to an Asian store and find awesome mushrooms there. I got me 4 cauliflower the other day. They have other type of mushrooms too.
I find it in pine forests in north carolina . It's very common here. I see it all the time . Usually it pops up in the spring prior to anything else and I'll see them in the pines throughout the summer
Great video. I have spotted one, I think, from the road. However it is up about 25 ft on a dead oak. It may be a lions mane, can't get close enough. Would love to get it though.
Looks similar to snow ear mushroom (Tremella fuciformis) very common in Asian cuisines and tropics. More of an absorber of tastes without distinct flavour of its own but interesting texture. Sold in small matchbox size boxes that bloom quite a size in water.
In Europe, we find its relative sparassis crispa, which grows at the bottom of pine-trees. A mushroom by far too delicious though to call it a substitute for something as plain as noodles!😉
I found a huge one of these walking a trail a couple weeks ago but it was too far gone. Walked the trail a lil more and found a perfect chicken of the woods specimen ha ha redeemed. East tennessee
Though at 84, I seldom get out into the wild, so I very much cherish your excellent videos and travel with with you in my mind, with great gratitude. Wishing you all the best as you bring the wild into the homes of those of us who cannot get out into the woods ourselves any more. Keep up the great work!!
As a relatively new forager, (8 years), I can not emphasize how much I appreciate your approach to learning mycology. Well, appreciating foraging in general.
No glitz, no glam, just straightforward knowledge.
Don’t change.
I've found SO many different species just this year.. but never did I think a substitute for Noodles could be found in a mushroom 😂❤️🍄
Giant Puffball slices make an excellent substitute for lasagna noodles!
Fried in a pan with butter and garlic, this mushroom tastes amazing too
What doesn't taste amazing in butter and garlic?
My husband came home with three of the cauliflower mushrooms this week. We live in northeastern Bavaria, Germany. We forage for Pfefferlinge (chanterelles) and Steinpilze (Boleus) but the cauliflower mushrooms are my absolute favorite!
Hello from a Bavarian living in Arkansas :) Leider keine Steinpilze hier :(
I found a large one last year in a fir and spruce forest in south west Oregon.Absolutely delicious and fragrant but still a rare find.
I just found one of these two weeks ago! Unfortunately it was in a protected area with a large sign near it saying NO MUSHROOM FORAGING! It was a true tragedy! The mushroom was humongous and at the peak of ripeness. Took all the self control I had to leave it. Obviously I’m not over it even still.
So glad you always bring your camera and tripod. I also really like your haircut!
For the last 3 or 4 years, these mushrooms have been popping up by an old oak stump in our back woods. One year there were 6 of them! This year there were technically 5 although, 2 of them fused together to make one huge fruiting. I haven't picked any of them to eat but I love taking photos of the cauliflower mushroom. 💜
perpetual learner, thanks for all the good videos for all of us who don't have woods to explore
Adam-I love your channel and your content! I love how concise your information is, and how you don’t waste our time. I love how your information is accessible to the unprofessional, yet professional enough to bring us into the full, scientific discussion!
I have a QUESTION for you. Is there anything about gilled mushrooms that present a greater risk, or any reason why a novice should use gills as a pre screening safety measure? And why would someone think there was, either way-since it doesn’t present as a standard disclaimer on all mushroom sites and books. Thanks for your time!
Now that's a terrific find Adam. It's nice that you can get out into the woods and explore. 👍👍🍄🍄
Saw some of these a couple days ago in a neighbor's yard :)
Adam you're a great teacher really articulate and professional. Your advice has helped me immensely thanks bro !
This is the first mushroom that I found and trusted. :-) Very tasty.
I got about 10 this year
Living in Pittsburgh, going to head out this weekend!
This is one of my favorite mushrooms, I've found some huge specimens and I'm always over the moon to find some.
Great find. It's been so dry here in northeast Oklahoma that I have not looked for mushrooms since May.
Almost all of North America is in extreme drought. Beekeepers bees are starving, ponds dried up, creeks dry. Canada also.
Thank you Adam, I always learn something new from your foraging videos 🙆♀️❣Great find & short video❣Happy🍄hunting❣
Oh I want one of these so bad this is the mushroom I've never got to try
Great find.
Nice short video.
Love it Adam thank you
Thanks, Adam. I have a sweet spot that I can count on that produces this mushroom this time of year.
Adam , I've been following you since you were a young hippy lol 😊
Thanks for all the years you've helped me .
