No many species like columnatus clathrus uses the gleba which stinks as a way to attract cartoon insects to spread spores. This is similar to the bleeding tooth.
The bizarre "intelligence" of fungi is utterly fascinating. I like to grow shiitake mushrooms as a bit of a hobby. One thing I've noticed helps bring the mycelium to fruit is to give the log a good whack. Drop it, hit it, whatever, just give it a jostle. The mycelium "thinks" that a branch has fallen next to it, or that it fell off a part of a tree, and almost always develops pins and spores. It "thinks" there's fresh deadwood to get into! Edit: The Bleeding Tooth mushroom looks utterly delicious. Forbidden Gusher.
I read in a very, very old encyclopedia about a mushroom used to leach some kind of metal out of the ground. The mushrooms were then burned and the metal was removed from the ashes. It would be interesting to know what that was!
There are a few fungi that do that. I remember one absorbs copper, another cadmium (so not always a safe metal). I found the information in Paul Stamets's book 'Mycelium Running.' There are plants that can draw metals out of the ground too (called phytomining), and I know the humble Box shrub can draw silver out of soil (of course, it helps if you live in an area with silver-rich soil to make it worthwhile). Bracken can absorb up to 50 elements out of the ground (I don't know which ones, but sure to be some good ones among them). Also, Oyster mushrooms can clean away oil, and has been used to clean up truck yards. (Also mentioned in Mycelium Running. It's a good book, well worth getting a copy).
So Mario wasn't really travelling through pipes to a kingdom full of talking mushrooms and monster turtles. Instead he was just having a hallucination? Makes sense.
There used to be a beautiful bleeding tooth on an oak tree in my summer camp in Prescott, AZ. A few years ago, somebody started a forest fire and several acres were lost. Volunteer fire fighters saved the camp, but my favorite tree with the bleeding tooth was lost. 😭 It's been a few years now. I think I should go back and see if any spores survived to make a new bleeding tooth.
Ah! If the rootstock survived, then it's perfectly possible the Bleeding Tooth did too. I'm a forager and admirer of wild fungi, and very recently found Bleeding Tooth growing very well on a tree stump that had been cut right down to soil level. The stump had been like that for a long time. Also saw a very beautiful form of Bleeding Tooth just a month ago - it had grown up like a black velvet vase in shape, with a pale cream rim and beads of red liquid in the middle. Looked like a sugar frosted glass of wine. Tried to photo it - battery let me down and I knew I'd never find it again.
That first picture they have of Lion's Mane (Hericium erinaceus) at 8:36 is actually a Bear's Head (Hericium americanum). Same genus, different species, but both still good to eat!
Fly agaric mushrooms are NOT psychedelic, they're a deliriant i.e. the effects are similar to being delirious, and not at all comparable to the effects of a psychedelic mushroom like psilocybe cubensis.
@@bennightingale3318 That term has been applied to them on occasion, however, deliriant seems to be a better fit from what I've read. Not having consumed them, I can only speak in terms of the literature. In any case, my point was that they're not a psychedelic, as claimed in the video.
Mushroom: "Don't eat me! I'm red!" Reindeer: "But I'm colorblind! You look green, like a big, grassy thing!" Chomp. Chomp. Reindeer: "OOOH! Look at the colors! And I can fly!"
@@jaschabull2365 I am not sure. People used to take LSD, and said they saw colors. People took ayahuasca and claimed they saw crystal cities, and robots, and bouncing balls, and praying mantises. I think if it really gave us insight into the universe and all that, all the druggies would be in power, ordering society about due to their insights. meh!
@@woulg witches butter they look like bright yellow boogers, Amber's jelly roll-kinda scary dark red color, and wood ear which looks like it sounds are 3 of em. Be sure to have a competent mushroom identifier with you before you go popping forest slime in your mouth!
Which particular areas of the forest do you study for successfully encountering wild fungi species? I live within New York City limits therefore I am severely limited in the nature walking scope.
@@ieuanhunt552 Wouldn't that mean you're stalking him, if you're the one noticing him everywhere; as well as him being the one to watch and comment first.
Well, A. muscaria ARE kinda toxic. I wouldn't say that means "definitely don't", but I'd say it means "be careful". Muscimol itself is pretty harmless, but muscimol isn't the only constituent of Amanita muscaria, and muscarine and ibotenic acid are rather toxic. Either way, psilocybe mushrooms are much more fun anyway alongside being infinitely safer, so I'd second @Pre-Packaged_'s recommendation to go for them instead.
Iirc the Sami people in Northern Europe feed the fly agaric to their reindeer which can handle the toxin in the fungus and excrete the hallucinagen in their urine. Tripping off caribou piss is pretty hardcore
@@joshuahadams This also works for humans who consume the mushroom (eg, if your friend eats some A. muscaria, you can drink his piss and trip off of it). And, in fact, it's pretty much just muscimol that's excreted unchanged to my knowledge, so it really is a good way to be rid of the potential side effects, if you have a reindeer or a friend who's a good enough friend to let you drink their piss and doesn't mind experiencing those side effects themself. And, hey, if you're into watersports (And you're going with a human friend, assuming you're not into caribou piss. If you are, great, I don't judge), win win.
