Thank you so much for sharing! Incredibly informative! Never knew about the wood Sorrell, (I'm still kind of a novice) but I'm in north Florida and Ive seen this everywhere up here! Thanks for the info! Keep the videos coming if you can!
Oh thanks for your comment, I will research that also! I know the video mentioned it was supposed to aid the immune system. I have MS (many years) and my son was just telling me he read about some mushrooms that have brought some people great relief - and they grow in Florida. I had forgotten I was going to research the subject. Don't know if this is one of them, but I will certainly try anything within reason. Seems I remember one called a lions mane or similar? I must start looking...🥾🥾🍄
@@roxannethompson911 reishi mushrooms helps with pain relief and mental stability. It has a euphoric effect, improves your energy and sleeping, it's all around a good mushroom. It's also really good for those who're coming off drugs (opiates/opioids), detox.
@@TheHunterGathererSociety reishi mushrooms is an important mushroom... They were known to be magic healing mushrooms with hallucinogenic properties. Please do some research, it won't take long before you're out forging and harvesting as many as you can. Good luck. 😘
Finally...I found a Fla.based mushroom guy.Your my kinda guy.Ove been findind some nice mushrooms but had no idea what i was picken but know.Thanks for sure.
Man I really love this video you made thank you. I would be really interested in seeing you cook some of them and some of your favorite recipes thank you
I might have to do a few more of those. Thanks for watching and I am glad you liked it. Here is a video of me cooking the bolete ua-cam.com/video/bfJy86fH6mY/v-deo.html
@@TheHunterGathererSociety i just moved here from big island Hawaii and mushroom hunting is amazing i didnt find alot to eat but very unique and beautiful fungus
Hi! Love your videos. I live in the area of Clewiston and moved there recently. Since we are in our “winter” months was hoping you could share some edible mushrooms and plants you would recommend me hunting for. Thank you!!
Thanks, it has been pretty wet here. Tried getting out for some foraging but just got wet feet and chased by a snake lol. Focused on fishing right now. Just moved here from Alaska so a lot to learn!!
11:30 i have these growing in my pasture(about 100 acres of it is cows and horses that go under pines for shade) but their cap is a light brown a bit darker than it looks in the video
Damn dude I’m just sayin, that first mushroom you picked turned real blue after u picked it, how was it? Looks like a reishi, but even if it’s a different similar “subspecies” I’m sure they have similar effects. Like a combo between cubensis and lionsmane, not in actuality chemically, but just a similar vibe ig.
Subscriber #475 here! Thank you for the video. I learned that I have an abundance of useful plants right in my own backyard. Seeing how much the pollinators like the bidens should have prompted my suspicions earlier.
Is there a resource online I can use to look at the variety of mushrooms in Florida? Have several types growing in my yard and I would like to ID them. I know puffballs are edible, but what of the others? Much of what I find online refer to northern climates.
Hello, enjoy your videos but have a question... Several mushroom videos I have watched have emphasized to NEVER EVER eat a mushroom with a so much as a speck of red on it as it is poisonous. How to know?
Glad you enjoyed it, although there are certainly red mushrooms that are poisonous there are also ones that are edible. For example the beefsteak fungus. We take each mushroom individually and run it past several checks to ensure identification. My advice is to discover the joy of discovering and identifying new plants and mushrooms. Along the way you will discover some wonderful edibles.
@@TheHunterGathererSociety Thanks for the info and quick reply, good to know. I am excited to learn more about foraging. Growing up as the oldest of eight in Northern Michigan we certainly lived off the land as much as possible ie: hunting, fishing, wild berry/fruits, even dandelion and poke greens. My fondest memories are of morel mushroom "hunting". I must have gathered hundreds of pounds in my lifetime and it was a wonderful family outdoor bonding experience. I live in North Florida now and have yet to find a morel. There are many fungi on my property but the only ones I feel brave enough to eat so far are the chanterelles. They are prolific! I am not yet educated enough on Florida mushrooms to feel confident eating others. Should I give up on my quest for morals here? Maybe try to grow them? I sure miss those delectable morsels!
