Please make more of the Will I Eat This or Not series for mushrooms. It's so educational and informative just having someone go through the process, connecting the literature to the practice. You do a great job!
I home school my 13 year old . We are learning survival skills . Every time you said should I eat or not! My daughter and I cracked up 😂! Thank you for making this fine
WOW! Just found you and I am SO glad I did. You are a fantastic teacher of foraging- very clear and concise. Thank you so much-I look forward to checking out your other vids. I love this step by step method and the referrals to ID sources.
In the UK there is an Agaric mushroom that stains slightly yellow, the Horse mushroom. One thing you could have included is your sense of smell when identifying mushrooms.The Horse mushroom and other edible Agaric mushrooms smell like mushrooms you by in the store if not better.The yellow strainer and other poisonous Agaric have a nasty chemical smell.
Thank you, Mona Taylor! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I've got a couple others in a playlist - and have some others in the works, too. There are so many kinds of mushrooms, but it is possible to figure them out. I sure appreciate the folks that make the identification keys!
+Jim H. Some mushrooms are definitely easier to identify than others! I think Giant Puffballs, when they are as big as your head and their insides are white like a marshmallow, are pretty foolproof (there is always the chance that someone is sensitive or allergic to a new food, in the woods or at a restaurant). But identification keys can really help develop ID skills, because the make it clear what features to focus on.
I just appreciate the experts who know their stuff. I just take pictures of fungus and don't eat them. Thank you for your channel, it's very educational.
+Michael Dob -- I accidentally deleted your question asking "What about the smell?" Sorry about that! It was a good question. I don't like using smell for this specific mushroom. Smell is so personal, with our genetics making some mushrooms smell different for different people. And smells are hard for people to distinguish from a text description, in many cases. I can't smell these mushrooms at all. For other mushrooms, though, the smell can be super-distinctive for most everyone. At least this mushroom doesn't need its odor to be identified clearly. That's a lot more convenient!
+Christina M. Ward Glad you enjoyed this. I think identification keys really make mushrooms more interesting, because they help focus on what makes each one unique. Hope you seem plenty of mushrooms this fall!
You can eat yellow stainers if you boil them thoroughly. People say they're poisonous but really just toxic if not cooked. May a slight fennely aftertaste or burp.
I love mushrooms. I pick them at the grocery store. The only wild mushroom I feel confident identifying and picking is the morels. I love them grilled with a little olive oil. 3 months till there up in my neck of the woods !! Great videos !!
+ZEUKI1 Morels are wonderful mushrooms! Good on you for getting to know them well enough to appreciate them! For the rest, the grocery store is pretty safe! : ) But there are some other wonderful mushrooms out there in the wild that are worth getting to know. I hope I can make some videos about them, too! Happy mushroom eating!
Roger Limoseth That's a great morel harvest! There are so many great wild mushrooms for eating and many of them are easier to ID than morels! But meadow mushrooms are more tricky, for sure. At least this one is just part of the "Lose your lunch bunch"! Enjoy your morels! :D
Great videos and info. I've ordered All that the rain promises and more, and am wondering about the 2nd key you used. I live in the midwest and would like that to use also for my area. Suggestions please?
This is great. I definitely need to learn my mushrooms, but I never know where to start. All of my mushroom lover friends tell me to get that book. It was great to watch you key them out.
+The Last Grownup in the Woods That book really is worth the money. It's been in print almost 25 years, but it is still one of the best, I think. The keys in the front and back covers are easy to use and really highlight features to look at. I key out even the mushrooms I can't eat, as practice to make sure I understand how to make sure I've got a tasty one! Happy foraging!
+nery colon These meadow mushrooms really help improve the soil, so even though no one should eat them, they are worth appreciating. I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
Have been itching to go mushroom hunting but it seemed overwhelming. But, have gained some confidence after watching your video here and just ordered David Aurora's book to give it a go. If I am not confident in identifying, at least I will be learning the process this year & maybe next year will be able to pick a couple for the dinner plate. Love your term, "lose your lunch bunch":)
The "Lose Your Lunch Bunch" name is from David Aurora's little book - All That the Rain Promises, and More. It's such a good book that encourages us all to see mushrooms in a fun way, even if we never eat them. I eat plenty of wild mushrooms, but not ones from the Lose Your Lunch Bunch! ; ) There will be more mushroom videos popping up on my channel -- just like real mushrooms!
That's great, sounds like David Aurora has a good sense of humor too. I sure look forward to his book arriving. Went out today and scouted the forest & found very small dried up puff balls on a fallen tree, that's my first mushroom find of the year, lol. Right now am enjoying your previous videos & really look forward to your" just like real mushroom" videos coming up. If they are anything like this one I'll have a super first mushroom hunting year! Very glad you don't lose your lunch from a bunch:) Cheers!
After it rains, i see a least 10 different mushroom species growing out of the wood-chip mulch the city dumps under it's trees. Wonder if any of them are safe to eat...but the id process is just too involved (and dangerous) for me.
I found a false chanterelle one time, and they looked just like the real ones! I ate the false chanterelle and it wasn’t terrible, but it was kind of bland. I did have a little gas afterward though. I know now that the false chanterelle won’t do anything to most people but it can be extremely poisonous to others, so I’m trying to ID the real chanterelles so I don’t make a mistake. I also found a bolete in my backyard. It had a red cap with yellow pores underneath. And then I decided to do a little test. I bruised the pore surface with a stick and it stained blue at a moderate pace. It might have been Boletus bicolor, but I didn’t want to take any chances, so I just tossed them over the fence. I have also found lots of Amanitas, I have found the destroying angel, death cap and also the panther Amanita. I have also found sulfur tufts, white dunce cap, and lawn mower’s mushroom. These are all toxic. I hope I can find some edibles in the wild, but I mostly buy my mushrooms from the store (including chanterelles!) Great video!