Am lowkey being eaten by a fungus rn (goddamn ringworm) When I said I was fascinated by mushrooms this kind of relationship was anything but intended...
Daily use of Lions Mane has definitely been a benefit for cognition. I actually started the Lion's Mane as part of an anti cancer program and didn't consider the cognition aspects of it until I realized I was scoring higher in games like Scrabble.
I assumed they were always called fly agaric because they could be chopped up fresh and sprinkled in a saucer of milk to repel flies. I have tried this and it does work.
Now you're talking my language with this video. Foraging wild mushrooms has been a lifelong hobby of mine (: I'm more into the mycology aspect nowadays though heh
Many edible eastern European mushrooms look very similar to the most toxic New Zealand mushrooms. A detail several families that moved here have found out too late. :( use local sources to id your fungi!
@@evilsharkey8954 The Fly Agaric (Amanita Muscaria) actually isn't that toxic unlike most other mushrooms in the Amanita genus. The other members of the genus contain compounds called Amatoxins: specifically α-amanitan and β-amanitan. On the other hand, A. Muscaria and A. Pantherina both contain, as stated in the video, muscimol and Ibotenic acid. Ibotenic acid is the alkaloid that is toxic, but if one were to ingest one of these, it wouldn't kill them. However, it will make them relatively sick; probably to the extent that they would regret their life choices. Interestingly, the Fly Agaric can be rendered non-toxic by cooking it, this converts the ibotenic acid into muscimol though decarboxylation. Thus, it would still be psychoactive, so it is still recommended NOT to eat them. Hope this sheads some light on the subject. :)
If you have never had any other mushroom besides portabella, I highly recommend you give some gourmet edible mushrooms a try. Some of them are absolutely delicious, my favorites are oyster, mitake, and chanterelle. Always amazing when sauteed well over medium heat with some chopped onion and olive oil. I miss mushroom foraging season here in Wisconsin.
@@slappy8941 no shallots are too delicate for how long I cook my mushrooms. I have a compromised gut so i cannot risk any sort of giardia or trichinosis infection from any wild mushrooms because I'm just not strong enough for that. I cook them down a lot for that reason. The mushrooms and onions get caramelized sweeter and more savory when I do it like that too which really fits my pallet, and I think many other American's too.
Hey Scishow/Michael! You mentioned, regarding the fly agaric, that the colors imply a defensive measure, i.e. coral snakes. However, don't strawberries have the same coloring? Could you do a video on the branching of color with respect to evolutionary biology perhaps? Is that even a field?
I had one of those stinkhorn fungi in my backyard once. The ones with the red fronds. It looked like an open wound that something had pooped in. Flies were all over it. And yes, I smelled it, and yes and smelled like a rotten carcass x_x
I've seen raveneli's stinkhorn fungus in my neighborhood. It smells like bleach, and the jell under the surface of the eggs made my skin burn just a little. I am however, slightly ticked that Agarikon mushroom didn't make the list for its myriad medicinal compounds and use by the Haida Indians in treating tuberculosis.
Fungus seems to like living on some people as well. There was this kid back in school that had a really nasty condition on her hands. Nobody wanted to touch her(must have been hell for her growing up). I find it quite fascinating how the fungus can trick your immune system into completely ignoring it but I guess the same applies to viruses, bacteria and diseases too.
When commenting he wouldn’t be comfortable with the fungus living in between our cells like it does with the tree roots, it is interesting to point out our mitocôndria is even deeper inside us and when researching were it came from interesting things can be found.
Except they showed Hericium americanum (Bears head tooth) from about 8:30-8:40 under the caption "Lion's Mane" when they should be showing a picture of Hericum erinaceus.
@@nicholasespinosa9569 Are these English common names officially assigned to those specific binomials? If not, then they are not wrong, the genus Hericium is commonly called Lion's Mane, hence it doesn't matter whether it's H. americanum or H. erinaceum, they address all species in the genus.
@@AlmachtigeDikke There is no official designation, however its generally agreed that H. erinaceus is Lions Mane, and while some people do use Lions Mane to describe all members of Hericium, my research shows that this practice is rare in current published resources and that H. americanum is more commonly labeled "Bears head tooth." That said, I'd just refrain from the common names to avoid this kind of confusion.
I mean the toadstool, is called "fliegenpilz" in german which translates to flyfunghi. But because there is a old recipe where you mix it with milk and it should kill off flys that eat/drink the mash.