Every generality you've ever heard about mushrooms is wrong. They are "old wives tales" and listening to any of them could get you very sick or possibly dead. The only rule of mushroom hunting that must be adhered to is "never consume any mushroom unless you are 100% positive of its identity". I've broken this rule very cautiously a few times, (boletus, agaricus, hypsizgus, gray/black chanterelles) but I've spent years researching and knew that at worst I might suffer some gastric upset. If you can't easily recognize every single deadly mushroom in your environment you really need to be very careful and stick to only the safest species.
I heard x2 suggestions. - The stem of a poisonous mushroom would be more straightened out.than curly. - when you crack open the cap of a poisonous mushroom, it should turn a tinge of blue or red on the inside pretty quickly. a magic mushroom would instead turn a shade of black when broken or bruised and it happens more slowly
Yellow pore edible boletes are common and often edible, no purple ones here but they did turn blue, here is a short list thehgsociety.com/2022/09/06/four-edible-blue-staining-boletes/
Omg I’m also in west palm beach!! I’m very new to foraging and so far on my hikes I have only found inedible shrooms 😂 though very pretty. A lot of the resources I found online point to central / north Florida. Though I think that just means that we should become the resource for others ^_^
@@allisonmiranda10 I am also from West Palm area.....going to go to Mounts Botanical and ask questions. Very interested to learn about edibles and medicinal plants considering what is going on in USA!
At 7:45 what medicinal mushroom is this one? I searched through a good amount of comments to try and avoid you having to repeat yourself but I didn't find anything, sorry if you are repeating yourself! I've been addicted lately with learning what I can forage off of our beautiful Florida land here and if it's edible or medicinal I'm all ears. Thank you in advance, subscribed!
I found three types of Bolete mushrooms today. Florida. One was white. One was more brown. One was reddish brown with yellow belly. Tasted the white and it was waay too bitter. Tasted the brown and it was nice n mild. Did not even collect the reddish brown with yellow belly. Any advice?
The white ones are really bitter. The brown cap beige pored ones tricked me before as they can be bitter as well. I have found one here that is a rusty reddish color with yellow pores that bruises blur. Can't remember what the name was but it was a good edible.
@@TheHunterGathererSociety Hi Richard I am from Northeast Florida and have enjoyed your videos, thank you!! I am a complete newbie to mushroom hunting but I did find a good website that has helped to identify them. Sharing in case it’s helpful! boletes.wpamushroomclub.org
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services gave saw palmetto official status as of July 17, 2018 by putting it one the "Commercially Exploited Plant List." Georgia joined the ban in 2020.
Every one of those white boletes that I've found here in SWFL has been very bitter tasting when you nibble a small piece. Very disappointing because they always look beautiful. I wasted a lot of time trying to ID them to species but finally gave up and just call them bitter boletes now.
One of the generally accepted "rules" for safe foraging of Boletes is to avoid yellow pored, blue staining specimens. There are exceptions, such as Boletus bicolor, which is considered a safe and good edible, but one of it's primary identification characteristics is that its flesh turns blue slowly (pore surface often stains rapidly), not instantaneously. How did you determine that your collections of rapidly blue staining Boletes were safely edible? I've spent years studying them and have not found a reliable way to positively ID them without microscopy. And I've found no reliable data on the edibility of rapidly bluing species, even with microscopic ID. I've collected and studied many in South Florida, they're the most common Boletes I find down here by far. I'm not discounting your knowledge, I'm genuinely interested in learning more.
Sorry, can't share much "reliable" data. I equate them to false morels. I grew up being told by everyone around me that they were poisonous . However as i began to research mushrooms I realized that other cultures have been eating them for years. Then I discovered people here who hunt for and love them. For the blue bolete I find that some people say they are bad while others disagree. Thats why I never recommend bolete especially to beginners. As far as Id, I take pictures of multiple specimens from one group. Close ups that show the stalk, cap, and pores at different ages. Always dig the base out of the dirt to photograph it. With these blue staining ones finall id may come down to the base of the stem or the cracks on the cap. Sometimes I simply eliminate the ones that might make me sick, narrow it down to a couple edible species. Then try a small sample and wait 24 hours.
Thank you so much for sharing! Incredibly informative! Never knew about the wood Sorrell, (I'm still kind of a novice) but I'm in north Florida and Ive seen this everywhere up here! Thanks for the info! Keep the videos coming if you can!
The mushroom you found along the trailside by the sitting area logs was a reishi mushroom. A good medicinal species.