There are so many fascinating mushrooms! Getting familiar with the wild ones at the store, like chanterelles, is a good start to safely find them in the wild. It is better to not pick the false chanterelles, unless you know that's really what you are after! That's an impressive variety of toxic mushrooms that you have found! I have a mix in my yard -- some that are wonderful to eat and others that are deadly! So I'm always asking myself, Will I Eat This or Not? ; ) Happy mushroom hunting! Even the ones we don't eat are still fascinating and worth knowing! And it helps us appreciate the rain more than most folks, lol. ; )
I got the same thing in my garden in South Australia, they are quite nice looking but NOT safe to eat by humans and could poison my pet bunnies. Definitely good for the soil and it is an indication of my garden has a nice and health eco-system right now. I haven't used any chemical fertiliser for over 10 years. so the funga will break down the leaves, and warms are happily getting through all the layers. We are only part of nature.
I bought a house 2 years ago and my back yard has about 20 different mushrooms throughout the season...note, i live in golf course suburbia BS, first year i was here i had morels, i got about 30, sadly this year not enough moisture and no morels this year.. I have those mushrooms you have in my yard... mine are cailfornicus. Right now i have boletes growing, but the yellow ones that need to be dryed and cooked right or they might not settle well.
I need keys for middle Ga. Every mushroom book I have has a key section, but they are never complete enough for me to figure out every mushroom I find.
I found this very interesting! Use to study mushrooms when I was a teenager but was never aware of using such keys to pinpoint a specific. Awesome video and also liked seeing my initials scribed on the mushrooms :]-Hank H.
+TheNorthwestForager That "HH" looks pretty good on those mushrooms, doesn't it! I really like using identification keys for mushrooms because there are so many kinds out there, with so many complicated names. The keys are like a map that helps keep everybody focused on the essential features. I really admire the folks that put them together -- it's not an easy task! Hope your foraging is going great!
That was interesting and fun! I have to admit I'm a mushroom winnie. I only forage for them in a super market LOL I am going to learn though so ~~~Thanks for sharing.
+Melody Capehart Medina If a person doesn't know their mushroom ID, super market mushroom foraging is the best approach! But wild mushrooms can be really interesting to get to know, even if you never eat any. Glad you enjoyed this video!
You got it! 'Yellow Stainer' is a common name for these mushrooms. And you are smart to not eat them, too! It's OK to handle them -- and they sure do improve the soil structure! My grass is so much thicker and healthier where these have been growing. I hope you can find some other mushrooms, too! :D
This is a good video. I go by if the gills are pink or grey they are good, but if the gills are white they are death caps. Meadow mushrooms have white cap, white stem and pink or grey gills. Death caps have white cap, white stem and white gills. The gill color is important to distinguish between meadow mushrooms and death caps.
Thanks! Gill color is an important characteristic to ID meadow mushrooms, that's for sure! But like this video shows, there are some meadow mushrooms that aren't so good to eat, either.
For me, it's fun to get to know the different parts of nature. When they are edible, that's a nice bonus! Some are really delicious! You might be surprised by a new mushroom ID video I just posted. Some mushrooms are so distinctive, they are easy to identify, once you get to know them.
The book is "All That the Rain Promises and More: A Hip Pocket Guide to Western Mushrooms" by David Aurora. It's for western mushrooms, but the keys on the inside front and back covers are general enough for anywhere. And it's a great book for showing that mushrooms are fun, not scary. Years ago, I gave a copy to my parents in Arkansas, and it's still one of their favorites, even though they also use more regional field guides for final identification. If this book doesn't get someone enthused about wild mushrooms, then no book will!
Joyce Hall There are so many great wild mushrooms to eat, but it does take perfect identification. Knowing one kind of wild mushroom is certainly better than knowing no kinds of wild mushrooms! What kind do you know?
I had these mushrooms coming up in my yard after the recent rains. They look similar to some delicious edible except the grow in bunches and the yellow stains when cut although the yellow colour was more subtle. I originally mis identify
I have mushrooms that I harvested last year when I cleaned up a huge pile of laurel branches. They did stain very light yellow on some of them. Hardley noticeable. They smelled very earthy and so I used then all winter long in many ways. I dried a bunch of them in my dehydrator. They were fantastic with no apparent gastro- problems. I decided they must of been horse mushrooms or field mushrooms. This year I went out the other day and there is another big patch of them. No staining at all. But larger this year. Will the same type come back up year after year?
I wish you were in VA!!! If you know of someone who can share this knowledge as clearly as you do, please let me know how to contact them!! Thank you so much. I think you are amazing!!!