I love this video! I would love to see more SciShow videos about the oldest terrestrial, most diverse, and coolest (in my humble opinion) kingdoms on Earth.
i have recently become somewhat obsessed with fungi, and i don’t mean the kind you eat or are illegal or whatever. i just think it’s fascinating that without fungi our whole planet would be predominantly predatory and humans might have ended up even more violent. or nonexistent
I'm pretty sure that the common name of A. muscaria derives from it's use against insects: it was mashed into milk, which acted as a bait for houseflies. Upon consuming the milk, the chemicals in the mushroom made the fly lethargic and uncoordinated, hence easy to swat.
In german, the Fly Agaric is named "Fliegenpilz", where "Pilz" means mushroom and "Fliegen" is plural for flies. No other meaning possible. Also, for centuries farmers used to cut this mushroom into little pieces and mix it with warm milk and put it out on a plate to kill thousands of flies. So the name is related to its function, and at least in central Europe that function was as an insecticide specifically to decimate flies.
We have fly agaric in our back yard. According to my research (reading articles,) the mushroom used to be used to trap flies. Bits of the mushroom would be floated in water or milk, and the flies would land on them and drown. Also, while they contain psychedelic alkaloids, they also contain alkaloids that cause nausea and vomiting. North dwelling people used to feed the mushroom to reindeer. The liver would decontaminate the nausea inducing substances, and the psychedelic substances would be excreted in the urine. They would then drink the urine. The resulting reduction in the fear response would make them quite effective beserker-type warriors.
I often find various kinds of mushrooms growing in my yard or along the roadside. Since I love mushrooms I’m often tempted to pick some, but as I’m not an expert on which fungi will enhance my dinner and which will kill me, I leave them alone.
Fly agaric is actually called mérges gomba in Hungarian which translates to toxic mushroom. We were heavily advised against eating it when I was in kindergarten, I remember teachers reminded us all the time that the mushroom with the red cap is the toxic kind. Funny how parents in other countries never had to worry about their kids eating these and the knowledge that they're not exactly edible has already faded in those places.
If you are interested in the amazing real world utility of mushrooms you should look up paul stamets. His episodes on joe rogan podcast and his TED talks are extremely interesting and informative.
In 2002 I learned that some research company that works with the military was developing a new way to create survivalist foods from fungi or mushrooms that mock common food items to taste and feel just like the food you want it to be
.....So Star Trek used the exact name for a mushroom specialist character after someone still living? Feels a bit too weird. It would have been cool if they gave him the guy's last name, but to give both first and last... Yikes.
Well, in local forests we know that red mushroom (fly agarics) isn't worse for health. It's green and white sisters are that can/will kill (and yes - there are actual casualties from them)
@@doodoodoodle Both Psychedelics and Deliriants are Hallucinogens but Psychs more your conscience mind more aware of the raw data brought by you senses that is usually filtered by the subconscious mind by switching of your default mode network, allowing all correct and lobes to cross communicate. Deliriants overlay your default reality completely with you imagination and can make you see and experience things that simple do not and can exist in reality, aka seeing unicorns. Psyches do that, but you will notice vivid grass looks smelling it might you taste it as well
They’re not deliriants. They’re a yet unnamed gabaergic hallucinogen type of drug. The same type of drug that ambien probably belongs to. True deliriants act on acetylcholine
My mom found a stinkhorn in her front yard one time. She picked it and asked me to ID it (mycology happens to be a hobby and passion of mine). Can confirm on that smell - as soon as I caught a whiff I had a fair idea of what it was and immediately pitched it outside when I was done. Took a pic and sent it to a buddy of mine who has similar interests.
The reason why the Flyer Garrick has its name, is because it contains ibotenic acid and muscimol, which are a powerful insecticide. It was quite popular in Germany to control insect populations in Milk farms until the 1970. The ibotenic acid and muscimol are supposed to be fat soluble. The application is to add a dry slices or two in a bowl of warm milk. The milk is the laid out for the flies for example in the cow shed. The flies love the laced milk, gorge themselves on it and will be dead within hours.
Thanks for this, I love mushrooms in culinary cuisine..any safe to eat of course! I love learning about them! Cool information 🍄 I'm glad there are more fungi's around😁 lol
Imagine taking out the gene responsible for anti radioactivity in that fungi and infusing it in human DNA using genetic engineering. We don't have to worry about the space radiation when we travel to Mars or other explorations!!! 0v0
They say a study was done in 2008 giving elderly patients dried mushroom tablets then say that the affects were studied on cultured cells and test animals... Well which was it?
I've eaten lion's mane mushroom in rendang sauce before. Not sure whether it's the cook's skill or the mushroom itself, but it tastes just like real beef. Really damn delicious.
You're wrong about ibotenic acid. It actually acts as a glutamate agonist and thus a neurotoxin, its pharmacology is completely different from that of muscimol. It can be metabolized into muscimol though.
Shocked you didn't include cordyceps! Fungi that mind controls a host insect, directing their movements, consuming them, taking the shape of their host. Like "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", but fact not fiction!! If that's not the king of funky fungi, what is?!?
2:42 "That dark red liquid oozing from the mushroom's top is actually part of the fungi's internal transportation system" So...blood?