I have seen several around, I'll have to do some research 😁
Oh thanks for your comment, I will research that also! I know the video mentioned it was supposed to aid the immune system. I have MS (many years) and my son was just telling me he read about some mushrooms that have brought some people great relief - and they grow in Florida. I had forgotten I was going to research the subject. Don't know if this is one of them, but I will certainly try anything within reason. Seems I remember one called a lions mane or similar? I must start looking...🥾🥾🍄
@@roxannethompson911 reishi mushrooms helps with pain relief and mental stability. It has a euphoric effect, improves your energy and sleeping, it's all around a good mushroom. It's also really good for those who're coming off drugs (opiates/opioids), detox.
@@TheHunterGathererSociety reishi mushrooms is an important mushroom... They were known to be magic healing mushrooms with hallucinogenic properties. Please do some research, it won't take long before you're out forging and harvesting as many as you can. Good luck. 😘
No, Reishi is specifically Ganoderma lingzhi. These have a similar array of qualities but it is important to not call every Ganoderma you see Reishi.
Finally...I found a Fla.based mushroom guy.Your my kinda guy.Ove been findind some nice mushrooms but had no idea what i was picken but know.Thanks for sure.
Your voice is very calming. Made your video even more enjoyable ❤❤❤❤❤🍄
Man I really love this video you made thank you. I would be really interested in seeing you cook some of them and some of your favorite recipes thank you
I might have to do a few more of those. Thanks for watching and I am glad you liked it. Here is a video of me cooking the bolete ua-cam.com/video/bfJy86fH6mY/v-deo.html
So cool! I'm going to have to try this. 😸
Enjoyed your video, thanks for posting!
Glad you enjoyed it!
We live in Hobe Sound-this looks a lot like Jonathan Dickenson which is literally our backyard. Love the info.
at 10:20 nice air plant on the ground too :)
love Florida .. and learning about the bio
I love your dogs
He is pretty great
Just found you...just sub'd...moving to Englewood area in a few months. Your channel is just what I needed.
Cheers
I live in Charlotte County. Try hicking in Mayakka State Park just north of Englewood. It's great for foraging
I live in Sarasota County. Anyone know of foraging classes? Also, how to clean all this stuff that you forage due to wild animals?
When you said you "Bring a bag," I thought at first you meant to clean up after your fur-babies. 🐶
The pandemic brought out a lot of art!
I love mushroom hunting. 🍄 thanks for the video
Glad you liked it, I love it as well
@@TheHunterGathererSociety i just moved here from big island Hawaii and mushroom hunting is amazing i didnt find alot to eat but very unique and beautiful fungus
Hi! Love your videos. I live in the area of Clewiston and moved there recently. Since we are in our “winter” months was hoping you could share some edible mushrooms and plants you would recommend me hunting for. Thank you!!
Thanks, it has been pretty wet here. Tried getting out for some foraging but just got wet feet and chased by a snake lol. Focused on fishing right now. Just moved here from Alaska so a lot to learn!!
11:30 i have these growing in my pasture(about 100 acres of it is cows and horses that go under pines for shade) but their cap is a light brown a bit darker than it looks in the video
Holy crap I live up the road from there! That spot is by the equestrian area
Boy I'm just starting the video that reminds me of Kay in nsb. :)
Damn dude I’m just sayin, that first mushroom you picked turned real blue after u picked it, how was it? Looks like a reishi, but even if it’s a different similar “subspecies” I’m sure they have similar effects. Like a combo between cubensis and lionsmane, not in actuality chemically, but just a similar vibe ig.
Very tasty here are a few of the blue beauties thehgsociety.com/2022/09/06/four-edible-blue-staining-boletes/
I’m very proud that I saw that first brown mushroom before u did
HA, maybe I should have you live streamed for a second set of eyes!!
POV: You are Norm McDonald foraging
Subscriber #475 here! Thank you for the video. I learned that I have an abundance of useful plants right in my own backyard. Seeing how much the pollinators like the bidens should have prompted my suspicions earlier.
Be careful with boletes, some guidebooks avoid consumption entirely because of how difficult it is to distinguish between poisonous and edible
I love boletes and have enjoyed a wide variety of them! But yes you are right caution is always advised!!
Is there a resource online I can use to look at the variety of mushrooms in Florida? Have several types growing in my yard and I would like to ID them. I know puffballs are edible, but what of the others? Much of what I find online refer to northern climates.