I'm glad I watched this. I am going to go to my local library and try to locate a book to help me. I will possibly add this book you are showing, to my library. I have some beautiful mushrooms right next to my house under some line trees. But I'm still not certain if I can eat them or not? I have been watching videos and learning alot, but still clear. It's driving me nuts. One video said rub it in your skin and wait. Then taste a small amount and spit it out, all to test my reaction. But I saw other videos that said the poisonous ones can taste delicious, so 😞 frustrated and confused, but I will be patient until I know for certain. Thanks for sharing this info
You are smart to not eat mushrooms without knowing if they are edible ones or not! Good for you! It's true that some deadly mushrooms actually taste good -- from reports by people that have eaten them, even people that ultimately died, got liver transplants, or spent days in the hospital. The best way to know whether you want to eat a mushroom, is to get to know it -- learn to identify them one by one, along with any precautions that come with each kind, and the best ways to cook them. I'll have more mushroom videos, too! So I hope they are helpful for you!
Yellow stainer is a poisonous mushroom in the Agaricus family, which includes the edible white button mushroom and portobello mushroom commonly seen in the supermarket. Very cool video! Informative for mushroom beginners and fun to watch.
My first subscription, really clear and detailed. I love in Palau and would love to I'd some huge mushrooms we find here. So far we found out one species is edible and delicious but I don't know the name, can I post a picture to get an I'd?
i learned a lot thanks but what i want to know is what I can eat not what I can't. can yo udo a video like that. what we can eat then we are learning less info but not to get mixed up was it this or that
That's a good point. There are so many people that get confused in the identification of this specific mushroom. But there are others that look almost like this one -- that are edible. You'll see them soon! :D
I live in the state of New Mexico, we have a lot of sand here, I would like to know more about wild weeds and herbs, I bought a book about wild plants of the Southwest, so far I have only identified Dandelion, and a very similar plant that looks the Dandelion but the flowers are much smaller. Thank you very much, I truly enjoy your videos.
So cool! My first thinking at the very beginning was NO! Simply because it turned yellow when you scratched it. That is usually a sign of poisonous mushrooms or ones that make you sick. At least that was what I was always told. But I love how you teach how to break it down! I am getting that book you showed too! Thanks so much! This is a great video I hope you do more like this it helps so much in learning!!
+SouthPaw Bushcraft That book is the fun side of learning mushrooms! There are several yellow-staining Agaricus that are really tasty, but they stay yellow instead of fading. When it comes to mushrooms, I rely on keys rather than general rules -- there are so many exceptions to those general rules! :O Glad you enjoyed this! video! It just might be the start of a recurring mushroom game!
+HChrisH200 - Haphazard Homestead I shared this video on my facebook page I hope it brings you some visitors and new subs my friend! I also hope this IS the start of a recurring mushroom game :)
SouthPaw Bushcraft not really a lot of mushrooms change collor when you apply pressure to them, or cut them edible or not, and its not that this shroom was poisonous it was just indigestible which would in turn just make you sick.. And dont take this the wrong way but saying something that you are not particularly sure of , but you say something like "oh all poisonous mushrooms leave a mark " like you are sure of it is bad and can be deadly if someone decides to believe you, and not a lot of poisonous mushrooms leave a mark/bruise also... When it comes to mushrooms you shouldn't say oh if a mushroom has this it is safe if it doesent it is not because grouping so many different mushrooms in one group can be deadly, that is why you learn individual mushrooms first...
Yes,please do help us identify more edible mushrooms. We have many wild mushrooms here in Missouri. I would Love to find some edible ones and be sure of what I am picking.
+OneYardRevolution | Frugal & Sustainable Organic Gardening Glad you found this interesting! I'm hoping to get some good things out of my wood chip piles, too. They may not turn out to be edible, but I think mushrooms are interesting no matter what kind they are.
Really nice video. I have been using the key system to identify trees, but never knew it existed for mushrooms. can you suggest a good guidebook for the Southeast United States?
+The Meat Trapper If you've been using keys for trees, you are all set for mushroom keys, although there are a lot of specialized terms for the different mushroom parts that takes some getting used to. My parents pick and eat a lot of wild mushrooms around their area in Arkansas and do trips with their regional mycological society. Their area has a lot of southeast US mushrooms. I'll be going down there sometime this winter and will do a video on the books they think are the best. How's that?
As a member of the PD Facebook Users group I have been making a point to trying to see a sample video each day from the new YT channels listings. Wee are indeed a diverse group. What you did was fascinating, though not necessarily a category I would follow. The only mushrooms that I regularly see are the ones that pop up from my lawn constantly. However, I think I will stick to store bought ones (haha). Did you use a tripod to get the ground close ups? Were you using the mike on the camera or did you do voice overs in post production? You seem to have a nice sized subscriber list so all I can say is keep on doing what you do (smile- consider this a typed emoji)
+Chris Lauterbach What a great idea to check out the channels in our group. My channel isn't for everyone, that's for sure - it's got some unusual topics! Yes, I used a tripod. I just used the camera mike for some sections, and voice over for others. I've recently started using a clip on microphone. And I'm trying to improve the efficiency of my production. I have a lot to improve on! Thanks for stopping by - and enjoy looking at the mushrooms in your yard, lol. They are good for your soil and grass. : )
Haphazard homestead ,I have always wanted to know which mushrooms are eadible, and which ones are poisonous for human consumption . Thankyou for your valuable information. This is enough knowledge to gather and cook safely for eating. I so enjoy to eat all kinds of mushrooms , Thanks again ! CDP
There are a lot of Agaricus mushrooms out there that look similar, and even some non-Agaricus mushrooms that people can get mixed up with these. Using a key to make decisions about important details is a real help to not get mixed up with something that's not for eating. There are so many great mushrooms to eat out there, with correct identification. Happy mushroom hunting - and studying!