AbsolX Guardian *Oh no*
@@WickedPhase *OH YES*
No many species like columnatus clathrus uses the gleba which stinks as a way to attract cartoon insects to spread spores. This is similar to the bleeding tooth.
Food
Technically...
I love the weird ones that come dried in a bag and cost about $35
🤣 indeed
morels? i've found them wild before.
AnimeShinigami13 morels?
sigh lo,
sigh be
@@samhaines8228 you know what's up
"6 weird mushrooms" is also the title of my essay on why I dropped out of college.
Max Johnson Why would you write an essay *after* dropping out?
@KVNG JAY Mio does not know...
Yes. Taking magic mushrooms will indeed cause you to drop out of school.
@@epicdestroyer6676 He does, because there's nothing to know in those regards.
F college. A scam.
The bizarre "intelligence" of fungi is utterly fascinating. I like to grow shiitake mushrooms as a bit of a hobby. One thing I've noticed helps bring the mycelium to fruit is to give the log a good whack. Drop it, hit it, whatever, just give it a jostle. The mycelium "thinks" that a branch has fallen next to it, or that it fell off a part of a tree, and almost always develops pins and spores. It "thinks" there's fresh deadwood to get into!
Edit: The Bleeding Tooth mushroom looks utterly delicious. Forbidden Gusher.
That’s amazing and admittedly reminds me of “the last of us”
I read in a very, very old encyclopedia about a mushroom used to leach some kind of metal out of the ground. The mushrooms were then burned and the metal was removed from the ashes. It would be interesting to know what that was!
There are a few fungi that do that. I remember one absorbs copper, another cadmium (so not always a safe metal).
I found the information in Paul Stamets's book 'Mycelium Running.'
There are plants that can draw metals out of the ground too (called phytomining), and I know the humble Box shrub can draw silver out of soil (of course, it helps if you live in an area with silver-rich soil to make it worthwhile).
Bracken can absorb up to 50 elements out of the ground (I don't know which ones, but sure to be some good ones among them).
Also, Oyster mushrooms can clean away oil, and has been used to clean up truck yards. (Also mentioned in Mycelium Running. It's a good book, well worth getting a copy).
aka phytomining but there's also bio leaching. they are for collecting metals like copper from ores low in copper
So Mario wasn't really travelling through pipes to a kingdom full of talking mushrooms and monster turtles. Instead he was just having a hallucination? Makes sense.
But that's just a theory, a game theory!
That's an ancient, freezing cold boring take
:’(
anything evil was actually innocent bystanders and the police
“Haha red jumpy guy eat mushrooms and get high haha”
I know _someone_ had to make that joke, but damn if it wasn’t over a decade late already.
There used to be a beautiful bleeding tooth on an oak tree in my summer camp in Prescott, AZ. A few years ago, somebody started a forest fire and several acres were lost. Volunteer fire fighters saved the camp, but my favorite tree with the bleeding tooth was lost. 😭 It's been a few years now. I think I should go back and see if any spores survived to make a new bleeding tooth.
Damn :( I hope it did.
I'm sad, that sucks! You really should go back to the camp and check it out!!! I think it will have grown back by now...
Ah! If the rootstock survived, then it's perfectly possible the Bleeding Tooth did too.
I'm a forager and admirer of wild fungi, and very recently found Bleeding Tooth growing very well on a tree stump that had been cut right down to soil level. The stump had been like that for a long time.
Also saw a very beautiful form of Bleeding Tooth just a month ago - it had grown up like a black velvet vase in shape, with a pale cream rim and beads of red liquid in the middle. Looked like a sugar frosted glass of wine. Tried to photo it - battery let me down and I knew I'd never find it again.
That first picture they have of Lion's Mane (Hericium erinaceus) at 8:36 is actually a Bear's Head (Hericium americanum). Same genus, different species, but both still good to eat!
Good eye!
And thats why i dont pick wild mushrooms
Beat me to it.
There wasn't mushroom for a pun in this comment section.
S-Sans...?
Yeet
Hilarious! I can tell you’re a real fun-guy
No worries, we can spore you room.
@@formeitsmcchickenthebestfastfo ha good one. I’m out of pins
6 Weird Mushrooms - Cool name for a drug store!
Also a great name for a band...
“Weird Mushroom 6”
And you are definetly a fungi after it but soon you wont have mushroom anymore for all your "stuff" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The Bendu Order this is actually the name of a drug stand by my house and I started the business yesterday
Well there is a pizza chain called the mellow mushroom. Close enough, right?
Fly agaric mushrooms are NOT psychedelic, they're a deliriant i.e. the effects are similar to being delirious, and not at all comparable to the effects of a psychedelic mushroom like psilocybe cubensis.
They're a dissociative
@@bennightingale3318 That term has been applied to them on occasion, however, deliriant seems to be a better fit from what I've read. Not having consumed them, I can only speak in terms of the literature. In any case, my point was that they're not a psychedelic, as claimed in the video.
that, and the fact that they're poisonous is probably why no one sells them
They are a hypnotic. Gabaergic, similar to ambian.