For boletes use bolete filter otherwise i use my print resources for most
Hello, enjoy your videos but have a question... Several mushroom videos I have watched have emphasized to NEVER EVER eat a mushroom with a so much as a speck of red on it as it is poisonous. How to know?
Glad you enjoyed it, although there are certainly red mushrooms that are poisonous there are also ones that are edible. For example the beefsteak fungus. We take each mushroom individually and run it past several checks to ensure identification. My advice is to discover the joy of discovering and identifying new plants and mushrooms. Along the way you will discover some wonderful edibles.
@@TheHunterGathererSociety Thanks for the info and quick reply, good to know. I am excited to learn more about foraging. Growing up as the oldest of eight in Northern Michigan we certainly lived off the land as much as possible ie: hunting, fishing, wild berry/fruits, even dandelion and poke greens. My fondest memories are of morel mushroom "hunting". I must have gathered hundreds of pounds in my lifetime and it was a wonderful family outdoor bonding experience. I live in North Florida now and have yet to find a morel. There are many fungi on my property but the only ones I feel brave enough to eat so far are the chanterelles. They are prolific! I am not yet educated enough on Florida mushrooms to feel confident eating others. Should I give up on my quest for morals here? Maybe try to grow them? I sure miss those delectable morsels!
@@roxannethompson911 good question, I have never heard of morels in Florida! Bolette mushrooms are common here and i enjoy cooking with them.
Every generality you've ever heard about mushrooms is wrong. They are "old wives tales" and listening to any of them could get you very sick or possibly dead. The only rule of mushroom hunting that must be adhered to is "never consume any mushroom unless you are 100% positive of its identity". I've broken this rule very cautiously a few times, (boletus, agaricus, hypsizgus, gray/black chanterelles) but I've spent years researching and knew that at worst I might suffer some gastric upset. If you can't easily recognize every single deadly mushroom in your environment you really need to be very careful and stick to only the safest species.
I heard x2 suggestions.
- The stem of a poisonous mushroom would be more straightened out.than curly.
- when you crack open the cap of a poisonous mushroom, it should turn a tinge of blue or red on the inside pretty quickly.
a magic mushroom would instead turn a shade of black when broken or bruised and it happens more slowly
throw a squirrel in that dish and you sold me on very healthy diet. I support this.
Now your talking!!
Thanks for the video - you mentioned foraging with a local expert, can you recomend someone in the Bonita area?
Look up Greene Dean he does classes in the area
What was the mushroom you cooked? I find those by my work in Pinellas. Was it bitter?
boletus rubricitrinus
Do you know of any guided class over here on the east coast near ft Lauderdale you would recommend?
For edible plants I believe green Dean eat the weeds does classes occasionly on that side. Not aware of mushroom classes. If you find any let us know!
Going foraging after the hurricane!
I see a lot of mushrooms growing here in Florida is there away to tell the poisonous ones from the ones that aren’t.
Just a lot of research!
Your Boletes looked yellow and purple? I thought that was not good. Just brown, not red yellow or brused purple? Idk still leaning thx
Yellow pore edible boletes are common and often edible, no purple ones here but they did turn blue, here is a short list thehgsociety.com/2022/09/06/four-edible-blue-staining-boletes/
Do you think West Palm Beach, Fl has trails with those mushrooms? Is springtime the season?
I would think so, mushrooms are everywhere:)
Omg I’m also in west palm beach!!
I’m very new to foraging and so far on my hikes I have only found inedible shrooms 😂 though very pretty.
A lot of the resources I found online point to central / north Florida. Though I think that just means that we should become the resource for others ^_^
@@allisonmiranda10 I am also from West Palm area.....going to go to Mounts Botanical and ask questions. Very interested to learn about edibles and medicinal plants considering what is going on in USA!
I’d say any time there’s been heavy rain, which mostly happens in summer/fall for my area of Florida.
I've seen a lot of Tiger Sawgill, it's edible, but I haven't bothered to prepare it.
At 7:45 what medicinal mushroom is this one? I searched through a good amount of comments to try and avoid you having to repeat yourself but I didn't find anything, sorry if you are repeating yourself! I've been addicted lately with learning what I can forage off of our beautiful Florida land here and if it's edible or medicinal I'm all ears. Thank you in advance, subscribed!