This was awesome. Very informative. We have some of these down at a dog park, so now I know we are going to remove them so dogs don't eat them. Thanks again. Great video.
I ate it for two days and then watched this video. They are exactly the same, I threw away the rest. I didn't feel any sickness, if I continued to eat it, it would have been a very different story, need to be very cautious with marshrooms.
I thought that if you were going to all the trouble of carefully placing them in the basket and taking a lot of them, then they must be edible and almost stopped watching to go to a different video. BZZZT! Fortunately, I don't eat wild mushrooms anyway.
:D Glad I could fool you with my full basket of mushrooms, lol. But there are some in my yard that look almost like these, that I do eat! Wild mushrooms are worth getting to know. Even if you don't eat them, I hope you enjoy seeing some wild mushrooms in your area this fall.
Great video, but as it is mentioned in the book (9:13) these agaricus stink pretty much. Some look alike mushroom of the same genus are highly appreciated edible mushrooms. They also turn yellowish, but they definitely don't stink. They are anise flavored. The positive point about the Agaricus genus is that even if you make a mistake, there is no real danger apart from a good GI distress.
I call them pinkies. My fatherinlaw taught me about them 11 yrs ago. I love them.The darker pink to brown they mature the stronger the taste. I like to get them when they first pop Less chance of worms.cut the stem and see if there are worm holes. I actually cut them up amd sort the best parts out. You can tell. Where the worm is by the holes they drill.some people soak them in salt water and get the worms out but they are so abundant in my area I usually only eat ones without wormholes. Not many people know they are edible and this is fine by me. I just fried to huge ones today ln butter.They do have a good mushroom smell once you learn the Smell you. Will feel more comfortable eating them.I never would have unless someone that knew and had eaten them for years from the same field.be carefull though sometimes other mushrooms pop in this field. I think one is the death cap!!
+lovers4healthylife Even if they aren't for eating, mushrooms are fascinating! It's amazing what's below ground, in our soil, growing and just waiting for the right conditions to send up their mushroom "fruit". I'm glad you enjoy them!
lovers4healthylife I've been gone for awhile and just saw your message! I'll be back posting videos and, for sure, will be pleased to do the Allotment Challenge Q&A. I just saw one today and thought it was really interesting! I hope you are having a great 2016 so far!
Please make more of the Will I Eat This or Not series for mushrooms. It's so educational and informative just having someone go through the process, connecting the literature to the practice. You do a great job!
This is one of the most clear videos about identifying mushrooms I have seen so far. Please do keep making them!
Thanks! You inspired me to make another one that I just posted, for a red-orange crusty mushroom. There are some great mushrooms out there!
I home school my 13 year old . We are learning survival skills . Every time you said should I eat or not! My daughter and I cracked up 😂! Thank you for making this fine
WOW! Just found you and I am SO glad I did. You are a fantastic teacher of foraging- very clear and concise. Thank you so much-I look forward to checking out your other vids. I love this step by step method and the referrals to ID sources.
In the UK there is an Agaric mushroom that stains slightly yellow, the Horse mushroom. One thing you could have included is your sense of smell when identifying mushrooms.The Horse mushroom and other edible Agaric mushrooms smell like mushrooms you by in the store if not better.The yellow strainer and other poisonous Agaric have a nasty chemical smell.
This was the best walk thru of mushroom id I've found, thank you and I hope you do many more. Subbed😊
Thank you, Mona Taylor! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I've got a couple others in a playlist - and have some others in the works, too. There are so many kinds of mushrooms, but it is possible to figure them out. I sure appreciate the folks that make the identification keys!
I love this style of video. I think you should do more. These types of videos save lives and reduce the amount of horrible tummy aches.
I've never had enough confidence in my ability to identify them to eat anything. Very helpful.....thanks.
+Jim H. Some mushrooms are definitely easier to identify than others! I think Giant Puffballs, when they are as big as your head and their insides are white like a marshmallow, are pretty foolproof (there is always the chance that someone is sensitive or allergic to a new food, in the woods or at a restaurant). But identification keys can really help develop ID skills, because the make it clear what features to focus on.
I just appreciate the experts who know their stuff. I just take pictures of fungus and don't eat them. Thank you for your channel, it's very educational.
Your voice is incredibly comforting
Excellent presentation of the yellow staining agricus.
+Michael Dob -- I accidentally deleted your question asking "What about the smell?" Sorry about that! It was a good question. I don't like using smell for this specific mushroom. Smell is so personal, with our genetics making some mushrooms smell different for different people. And smells are hard for people to distinguish from a text description, in many cases. I can't smell these mushrooms at all. For other mushrooms, though, the smell can be super-distinctive for most everyone. At least this mushroom doesn't need its odor to be identified clearly. That's a lot more convenient!
NO! LOL...🤮 Loss your lunch bunch beautiful VIDEO HOLLY CHRIS ! THANKS HAD FUN TIME WITH YOU. REALLY GREAT👨🌾👍👩🌾
If it stains yellow leave it alone.
Honestly, great presentation of this. Very easy to follow, while still providing the knowledge to help future decisions. Thanks.
+Christina M. Ward Glad you enjoyed this. I think identification keys really make mushrooms more interesting, because they help focus on what makes each one unique. Hope you seem plenty of mushrooms this fall!
Thanks again! I'm in Florida, but into fermenting and looking for opportunities to forage more than citrus!
+Christina M. Ward Florida has a lot to forage! Happy fermenting!