Whatever they are viking warriors called berserkers chewed them before going into battle.
Mushroom: "Don't eat me! I'm red!"
Reindeer: "But I'm colorblind! You look green, like a big, grassy thing!"
Chomp. Chomp.
Reindeer: "OOOH! Look at the colors! And I can fly!"
@@Akto Funny I would've pegged ergot poisoning myself. Who knew?
So, can hallucinogens allow one to see colours one is blind to normally?
@@jaschabull2365 I am not sure. People used to take LSD, and said they saw colors. People took ayahuasca and claimed they saw crystal cities, and robots, and bouncing balls, and praying mantises. I think if it really gave us insight into the universe and all that, all the druggies would be in power, ordering society about due to their insights. meh!
Hahaha
@@mortimerhasbeengud2834 the people in power are so disconnected from reality hence why our political system is broken.
You missed going into the edible jelly mushrooms. Those are so freaking weird. Literally forest candy growing on branches. Haha
What are they called? I wanna look into this!
@@woulg witches butter they look like bright yellow boogers, Amber's jelly roll-kinda scary dark red color, and wood ear which looks like it sounds are 3 of em. Be sure to have a competent mushroom identifier with you before you go popping forest slime in your mouth!
@@woulg I think they're referring to Wood Ear (Auricularia angiospermarum) and Amber Jelly Roll (Exidia recisa)
@@OleanderSmoothie thank you!
Mushrooms strengthened by gamma rays...you wouldn’t like them when they’re angry....
Nice Dr. Banner reference. *^_^*
The forest, my favorite pharmacy
Which particular areas of the forest do you study for successfully encountering wild fungi species? I live within New York City limits therefore I am severely limited in the nature walking scope.
Stop stalking me. Seriously you are in every video I watch.
Cool, just as long as you’re not pretending to treat anyone else for stuff like small pox or the flu, with random rocks and grass you found. :P
@@ieuanhunt552 Wouldn't that mean you're stalking him, if you're the one noticing him everywhere; as well as him being the one to watch and comment first.
@@bugjams Quit being a sarcastic dunce.
*Mushroom says:* "Heh.. stupid termites."
Cringe :\
“They are kind of toxic ... so don’t” Ok, let’s pretend so!
It's true! Just eat the other ones! You know, the ones that kid with the dirty hair has in his backpack!
Well, A. muscaria ARE kinda toxic. I wouldn't say that means "definitely don't", but I'd say it means "be careful". Muscimol itself is pretty harmless, but muscimol isn't the only constituent of Amanita muscaria, and muscarine and ibotenic acid are rather toxic. Either way, psilocybe mushrooms are much more fun anyway alongside being infinitely safer, so I'd second @Pre-Packaged_'s recommendation to go for them instead.
It's not as good as the other kind. Go for the hippie fungus instead. The red ones sometimes offer a scary ride
Iirc the Sami people in Northern Europe feed the fly agaric to their reindeer which can handle the toxin in the fungus and excrete the hallucinagen in their urine.
Tripping off caribou piss is pretty hardcore
@@joshuahadams This also works for humans who consume the mushroom (eg, if your friend eats some A. muscaria, you can drink his piss and trip off of it). And, in fact, it's pretty much just muscimol that's excreted unchanged to my knowledge, so it really is a good way to be rid of the potential side effects, if you have a reindeer or a friend who's a good enough friend to let you drink their piss and doesn't mind experiencing those side effects themself. And, hey, if you're into watersports (And you're going with a human friend, assuming you're not into caribou piss. If you are, great, I don't judge), win win.
So, Michael is not only the best SciShow host, he’s also quite a fun guy.
Lol
You beat me to it!
I was kinda expecting this joke )
*Hank has entered the chat*
There's too mushroom for error here. 😂
Am lowkey being eaten by a fungus rn (goddamn ringworm)
When I said I was fascinated by mushrooms this kind of relationship was anything but intended...
Paul Stammets: "Someone rang?"
Daily use of Lions Mane has definitely been a benefit for cognition. I actually started the Lion's Mane as part of an anti cancer program and didn't consider the cognition aspects of it until I realized I was scoring higher in games like Scrabble.
Mushrooms have been my photography subject for the last ten years. Once you look for them it is amazing just how many there are.
A mushroom walks into a bar.
The bartender says "hey! We don't serve your kind here!"
The mushroom says, "why not? I'm a fun guy!"
🤦 lol
5:11 dang, the glowing mushrooms in fallout are real.
"There's a humongous fungus among-us!"
I assumed they were always called fly agaric because they could be chopped up fresh and sprinkled in a saucer of milk to repel flies. I have tried this and it does work.
“Pretty fly for a fun guy”
honestly that bleeding fungus looks delicious. it remind me of my strawberry jam
Right?? Like a jam sammich with the jam coming through the bread mmm
I love learning about new things like this, it's why this channel is awesome.