Peace and hugs my friend ❤
Thank you for this teaching. ❤
I found one of these in the woods a few years ago. When I researched it and found out you could eat them, I went back to harvested it. It was the most incredible mushroom I have ever eaten! The texture was amazing. I ordered some hot and sour soup from a local Chinese place and added the mushroom. It was fantastic! The mushroom I found was massive, I estimate about 3-4 pounds. Very hard to clean with all the nooks and crannies (was under a pine, so that didn't help) and I still found some ants crawling around inside the bowl I stored it in after a few days. lol. Well worth it though!
I’ll keep an eye out, I’d love to be so lucky 🍄🟫
Thanks for sharing
Hi Adam! This is the second time I found a mushroom and within a couple of days from when I found it, you posted a video about it! The first was the grifola frondosa Hen of the Woods a couple of weeks ago, and now this cauliflower mushroom. This is the first year I spotted this beauty after frequenting our 80 acres of decidious/conifer mixed woods in south western New Hampshire for the past 6 years. It was indeed growing at the base of some beech trees in a small grove, and red oak are also present in the area. It was about 12 inches in diameter, so I spotted it from quite a distance! Must be a good season for this species. Thanks for the accurate and great info!
I found one once! I ate it for about 3 days. My favorite one to date. I still have awesome pictures of it.
Awesome, Adam! I didn't even know about this one! Thanks for the video!
Thank you for making the effort of sharing.
I've come across this beautiful fungus three times in 15+ years of foraging. I don't find it has any flavor, but it does have texture. All of my best finds, and what addicted me to fungi foraging and forests, is the process you describe of seeing something curious in the distance, going to look at it, and discovering the most amazing or choice edible. The Forest Gods at work. The art and magic of Wandering. Love it! And your videos, too!
You brave man!
Good find (I say this knowing the mushrooms really find us)! I found my first cauliflower this year by a chanterelle patch. A bear to clean, but very tasty. On a hike on a new to me trail a few weeks later, I found my 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. I harvested one and left the others for other animals than me.
While I was confident the whole time (after proper identification) from cutting it to eating, it is still good to hear your knowledge about it. Thank you for what you do!
Thanks for the video! A few weeks ago you posted a video about Maitake. The day after, I went out and found Maitake in my favorite Virginia forest. The day after that, I went out again and found the cauliflower mushroom and a second older maitake. Super excited for this awesome fall mushroom season!
We love your videos. Thank you for yet another wonderful mushroom introduction!
Just so rewarding, the gift of discovering a beautiful wild plant.
How exciting! still on my bucket list❤
Ah Adam, love seeing you with these! And I’m a little envious, as we don’t seem to see these in Germany. Here a similar joy to find is Sparassis crispa (whose German name translates to ‚Curly Clucking Hen‘) - but what a drag to clean our version is, as it is so densely folded. It does reward with a lovely taste though - reminiscent of eggs or butter. Wikipedia says it also grows in North America, do you find that one too? Happy further foraging this fall, Adam 😊
I usually find at least one every year. I love them.
I'm so jealous!
I love your videos. I have learned some new mushrooms. Thank you for sharing 🍄
I have learned so much from your videos!!! Thank you so much!!!❤
I love this mushroom sometimes I’m lucky enough to find. My favorite way to eat is to make an egg drop soup with it.
I too found that smelling already known mushroom is the best identification method and forever remembered. Human sense of smell is under rated. We live not using our noses actively only passively but it has lots of potential is you use it actively. I also found that dogs do not have a significantly better smell than us despite the myth that they do, the difference is they actively and extensively use it + their nose is close from the floor. That makes for most of the difference, not abilty to recognize odors.
Thanks! That's a beauty. Haven't seen one yet but looking now. )))
Wow, I've been foraging in Westmoreland County for 15 years, and I've never even Heard Of cauliflower mushrooms. Nice find!
Just discovered these on a walk thru the woods yesterday. They were delicious in omelets and put the rest in soup. Very nice if you can find them before the beetles do.
Haven't found this mushroom, but lots of Comb Tooth, one of my favorites. But this year has been a rough one for mushroom picking due to the lack of rain. Lake water levels are way down. Endless hot days scorching the forest flora. Thanks for the video.
I have a large front yard here in North Georgia and I have been finding it growing every other year. Yes it is a wonderful treat and like you, have a Hungarian soup recipe for it.
Ive never seen that one before! But I did find a beautiful Lion's Mane this morning while out for a walk, brought it home and sauteed it up as an addition to my breakfast! My first time having it and it was excellent.
great find.
puff balls are coming out in our area and they are one of my favorites I consider them the bread of the woods as they take on pretty much any flavor of which you cook them in making little pizzas out of them is pretty awesome too Fry on both sides in some butter let it cool and then put some pizza sauce and mozzarella cheese and toppings of your desire and boom there you have it
Love them!
What about methods for encouraging spread and proliferation of edible species ?
