Yeah, fungus is crazy man! I've was stoked to finally to be able to reach one of the big ones but after it was all done I felt I should have left it. But I got to experience it so once is enough.
Ya... I’m wondering how to make a nice amount last in the fridge long enough to eat it all! I really doubt it could be frozen, unless in soup ? Any ideas ? Thanx 🍄
The internet says you can sauté them and freeze them and I've had that work with chanterelles. I might dehydrate some of these. My friend did the lions and gave me some once and they were okay for cooking. It would be nice to have when there are no fresh mushrooms around. Yeah, I'm still trying to find the best way. Thanks for watching!
No way man, first find is the best find. I would still be stoked if I was you, I was so fired up when I found my first one and it was small! More fired up than when I found this one but this was a cool experience too. I was kind of tired when this happened, I had walking a long while. Happy hunting brother!
@@paxtianodirtfrog8947 I do agree, only a mushroom hunter would understand that. See thats what I always think too, walk miles and miles or look for years and years and nothing then poof out of the blue we find something lol. What kind of trees do you usually find them on, oak? I need to learn more lol. Sorry if you said so before, my memory isnt the best haha
That is a huge Lion’s Mane! Some nice oysters at the end there too and a nice little guy within reach. I wonder why the big ones are often so high in the trees 🤔
Yeah, I am a little conflicted about harvesting it but if I get it all eat I'll be cool with it. It won't hurt the actual fungus and I'm sure this one had dropped plenty of spores. I actually left the one I saw at the end. I harvested about 3 other small lions that day. I don't know but maybe Paul Stamets is on to something when he says they have intelligence. It's weird that they do that but it seems to be true around here at least.
@@paxtianodirtfrog8947 if you didn’t get it the bugs would have 😄 It’s spores better be intelligent enough to grow higher next time so that Paxton can’t reach it with a stick 😁
@@paxtianodirtfrog8947 the height on things like this are actually Mother Nature trying to keep the species alive. So yes, it could be construed by some as being “intelligent”. In reality, it is often due to the fact that if it grows lower to the ground, there are shroom predators who will snack on the specimen before it can mature and release the spores and repopulate which is likely eaten by deer and other critters. Other critters that are ruffling and scratching thru the litter of the forest floor often will get mature spores trapped in fur and then when a squirrel for example, digs a nut out of the leaf litter, is now wearing a coat of spores in his fur and as he scales the tree to visit the nest or whether to just eat his nut, he is shedding those spores along the bark of the tree and from there, when they start growing again, lower ones are eaten by other shroom predators and only the out of reach ones are ones that will reach maturity. This is why it appears that they actually add intelligent but in reality, it’s only mother natures way of helping everything to survive
That's massive! Great find.
Thanks! I finally got one that big in reach but part of me wished I left it. Sounds weird but I think it was because I broke it apart taking it down.
that's crazy dude!
Yeah, fungus is crazy man! I've was stoked to finally to be able to reach one of the big ones but after it was all done I felt I should have left it. But I got to experience it so once is enough.
@@paxtianodirtfrog8947 For the amount you're harvesting I wouldn't feel too guilty dude, it's not like you're going to let them go to waste
Ya... I’m wondering how to make a nice amount last in the fridge long enough to eat it all! I really doubt it could be frozen, unless in soup ? Any ideas ? Thanx 🍄
The internet says you can sauté them and freeze them and I've had that work with chanterelles. I might dehydrate some of these. My friend did the lions and gave me some once and they were okay for cooking. It would be nice to have when there are no fresh mushrooms around. Yeah, I'm still trying to find the best way. Thanks for watching!
@@paxtianodirtfrog8947 Nice! I happen to love Frogs as well. Ponds, rivers, creeks and woods guided my childhood 🍄 🐸 🐢!
Good grief man now I'm embrassed by the baby thing I showed lol!! See this is what I am hoping to find one day, what a meal. Awesome find brother!!!
No way man, first find is the best find. I would still be stoked if I was you, I was so fired up when I found my first one and it was small! More fired up than when I found this one but this was a cool experience too. I was kind of tired when this happened, I had walking a long while. Happy hunting brother!
@@paxtianodirtfrog8947 I do agree, only a mushroom hunter would understand that. See thats what I always think too, walk miles and miles or look for years and years and nothing then poof out of the blue we find something lol. What kind of trees do you usually find them on, oak? I need to learn more lol. Sorry if you said so before, my memory isnt the best haha
That is a huge Lion’s Mane! Some nice oysters at the end there too and a nice little guy within reach. I wonder why the big ones are often so high in the trees 🤔
Yeah, I am a little conflicted about harvesting it but if I get it all eat I'll be cool with it. It won't hurt the actual fungus and I'm sure this one had dropped plenty of spores. I actually left the one I saw at the end. I harvested about 3 other small lions that day.
I don't know but maybe Paul Stamets is on to something when he says they have intelligence. It's weird that they do that but it seems to be true around here at least.
@@paxtianodirtfrog8947 if you didn’t get it the bugs would have 😄 It’s spores better be intelligent enough to grow higher next time so that Paxton can’t reach it with a stick 😁
@@paxtianodirtfrog8947 the height on things like this are actually Mother Nature trying to keep the species alive. So yes, it could be construed by some as being “intelligent”.
In reality, it is often due to the fact that if it grows lower to the ground, there are shroom predators who will snack on the specimen before it can mature and release the spores and repopulate which is likely eaten by deer and other critters. Other critters that are ruffling and scratching thru the litter of the forest floor often will get mature spores trapped in fur and then when a squirrel for example, digs a nut out of the leaf litter, is now wearing a coat of spores in his fur and as he scales the tree to visit the nest or whether to just eat his nut, he is shedding those spores along the bark of the tree and from there, when they start growing again, lower ones are eaten by other shroom predators and only the out of reach ones are ones that will reach maturity. This is why it appears that they actually add intelligent but in reality, it’s only mother natures way of helping everything to survive
Thanks for sharing this video 👍
Great video 👍💕 Good keep it up 🥰
Job well done, that's an amazing mushroom and very tasty.
I love the lion's mane but I don't always get it right when I cook them. Thanks for watching!