Now you're talking my language with this video. Foraging wild mushrooms has been a lifelong hobby of mine (: I'm more into the mycology aspect nowadays though heh
If you google edible mushroom right now Death Cap is one of the results xD
Oli Bedsole To be fair, you can eat it *once*...
So is the fly agaric and the destroying angel! What psychopath put the two deadliest mushrooms on the “edible” list??
i eat the fly agaric in skyrim all the time and i feel fine
Many edible eastern European mushrooms look very similar to the most toxic New Zealand mushrooms. A detail several families that moved here have found out too late. :( use local sources to id your fungi!
@@evilsharkey8954 The Fly Agaric (Amanita Muscaria) actually isn't that toxic unlike most other mushrooms in the Amanita genus. The other members of the genus contain compounds called Amatoxins: specifically α-amanitan and β-amanitan. On the other hand, A. Muscaria and A. Pantherina both contain, as stated in the video, muscimol and Ibotenic acid. Ibotenic acid is the alkaloid that is toxic, but if one were to ingest one of these, it wouldn't kill them. However, it will make them relatively sick; probably to the extent that they would regret their life choices. Interestingly, the Fly Agaric can be rendered non-toxic by cooking it, this converts the ibotenic acid into muscimol though decarboxylation. Thus, it would still be psychoactive, so it is still recommended NOT to eat them. Hope this sheads some light on the subject. :)
If you have never had any other mushroom besides portabella, I highly recommend you give some gourmet edible mushrooms a try. Some of them are absolutely delicious, my favorites are oyster, mitake, and chanterelle. Always amazing when sauteed well over medium heat with some chopped onion and olive oil. I miss mushroom foraging season here in Wisconsin.
We found some puffballs really yum hope to find a giant one soon
@@notasian7620 I found one giant puffball and I burnt my pieces in the fryer. Super big bummer. Cook them until golden, not brown...
You should use shallots instead of onion.
@@slappy8941 no shallots are too delicate for how long I cook my mushrooms. I have a compromised gut so i cannot risk any sort of giardia or trichinosis infection from any wild mushrooms because I'm just not strong enough for that. I cook them down a lot for that reason. The mushrooms and onions get caramelized sweeter and more savory when I do it like that too which really fits my pallet, and I think many other American's too.
I don't really like mushrooms, but you guys are making them sound exquisite.
Mario be eating those mushrooms. Now he’s higher than snoop dog. See him fly
Hey Scishow/Michael! You mentioned, regarding the fly agaric, that the colors imply a defensive measure, i.e. coral snakes. However, don't strawberries have the same coloring? Could you do a video on the branching of color with respect to evolutionary biology perhaps? Is that even a field?
A fascinating question! I too, would like to hear more about this topic.
Don't judge me but I actually think the bleeding tooth mushroom looks delicious, kinda like a dessert.
reminds me of cherries with strawberry flavoured yogurt poured all over
@@mira55x-planetnalzena15 Same
Another web site on UA-cam said they are poisonous.
I had one of those stinkhorn fungi in my backyard once. The ones with the red fronds. It looked like an open wound that something had pooped in. Flies were all over it. And yes, I smelled it, and yes and smelled like a rotten carcass x_x
Bleeding Tooth looks like a desert, like a pastry with jelly.
:D
UnimportantHero DONT
I've seen raveneli's stinkhorn fungus in my neighborhood. It smells like bleach, and the jell under the surface of the eggs made my skin burn just a little. I am however, slightly ticked that Agarikon mushroom didn't make the list for its myriad medicinal compounds and use by the Haida Indians in treating tuberculosis.
Interesting I may have to look into the tb treatment part of the fungus since I work in a lab
Fungus seems to like living on some people as well. There was this kid back in school that had a really nasty condition on her hands. Nobody wanted to touch her(must have been hell for her growing up). I find it quite fascinating how the fungus can trick your immune system into completely ignoring it but I guess the same applies to viruses, bacteria and diseases too.
When commenting he wouldn’t be comfortable with the fungus living in between our cells like it does with the tree roots, it is interesting to point out our mitocôndria is even deeper inside us and when researching were it came from interesting things can be found.
One of the best parts about watching SciShow over the past two years has been watching Michael slowly grow out the blond streak that was in his hair.
One of the very few videos on mushrooms made by non-mycologists that is accurate regarding information and images. Mad respect, SciShow!
Except they showed Hericium americanum (Bears head tooth) from about 8:30-8:40 under the caption "Lion's Mane" when they should be showing a picture of Hericum erinaceus.
@@nicholasespinosa9569 Are these English common names officially assigned to those specific binomials? If not, then they are not wrong, the genus Hericium is commonly called Lion's Mane, hence it doesn't matter whether it's H. americanum or H. erinaceum, they address all species in the genus.