I love your method of teaching! Simple and in-depth. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for the nice words. I'm glad you enjoyed this video. Maybe the next time, I will be able to eat the mushroom! :D
I was yelling yellow stainer the whole video!!!!!!! That was pretty cool. God Bless
You know your mushrooms! I just posted another mushroom ID video. Maybe you will be yelling its name, too. : )
You can eat yellow stainers if you boil them thoroughly. People say they're poisonous but really just toxic if not cooked.
May a slight fennely aftertaste or burp.
I love this! I hope there are more episodes for me to watch!
I enjoyed this series very much. I hope you do more.
I love these videos! Super helpful and fun. Thank you!
I love mushrooms. I pick them at the grocery store. The only wild mushroom I feel confident identifying and picking is the morels. I love them grilled with a little olive oil. 3 months till there up in my neck of the woods !! Great videos !!
+ZEUKI1 Morels are wonderful mushrooms! Good on you for getting to know them well enough to appreciate them! For the rest, the grocery store is pretty safe! : ) But there are some other wonderful mushrooms out there in the wild that are worth getting to know. I hope I can make some videos about them, too! Happy mushroom eating!
morels are the only wild shroom I'll eat.. too easy to poison yourself and die.. btw, I got a patch of 150 blonde morels.. good year..
Roger Limoseth That's a great morel harvest! There are so many great wild mushrooms for eating and many of them are easier to ID than morels! But meadow mushrooms are more tricky, for sure. At least this one is just part of the "Lose your lunch bunch"! Enjoy your morels! :D
Great video. I just started taking classes in mushrooming and your video taught me so much already.
+Nature Calls Thanks! That's great that you are taking a mushrooming class! The Pacific Northwest is a great place to see a lot of mushrooms!
I'm learning so much!! Thank you for your videos :)
I'm glad you are enjoying them. There are a lot of great plants out there!
Great videos and info. I've ordered All that the rain promises and more, and am wondering about the 2nd key you used. I live in the midwest and would like that to use also for my area. Suggestions please?
This is great. I definitely need to learn my mushrooms, but I never know where to start. All of my mushroom lover friends tell me to get that book. It was great to watch you key them out.
+The Last Grownup in the Woods That book really is worth the money. It's been in print almost 25 years, but it is still one of the best, I think. The keys in the front and back covers are easy to use and really highlight features to look at. I key out even the mushrooms I can't eat, as practice to make sure I understand how to make sure I've got a tasty one! Happy foraging!
the most informative i ever heard,thank you .i wish you could do that with all the mushrooms .and the title sounds good for a T V show
Thanks for the kind words. Glad you enjoyed my video. You inspired me to make another mushroom ID video.
OMG I LOVE THIS VIDEO SO MUCH. I'm laughing so hard. "Will I eat this? Or not?
I'm not a eater of mushrooms but loved the video. So I loved and Subbed.
+nery colon These meadow mushrooms really help improve the soil, so even though no one should eat them, they are worth appreciating. I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
Have been itching to go mushroom hunting but it seemed overwhelming. But, have gained some confidence after watching your video here and just ordered David Aurora's book to give it a go. If I am not confident in identifying, at least I will be learning the process this year & maybe next year will be able to pick a couple for the dinner plate. Love your term, "lose your lunch bunch":)
The "Lose Your Lunch Bunch" name is from David Aurora's little book - All That the Rain Promises, and More. It's such a good book that encourages us all to see mushrooms in a fun way, even if we never eat them. I eat plenty of wild mushrooms, but not ones from the Lose Your Lunch Bunch! ; ) There will be more mushroom videos popping up on my channel -- just like real mushrooms!
That's great, sounds like David Aurora has a good sense of humor too. I sure look forward to his book arriving. Went out today and scouted the forest & found very small dried up puff balls on a fallen tree, that's my first mushroom find of the year, lol. Right now am enjoying your previous videos & really look forward to your" just like real mushroom" videos coming up. If they are anything like this one I'll have a super first mushroom hunting year! Very glad you don't lose your lunch from a bunch:) Cheers!
After it rains, i see a least 10 different mushroom species growing out of the wood-chip mulch the city dumps under it's trees. Wonder if any of them are safe to eat...but the id process is just too involved (and dangerous) for me.
I found a false chanterelle one time, and they looked just like the real ones! I ate the false chanterelle and it wasn’t terrible, but it was kind of bland. I did have a little gas afterward though. I know now that the false chanterelle won’t do anything to most people but it can be extremely poisonous to others, so I’m trying to ID the real chanterelles so I don’t make a mistake.
I also found a bolete in my backyard. It had a red cap with yellow pores underneath. And then I decided to do a little test. I bruised the pore surface with a stick and it stained blue at a moderate pace. It might have been Boletus bicolor, but I didn’t want to take any chances, so I just tossed them over the fence.
I have also found lots of Amanitas, I have found the destroying angel, death cap and also the panther Amanita.
I have also found sulfur tufts, white dunce cap, and lawn mower’s mushroom. These are all toxic.
I hope I can find some edibles in the wild, but I mostly buy my mushrooms from the store (including chanterelles!)
Great video!