I found one here on my property a few years ago on a stump (do not know the tree species) but it was my first and only since. Loved this mushroom sauteed!
Great find! Not a mushroom in sight in the desert of lake county Illinois.....no rain to speak of since early July. ☹️
Is it not crazy how your walk one day and see a different type of mushroom and along a trail and days later, something different. Just think what all you missed over the whole year even on that one trail. Never saw anything like this, yet. Thanks for posting.
I am in NE PA and found one a month ago myself!! So cool, thanks for all the videos!!
Thanks for the tip. I'll keep an eye out for this delectado!
Thank you for this info. Did not know it was edible. I found a very large one this year in my woods. Growing where an old red oak used to stand. Took several pics of it over two weeks time.
I have never found this one. Thank you!!!
Just found my 1st one here in nc a few weeks ago!!!
Thanks for doing a vid on these. I've only found a couple and they were always too old to eat. It's near record breaking dry here in Northern KY currently. I haven't found a single edible shroom since the chants quit flushing almost a month ago. They're saying a good amount of rain is coming late next week so hopefully things will pick up after that.
I found more cauliflower mushrooms this year than ever before. Dehydrated 4 mason jars worth and gave a few fresh ones away.
I’m a big supporter and your videos have helped me through the years also We need a forge cook videos
Real find. Thanks for info.
I found one today on a nature walk. How lucky am i
Would love to discover one of these one day
Wow great video
Wow! That looks yummy!😋
Great find, never seen one of those in Scotland
Strangely, the only time I've found the cauliflower mushroom was under a pine tree in central North Carolina. It's amazing how mushrooms continuously break their own "rules"!
Thanks for the video
I have never found one,but I sure hope to someday.
Western Ohio is in the midst of an insane drought right now but I'm still surprised by how many species are still blooming despite it. I work part time on a nature preserve now, and I've noticed a huge amount of the cute little plant Euonymus americanus, the "bursting heart." I've only seen it one time in my parent's woods which is less than 10 miles away from the preserve, but it is far more common here. It's so small you could easily step on it without noticing but the colors range from white, pink, deep red, and even light purple.
As for how this directly relates to the video: I've been pleasantly surprised by how many plants are trying their best to continue as usual despite well over a month without rain and with daily 85+ Fahrenheit (29.5C) temperatures. I've been seeing far more plants than I expected to, so don't be afraid to go looking even if you think you might not see anything.
My favorite mushroom!!!
Found this mushroom a few weeks ago didn’t eat it but got lots of pictures of it. Also comes back yearly
Thanks!
Id confuse black staining polypore with oysters before cauliflower mushrooms. But they do look similar to miatake.
absolutely choice edible. i got a big one recently, in DE, like a large cabbage. maybe a bit older, it had a sort of rubbery/cartilaginous texture. not unpleasant, sauteed in butter reminded me of fried clams. i got covered in hundreds of deer ticks though.
Yup! They are kinda rare to find. The largest one I ever found was in Southern Oregon. I don't expect to find them, either. But, it's nice when it happens.
Thanks, now I can label the pictures in my phone!
Luke I wish I could go in the wild to forage, but still lucky me, I can go to an Asian store and find awesome mushrooms there. I got me 4 cauliflower the other day. They have other type of mushrooms too.
It's always good to hear from you, Adam Happy 😊 Halloween 🎃 😇
I find it in pine forests in north carolina . It's very common here. I see it all the time . Usually it pops up in the spring prior to anything else and I'll see them in the pines throughout the summer
I get them at Asian stores for cooking in soups.
You are probably thinking of the Tremella mushroom. I also thought of Tremella when seeing the thumbnail. I wonder if they are related.
Great video. I have spotted one, I think, from the road. However it is up about 25 ft on a dead oak. It may be a lions mane, can't get close enough. Would love to get it though.
😊TY for the VIDEO 👍✌
I usually see it next to pine trees. :)
Please do a video on “Wolfiporia.”
Such a beautiful fruiting body! Its thinness lends it quite a ghostly look
Looks similar to snow ear mushroom (Tremella fuciformis) very common in Asian cuisines and tropics. More of an absorber of tastes without distinct flavour of its own but interesting texture. Sold in small matchbox size boxes that bloom quite a size in water.
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In Europe, we find its relative sparassis crispa, which grows at the bottom of pine-trees. A mushroom by far too delicious though to call it a substitute for something as plain as noodles!😉
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Found a large group of them on my property but didn't have the time to mess with them....next year!
I found a huge one of these walking a trail a couple weeks ago but it was too far gone. Walked the trail a lil more and found a perfect chicken of the woods specimen ha ha redeemed. East tennessee
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We just found 2 of these. Crazy
Western Pennsylvania... That's the place for me to move from Texas to retire, God willing...