@@AlmachtigeDikke There is no official designation, however its generally agreed that H. erinaceus is Lions Mane, and while some people do use Lions Mane to describe all members of Hericium, my research shows that this practice is rare in current published resources and that H. americanum is more commonly labeled "Bears head tooth."
That said, I'd just refrain from the common names to avoid this kind of confusion.
I mean the toadstool, is called "fliegenpilz" in german which translates to flyfunghi. But because there is a old recipe where you mix it with milk and it should kill off flys that eat/drink the mash.
Michael Aranda is one of my favorite scishow hosts!
The dude that talks about mushrooms in this video seems like a pretty fungi.
This video is truly comedy mold
Ayyyyy
Phallic Shroom. Demonetized
I love this video! I would love to see more SciShow videos about the oldest terrestrial, most diverse, and coolest (in my humble opinion) kingdoms on Earth.
i have recently become somewhat obsessed with fungi, and i don’t mean the kind you eat or are illegal or whatever. i just think it’s fascinating that without fungi our whole planet would be predominantly predatory and humans might have ended up even more violent. or nonexistent
Mushrooms are such funguys.
Psilocybin Cubensis
I'm pretty sure that the common name of A. muscaria derives from it's use against insects: it was mashed into milk, which acted as a bait for houseflies. Upon consuming the milk, the chemicals in the mushroom made the fly lethargic and uncoordinated, hence easy to swat.
In german, the Fly Agaric is named "Fliegenpilz", where "Pilz" means mushroom and "Fliegen" is plural for flies. No other meaning possible. Also, for centuries farmers used to cut this mushroom into little pieces and mix it with warm milk and put it out on a plate to kill thousands of flies. So the name is related to its function, and at least in central Europe that function was as an insecticide specifically to decimate flies.
The bleeding tooth will haunt my dreams..
6 weird mushrooms? time to get high boys
Exposing fungi to radiation in a lab sounds like the perfect plot for a disaster story
Thanks for giving an explanation to why a character in Vinland Saga eat fly mushroom to go Berserk.
3:02 That looks like a cupcake with a berry filling. Crap, now I'm hungry.
One creatures warning system is another creature's video game power up
We have fly agaric in our back yard. According to my research (reading articles,) the mushroom used to be used to trap flies. Bits of the mushroom would be floated in water or milk, and the flies would land on them and drown.
Also, while they contain psychedelic alkaloids, they also contain alkaloids that cause nausea and vomiting. North dwelling people used to feed the mushroom to reindeer. The liver would decontaminate the nausea inducing substances, and the psychedelic substances would be excreted in the urine. They would then drink the urine. The resulting reduction in the fear response would make them quite effective beserker-type warriors.
My mom has some of those mushrooms in her sock drawer.
So, they aren't jelly filled donuts? They look delicious
Dirk in RL nah they look more like a pb&j sandwich
The childhood surprise of kicking an ink cap mushroom
I still find it interesting how mushrooms relate to fairy tales like the fairy ring and whatnot
0:45 “ The first fungus among-us” was right there. 😁 🤷🏽♂️ come on man. 😉 🤣
For real 😂😂
Come on that joke has been beaten to death a million times already it physically causes me pain
NotAsian and he used it at the end of the video too 😂😂 I knew it had to come up
Aaron Casler 🤣 😊 thanks. I figured it would come up but that was just too good of a spot to ignore. 😉
🏏🐎💀 it’s my 🍵
"By hiding in the heat, the fungal termite balls get the same protection."
Tin Vukovic he says, "heap" not heat.
I often find various kinds of mushrooms growing in my yard or along the roadside. Since I love mushrooms I’m often tempted to pick some, but as I’m not an expert on which fungi will enhance my dinner and which will kill me, I leave them alone.
As my mom said, if don´t know mashroom, let it where it is.
Mushrooms in the forest = DEATH
Mushrooms in the grocery store = Food
Fly agaric is actually called mérges gomba in Hungarian which translates to toxic mushroom. We were heavily advised against eating it when I was in kindergarten, I remember teachers reminded us all the time that the mushroom with the red cap is the toxic kind. Funny how parents in other countries never had to worry about their kids eating these and the knowledge that they're not exactly edible has already faded in those places.
If you are interested in the amazing real world utility of mushrooms you should look up paul stamets. His episodes on joe rogan podcast and his TED talks are extremely interesting and informative.
Oh yes, I was going to suggest that myself, he's an amazing mycologist
In 2002 I learned that some research company that works with the military was developing a new way to create survivalist foods from fungi or mushrooms that mock common food items to taste and feel just like the food you want it to be
.....So Star Trek used the exact name for a mushroom specialist character after someone still living? Feels a bit too weird. It would have been cool if they gave him the guy's last name, but to give both first and last... Yikes.
@@Call-me-Al yes they named the character after him. Hes being doing this for a while.
I wish I had more science teachers like in this video. Great class!
Well, in local forests we know that red mushroom (fly agarics) isn't worse for health. It's green and white sisters are that can/will kill (and yes - there are actual casualties from them)
Lions mane extract with my coffee
Oof They are Deliriants, not Psychedelics. There is a difference
Neither they are hypnotic.