There are so many fascinating mushrooms! Getting familiar with the wild ones at the store, like chanterelles, is a good start to safely find them in the wild. It is better to not pick the false chanterelles, unless you know that's really what you are after! That's an impressive variety of toxic mushrooms that you have found! I have a mix in my yard -- some that are wonderful to eat and others that are deadly! So I'm always asking myself, Will I Eat This or Not? ; )
Happy mushroom hunting! Even the ones we don't eat are still fascinating and worth knowing! And it helps us appreciate the rain more than most folks, lol. ; )
I got the same thing in my garden in South Australia, they are quite nice looking but NOT safe to eat by humans and could poison my pet bunnies. Definitely good for the soil and it is an indication of my garden has a nice and health eco-system right now. I haven't used any chemical fertiliser for over 10 years. so the funga will break down the leaves, and warms are happily getting through all the layers. We are only part of nature.
Excellent show and tell.
You’re so pleasant to listen to and easy to learn from 🥰
I would love to have your list of key books, especially for the gulf coast of Texas, thanks.
I bought a house 2 years ago and my back yard has about 20 different mushrooms throughout the season...note, i live in golf course suburbia BS,
first year i was here i had morels, i got about 30, sadly this year not enough moisture and no morels this year..
I have those mushrooms you have in my yard... mine are cailfornicus. Right now i have boletes growing, but the yellow ones that need to be dryed and cooked right or they might not settle well.
According to the book you used, it looks like the mushrooms in my yard are amanitas. Thanks for the info.
Excellent Video ! Best Totorial. Yes ,I want keys please . 👍
I need keys for middle Ga. Every mushroom book I have has a key section, but they are never complete enough for me to figure out every mushroom I find.
I found this very interesting! Use to study mushrooms when I was a teenager but was never aware of using such keys to pinpoint a specific. Awesome video and also liked seeing my initials scribed on the mushrooms :]-Hank H.
+TheNorthwestForager That "HH" looks pretty good on those mushrooms, doesn't it! I really like using identification keys for mushrooms because there are so many kinds out there, with so many complicated names. The keys are like a map that helps keep everybody focused on the essential features. I really admire the folks that put them together -- it's not an easy task! Hope your foraging is going great!
Yes, I would like to procure this books on keys to identify the types of mushrooms for harvest, how to purchase?
That was interesting and fun! I have to admit I'm a mushroom winnie. I only forage for them in a super market LOL I am going to learn though so ~~~Thanks for sharing.
+Melody Capehart Medina If a person doesn't know their mushroom ID, super market mushroom foraging is the best approach! But wild mushrooms can be really interesting to get to know, even if you never eat any. Glad you enjoyed this video!
Staining yellow? 'Yellow Stainer' (can't remember the latin name). I would leave those alone.. :)
You got it! 'Yellow Stainer' is a common name for these mushrooms. And you are smart to not eat them, too! It's OK to handle them -- and they sure do improve the soil structure! My grass is so much thicker and healthier where these have been growing. I hope you can find some other mushrooms, too! :D
This is a good video. I go by if the gills are pink or grey they are good, but if the gills are white they are death caps. Meadow mushrooms have white cap, white stem and pink or grey gills. Death caps have white cap, white stem and white gills. The gill color is important to distinguish between meadow mushrooms and death caps.
Thanks! Gill color is an important characteristic to ID meadow mushrooms, that's for sure! But like this video shows, there are some meadow mushrooms that aren't so good to eat, either.
If its that darn hard to figure out what will make you sick or not why eat them in the first place.
For me, it's fun to get to know the different parts of nature. When they are edible, that's a nice bonus! Some are really delicious! You might be surprised by a new mushroom ID video I just posted. Some mushrooms are so distinctive, they are easy to identify, once you get to know them.
Im interested in knowing the name of your book that you used to identify these mushrooms. Pls and Ty .
The book is "All That the Rain Promises and More: A Hip Pocket Guide to Western Mushrooms" by David Aurora. It's for western mushrooms, but the keys on the inside front and back covers are general enough for anywhere. And it's a great book for showing that mushrooms are fun, not scary. Years ago, I gave a copy to my parents in Arkansas, and it's still one of their favorites, even though they also use more regional field guides for final identification. If this book doesn't get someone enthused about wild mushrooms, then no book will!
Love to hunt wild mushrooms. But I only know one kind.
Joyce Hall There are so many great wild mushrooms to eat, but it does take perfect identification. Knowing one kind of wild mushroom is certainly better than knowing no kinds of wild mushrooms! What kind do you know?
excellent.
I had these mushrooms coming up in my yard after the recent rains. They look similar to some delicious edible except the grow in bunches and the yellow stains when cut although the yellow colour was more subtle. I originally mis identify
Is it possible to find a Meadow Mushroom in your area? The David Arora book says that these are found in California. How about finding them in Oregon?
Great Video! I have no mushroom books with Keys but now I know how easy they make it!.
Thanks! Keys can be intimidating, but so helpful. Some have very complicated language. I like how they focus on a series of "either/or" choices.
I think it could be Agaricus xanthodermus because of the yellow staining properties although the smell would have helped in identification
What mushroom guides would you recommend for the Eastern side?
Is there a key for the eastern woodlands or would this one apply that you suggested? Thks
I have mushrooms that I harvested last year when I cleaned up a huge pile of laurel branches. They did stain very light yellow on some of them. Hardley noticeable. They smelled very earthy and so I used then all winter long in many ways. I dried a bunch of them in my dehydrator. They were fantastic with no apparent gastro- problems. I decided they must of been horse mushrooms or field mushrooms. This year I went out the other day and there is another big patch of them. No staining at all. But larger this year. Will the same type come back up year after year?
Ah yes "fade to brown" one of metallicas lesser known hidden tracks
Thank you much! Any guides for eastern NY?