I do not remember exactly which one it was but maybe this will help thehgsociety.com/2022/09/06/four-edible-blue-staining-boletes/
Hey that’s my birthday!
This looks like west central FL. Where was this?
Bonita springs
I found three types of Bolete mushrooms today. Florida. One was white. One was more brown. One was reddish brown with yellow belly. Tasted the white and it was waay too bitter. Tasted the brown and it was nice n mild. Did not even collect the reddish brown with yellow belly. Any advice?
The white ones are really bitter. The brown cap beige pored ones tricked me before as they can be bitter as well. I have found one here that is a rusty reddish color with yellow pores that bruises blur. Can't remember what the name was but it was a good edible.
@@TheHunterGathererSociety Hi Richard I am from Northeast Florida and have enjoyed your videos, thank you!!
I am a complete newbie to mushroom hunting but I did find a good website that has helped to identify them. Sharing in case it’s helpful! boletes.wpamushroomclub.org
Is there a deficit to the flavor or value with worms? Do they change the nutrition or become toxic in consumption?
Not if it's a small amount. If there are a lot then it would make the mushroom woody and certainly less palatable. No toxic effect that I am aware of.
How do you spell the orange mushroom?
I think you are referring to Pulchroboletus rubricitrinus
Is it a psychedelic mushroom because it turned blue?
No
There are many different bolette mushrooms that turn blue.
@@TheHunterGathererSociety Thanks for replying! I was under the impression that a mushroom only bruises blue if it’s psychedelic 😊
Where do you find your local classes!?
None locally but Greene Dean offers them in different areas around Florida
Do you find magic mishrooms in florida?
Have to go to the cow fields
Carter Rd. park bike trail?
Not sure, it is by the crew lands.Unmarked
Is blue staining edible?
thehgsociety.com/2022/09/06/four-edible-blue-staining-boletes/
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SORRY 4 CAPS, IN MY YARD THERE ARE SEVERAL TYPES OF MUSHROOMS, I NOTICED THAT THE ANIMALS EAT THEM DOES THAT MEAN ITS SAFE TO EAT.
No, always use multiple resources to identify edible mushrooms. The local critters are not one of them!
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At Halpatiokee Park in Stuart, FL they have posted boldly to NOT HARVEST PALMETTO BERRIES. Is it even illegal without a permit?
Anywhere in Florida requires a permit
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services gave saw palmetto official status as of July 17, 2018 by putting it one the "Commercially Exploited Plant List."
Georgia joined the ban in 2020.
Wine caps bolete
I thought that if it bruises blue, it is toxic with boletes.
Not always the case.
Pulchroboletus rubricitrinus is a good example
Every one of those white boletes that I've found here in SWFL has been very bitter tasting when you nibble a small piece. Very disappointing because they always look beautiful. I wasted a lot of time trying to ID them to species but finally gave up and just call them bitter boletes now.
Lol yep, I still get excited when I find them until I realize what they are.
I believe them to be of the Tylopilus genre
One of the generally accepted "rules" for safe foraging of Boletes is to avoid yellow pored, blue staining specimens. There are exceptions, such as Boletus bicolor, which is considered a safe and good edible, but one of it's primary identification characteristics is that its flesh turns blue slowly (pore surface often stains rapidly), not instantaneously. How did you determine that your collections of rapidly blue staining Boletes were safely edible? I've spent years studying them and have not found a reliable way to positively ID them without microscopy. And I've found no reliable data on the edibility of rapidly bluing species, even with microscopic ID. I've collected and studied many in South Florida, they're the most common Boletes I find down here by far. I'm not discounting your knowledge, I'm genuinely interested in learning more.
Sorry, can't share much "reliable" data. I equate them to false morels. I grew up being told by everyone around me that they were poisonous . However as i began to research mushrooms I realized that other cultures have been eating them for years. Then I discovered people here who hunt for and love them. For the blue bolete I find that some people say they are bad while others disagree. Thats why I never recommend bolete especially to beginners. As far as Id, I take pictures of multiple specimens from one group. Close ups that show the stalk, cap, and pores at different ages. Always dig the base out of the dirt to photograph it. With these blue staining ones finall id may come down to the base of the stem or the cracks on the cap. Sometimes I simply eliminate the ones that might make me sick, narrow it down to a couple edible species. Then try a small sample and wait 24 hours.