I thought they were hallucinogenic?
@@doodoodoodle Both Psychedelics and Deliriants are Hallucinogens but Psychs more your conscience mind more aware of the raw data brought by you senses that is usually filtered by the subconscious mind by switching of your default mode network, allowing all correct and lobes to cross communicate. Deliriants overlay your default reality completely with you imagination and can make you see and experience things that simple do not and can exist in reality, aka seeing unicorns. Psyches do that, but you will notice vivid grass looks smelling it might you taste it as well
@@ontoya1 ahhhhh ty! I need to do more research into it lol
They’re not deliriants. They’re a yet unnamed gabaergic hallucinogen type of drug. The same type of drug that ambien probably belongs to. True deliriants act on acetylcholine
I love the way you narrate. You dont talk at the speed of light.
Black mold: This juice is bangin’ yo
Literally everyone else: That’s deadly radiation
# 3 I really appreciate the neutral to positive scientific/historical way you look at psychedelic mushrooms and experiences. 🍄.
Legalize it! 🍄🗽🇺🇸
I always thought that the accent was on the second syllable of agaric.
anyone heard of chicken of the woods? apparently its an amazing mushroom that tastes like chicken and has the same texture/grain
My mom found a stinkhorn in her front yard one time. She picked it and asked me to ID it (mycology happens to be a hobby and passion of mine). Can confirm on that smell - as soon as I caught a whiff I had a fair idea of what it was and immediately pitched it outside when I was done. Took a pic and sent it to a buddy of mine who has similar interests.
@Queen Aurora Cerberus lol I think that was the kind my mom found. I joked with my buddy that they were called Phallaceae for a reason 😆
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Reindeers love fly agaric and the muscimol is not metabolized. Some cultures gathered the pee of reindeer to drink it and get high. 🍄🦌🍄🦌🍄
Mmmmm reindeer pee
@@ATBZ if you don't have potatoes nor grains to turn into alcohol, you can get a bit desperate for drugs.
Must be the same with elk and mule deer too, as I have found lots of then with large, large-toothed bites out of them, thanks for the information.
The reason why the Flyer Garrick has its name, is because it contains ibotenic acid and muscimol, which are a powerful insecticide.
It was quite popular in Germany to control insect populations in Milk farms until the 1970. The ibotenic acid and muscimol are supposed to be fat soluble.
The application is to add a dry slices or two in a bowl of warm milk.
The milk is the laid out for the flies for example in the cow shed.
The flies love the laced milk, gorge themselves on it and will be dead within hours.
All mushrooms are edible. Some of them just once.
Am I the only one that wants to know what bleeding tooth fungus liquid stuff tastes like?
Commie Squirrel Yes. Yes, you are.🤪😂❤️
The mushroom itself it's not toxic BTW, it's extremely bitter though
tastes like strawberry jam, at least thats what i imagine it would taste like
emko333 Yep 🙈😂🤣
amongus
*Fungus Among Us*
My favorite line
I'm surprised you didn't mention berserkers chewing on fly agaric before going to battle. 😂
Psychedelic Mushroom: [gets eaten]
Me: 🥴🎶I'm pretty fly for a sane guy!🎶
Me two days later: Ugh... 🤒 What happened?
Have you guys heard of Mario and Luigi’s friend Toad? He’s really a fungi.
10:02 he just made a AMOGUS JOKE BEFORE IT WAS POPULAR :D
My pain is immeasurable and my day is ruined (Lmao)
9:08 there was a study on old people
9:20 the test were in vitro or on rodents
Me: well? Which is it?
Lmao
10:01 😳🥵🥵🥵🥵😳
Leave it to the Chinese to find a medicinal use for even the most foul smelling fungi....
Thanks for this, I love mushrooms in culinary cuisine..any safe to eat of course! I love learning about them! Cool information 🍄 I'm glad there are more fungi's around😁 lol
I used to have Stinkhorns in my back yard. It was horrible every August.
Imagine taking out the gene responsible for anti radioactivity in that fungi and infusing it in human DNA using genetic engineering.
We don't have to worry about the space radiation when we travel to Mars or other explorations!!! 0v0
Not how it works buddy
@@ATBZ then?
They say a study was done in 2008 giving elderly patients dried mushroom tablets then say that the affects were studied on cultured cells and test animals... Well which was it?
I've eaten lion's mane mushroom in rendang sauce before. Not sure whether it's the cook's skill or the mushroom itself, but it tastes just like real beef. Really damn delicious.
You're wrong about ibotenic acid. It actually acts as a glutamate agonist and thus a neurotoxin, its pharmacology is completely different from that of muscimol. It can be metabolized into muscimol though.
Shocked you didn't include cordyceps! Fungi that mind controls a host insect, directing their movements, consuming them, taking the shape of their host. Like "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", but fact not fiction!! If that's not the king of funky fungi, what is?!?