Well done. I totally thought you were going to be able to eat that. I was wrong and better educated because of you. Thank you. I'm loving your videos
This Video is Confusing because these look like Agaricus Campestris which are edible. Which characteristic Ruled Agaricus campestris out?
I wish you were in VA!!! If you know of someone who can share this knowledge as clearly as you do, please let me know how to contact them!! Thank you so much. I think you are amazing!!!
I just simply feed each wild shrooms i find to my pet rabbit and see if it lives
I'm glad I watched this. I am going to go to my local library and try to locate a book to help me. I will possibly add this book you are showing, to my library. I have some beautiful mushrooms right next to my house under some line trees. But I'm still not certain if I can eat them or not? I have been watching videos and learning alot, but still clear. It's driving me nuts. One video said rub it in your skin and wait. Then taste a small amount and spit it out, all to test my reaction. But I saw other videos that said the poisonous ones can taste delicious, so 😞 frustrated and confused, but I will be patient until I know for certain. Thanks for sharing this info
You are smart to not eat mushrooms without knowing if they are edible ones or not! Good for you! It's true that some deadly mushrooms actually taste good -- from reports by people that have eaten them, even people that ultimately died, got liver transplants, or spent days in the hospital. The best way to know whether you want to eat a mushroom, is to get to know it -- learn to identify them one by one, along with any precautions that come with each kind, and the best ways to cook them. I'll have more mushroom videos, too! So I hope they are helpful for you!
This is fantastic. Thank you.
thanks for the information really helpful and interesting keep sharing 👌😍
Very good. I like your practical approach. I am sure others will also... Keep em coming!
+Graeme Cochrane Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed this video! I'll be posting more videos pretty soon!
@@HaphazardHomestead Yellow not a happy fellow scrape red to be feed pink my tummy winks
Yellow stainer is a poisonous mushroom in the Agaricus family, which includes the edible white button mushroom and portobello mushroom commonly seen in the supermarket. Very cool video! Informative for mushroom beginners and fun to watch.
White button and portobello is the same mushroom in different life stages.
My first subscription, really clear and detailed. I love in Palau and would love to I'd some huge mushrooms we find here. So far we found out one species is edible and delicious but I don't know the name, can I post a picture to get an I'd?
Would I be brazen to ask if u scratch the cap and it turns yellow u will be poisoned if you eat it
i learned a lot thanks but what i want to know is what I can eat not what I can't. can yo udo a video like that. what we can eat then we are learning less info but not to get mixed up was it this or that
That's a good point. There are so many people that get confused in the identification of this specific mushroom. But there are others that look almost like this one -- that are edible. You'll see them soon! :D
You are awesome !!!!! Thank you this is my first video of your. I can't wait to watch more!!!
I live in the state of New Mexico, we have a lot of sand here, I would like to know more about wild weeds and herbs, I bought a book about wild plants of the Southwest, so far I have only identified Dandelion, and a very similar plant that looks the Dandelion but the flowers are much smaller. Thank you very much, I truly enjoy your videos.
So cool! My first thinking at the very beginning was NO! Simply because it turned yellow when you scratched it. That is usually a sign of poisonous mushrooms or ones that make you sick. At least that was what I was always told. But I love how you teach how to break it down! I am getting that book you showed too! Thanks so much! This is a great video I hope you do more like this it helps so much in learning!!
+SouthPaw Bushcraft That book is the fun side of learning mushrooms! There are several yellow-staining Agaricus that are really tasty, but they stay yellow instead of fading. When it comes to mushrooms, I rely on keys rather than general rules -- there are so many exceptions to those general rules! :O Glad you enjoyed this! video! It just might be the start of a recurring mushroom game!
+HChrisH200 - Haphazard Homestead I shared this video on my facebook page I hope it brings you some visitors and new subs my friend! I also hope this IS the start of a recurring mushroom game :)
+SouthPaw Bushcraft Thanks a bunch! I've seen a few new subscribers that have come over from your channel!
SouthPaw Bushcraft not really a lot of mushrooms change collor when you apply pressure to them, or cut them edible or not, and its not that this shroom was poisonous it was just indigestible which would in turn just make you sick..
And dont take this the wrong way but saying something that you are not particularly sure of , but you say something like "oh all poisonous mushrooms leave a mark " like you are sure of it is bad and can be deadly if someone decides to believe you, and not a lot of poisonous mushrooms leave a mark/bruise also...
When it comes to mushrooms you shouldn't say oh if a mushroom has this it is safe if it doesent it is not because grouping so many different mushrooms in one group can be deadly, that is why you learn individual mushrooms first...
Yes,please do help us identify more edible mushrooms. We have many wild mushrooms here in Missouri. I would Love to find some edible ones and be sure of what I am picking.
These mushroom videos are fantastic. I'd love to see some more. Lots of love from sunny Ireland.
Fantastic info!
Very educational. I like your video. My mom just put them in water and if the water turned pink it was edible. I won’t be doing that now.
You are a wealth of knowledge! Very interesting stuff.
+OneYardRevolution | Frugal & Sustainable Organic Gardening Glad you found this interesting! I'm hoping to get some good things out of my wood chip piles, too. They may not turn out to be edible, but I think mushrooms are interesting no matter what kind they are.
+OneYardRevolution | Frugal & Sustainable Organic Gardening As are you Patrick, I learn so much from both of ou!
Please can you share me that book to be able to identify more species
Really nice video. I have been using the key system to identify trees, but never knew it existed for mushrooms. can you suggest a good guidebook for the Southeast United States?
+The Meat Trapper If you've been using keys for trees, you are all set for mushroom keys, although there are a lot of specialized terms for the different mushroom parts that takes some getting used to. My parents pick and eat a lot of wild mushrooms around their area in Arkansas and do trips with their regional mycological society. Their area has a lot of southeast US mushrooms. I'll be going down there sometime this winter and will do a video on the books they think are the best. How's that?
+HChrisH200 - Haphazard Homestead Sounds great. Thanks!
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That is awesome, the color change to skin injury !
this is awesome. Field mushroom. thank you.
Maam, your backyard is a grocery store! I love watching you!
As a member of the PD Facebook Users group I have been making a point to trying to see a sample video each day from the new YT channels listings. Wee are indeed a diverse group. What you did was fascinating, though not necessarily a category I would follow. The only mushrooms that I regularly see are the ones that pop up from my lawn constantly. However, I think I will stick to store bought ones (haha). Did you use a tripod to get the ground close ups? Were you using the mike on the camera or did you do voice overs in post production? You seem to have a nice sized subscriber list so all I can say is keep on doing what you do (smile- consider this a typed emoji)
+Chris Lauterbach What a great idea to check out the channels in our group. My channel isn't for everyone, that's for sure - it's got some unusual topics! Yes, I used a tripod. I just used the camera mike for some sections, and voice over for others. I've recently started using a clip on microphone. And I'm trying to improve the efficiency of my production. I have a lot to improve on! Thanks for stopping by - and enjoy looking at the mushrooms in your yard, lol. They are good for your soil and grass. : )
You're awesome. Please keep making these.
Haphazard homestead ,I have always wanted to know which mushrooms are eadible, and which ones are poisonous for human consumption . Thankyou for your valuable information. This is enough knowledge to gather and cook safely for eating. I so enjoy to eat all kinds of mushrooms , Thanks again ! CDP
There are a lot of Agaricus mushrooms out there that look similar, and even some non-Agaricus mushrooms that people can get mixed up with these. Using a key to make decisions about important details is a real help to not get mixed up with something that's not for eating. There are so many great mushrooms to eat out there, with correct identification. Happy mushroom hunting - and studying!
Excellent video.
This was awesome. Very informative. We have some of these down at a dog park, so now I know we are going to remove them so dogs don't eat them. Thanks again. Great video.
Fun video. Best wishes Bob.
+Bob Lt (BobMel's Gardening) Glad you enjoyed it!
Wonderful!
Very informative.
Thank you.
I love eating mushrooms.
Never picked any.
City living.
Learning from u tube💕
this video made my night. 10/10 would recommend
It seems very complex to pick wild mushrooms for eating
I ate it for two days and then watched this video. They are exactly the same, I threw away the rest. I didn't feel any sickness, if I continued to eat it, it would have been a very different story, need to be very cautious with marshrooms.
I thought that if you were going to all the trouble of carefully placing them in the basket and taking a lot of them, then they must be edible and almost stopped watching to go to a different video. BZZZT!
Fortunately, I don't eat wild mushrooms anyway.
:D Glad I could fool you with my full basket of mushrooms, lol. But there are some in my yard that look almost like these, that I do eat! Wild mushrooms are worth getting to know. Even if you don't eat them, I hope you enjoy seeing some wild mushrooms in your area this fall.
Love you videos!! During this pandemic,
You can write a book on safe foraging weeds and mushrooms for those of us who need to save money? Love you so show!!-
Great video, but as it is mentioned in the book (9:13) these agaricus stink pretty much. Some look alike mushroom of the same genus are highly appreciated edible mushrooms. They also turn yellowish, but they definitely don't stink. They are anise flavored. The positive point about the Agaricus genus is that even if you make a mistake, there is no real danger apart from a good GI distress.
Love this. I did not know where to begin!
I call them pinkies. My fatherinlaw taught me about them 11 yrs ago. I love them.The darker pink to brown they mature the stronger the taste. I like to get them when they first pop
Less chance of worms.cut the stem and see if there are worm holes. I actually cut them up amd sort the best parts out. You can tell. Where the worm is by the holes they drill.some people soak them in salt water and get the worms out but they are so abundant in my area I usually only eat ones without wormholes. Not many people know they are edible and this is fine by me. I just fried to huge ones today ln butter.They do have a good mushroom smell once you learn the
Smell you. Will feel more comfortable eating them.I never would have unless someone that knew and had eaten them for years from the same field.be carefull though sometimes other mushrooms pop in this field. I think one is the death cap!!
Awesome video! I love mushrooms and we had a ton of rain and more mushrooms in over 20 years... We just don't eat them.... Take Care, Peaches
+lovers4healthylife Even if they aren't for eating, mushrooms are fascinating! It's amazing what's below ground, in our soil, growing and just waiting for the right conditions to send up their mushroom "fruit". I'm glad you enjoy them!
+HChrisH200 - Haphazard Homestead I tagged to you the allotment Q & A Challenge ~ I hope you can upload your answers. Happy New Year! Peaches
lovers4healthylife I've been gone for awhile and just saw your message! I'll be back posting videos and, for sure, will be pleased to do the Allotment Challenge Q&A. I just saw one today and thought it was really interesting! I hope you are having a great 2016 so far!
Happy 2016 to you as well. Would love to hear your answers. Peaches:)
You are from the Central Coast?