There's nothing more beneficial for the mind, body and spirit than being in nature. It looks lovely your neck of the woods, and cooking and eating the wild edibles you foraged under the shelter of trees is time well spent. This is my third year of foraging, and my son and daughter enjoy it. We are steadily building up our knowledge.
Darn it, I saw some impressively large opened parasols in Sir Benfro two weeks ago, and just photographed them. Wish I'd known I could have made a meal out of them. Thanks for the posting, I'll know better next time.
I knew the information in this video would be good when you showed the movable ring on the Parasol mushroom. This has fascinated me since my childhood days. Also the brown "scales" on top of the cap come right off in older mushrooms, they are also not properly attached. WTF, who put that half assed falling apart mushroom in the woods? They do make a lovely companion for grilled chicken breast and pasta though. Also surprisingly tasty as a dried mushroom in sauces. And here in Germany we love to harvest the whole cap and fry it like a Wiener Schnitzel in a coat of breadcrumbs.
Thank you so much for sharing this important knowledge with us. There is nothing like going out in nature and being able to bring home some food to cook. I have learnt a lot. Although I have to say I am a little nervous when it comes to mushrooms and haven't ventured there yet, but hope to soon. Still at the looking stage and seeing if I can identify any.
Yes it took me a few years of learning before I started picking mushrooms to eat. It’s best to start with a few easier to identify ones like hedgehog fungus. But you’re doing it the right way. Learn first, eat later 😁
I regularly take my 3 and 10 year old foraging. Even the little one can now identify at least 3 edible mushrooms(and how to know whether to discard them). I can easily identify 30+ edible species in the UK at a glance and know how to disregard the look-a-likes. Be not afraid! It's all about educating yourself over time. There is no way you could get me to eat a mushroom at 3 years old but because I'm including my 3 year old in my foraging journey, he and his older sister can't get enough of them! Free mushrooms on toast for the win!
@@georgequinn721 That's great, a wonderful gift & education you're giving your children, to be able to learn and identify what is basically around us, they won't go hungry and just being in nature is so beneficial.
My favourite mushrooms- parasols and penny buns..just have not been lucky to find them yet here in UK. Although fairy ring champions and fields mushrooms growing just behind my house :)
I have found that practically every beech nut I have collected didn't contain any nut in the shell. Then I read this, "When you forage beechnuts in the woods, much of your harvest will actually be empty shells. Part of this is due to the beechnut diseases that cause the trees to produce blanks, and a part of it is due to insect pests. Often, you can tell if a beechnut shell is a “blank” before you even open it. The shell itself will be a bit concave or collapsed in on itself because there’s no nut inside."
Why did Lewis go to the Wye Valley. 🤔 Because it's Beautiful there, that's why. 🤗 Thank you for sharing this Foraging series with us, Month by Month, it's been so informative. Take care, & stay busy everyone. ❤🙂🐶
Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom!!! I really appreciate the way you show or explain what's too ripe or not enough etc. This is the best mushroom identification video I have ever seen!! I so appreciate your calm demeanor and taking time to explain more clearly. Your pace is just perfect for me to be able to grasp the info. Amazing scenery too!! Thank you again!!
Great video, I'm just starting on my foraging journey amd I've seen so many mushrooms when out with my dog. I'va also spotted the hops. You're video was extremely clear and I'll be looking out for your next one. Thanks!
First time watching your videos and I'm delighted I found you. I've really taken to mushroom foraging this autumn and your videos are extremely helpful and beautiful done. I tried hops for the first time in tea, can't say much for the flavour and the scent was more burnt rubber or onion, ugh! Lol. However, it's all good
Thank you for this video. I've mostly only found field mushrooms and a few Shaggy Inkcaps but I keep going out looking for other gems. Lots of Beech woods near me so I'm hopeful ☺️
Some really beautiful scenery there, Lewis, the kind of place you want to visit as soon as you see it :) . This series is worth its weight in gold, it's been a superb education in foraging plants and fungi. I was wondering, mate, when you've finished making this series, if you would consider making a video about plants and fungi that are available to forage all year round?
Thanks mate yes that’s something I can look at. I’m going to be doing a lot more wild cooking vids next year. I’m doing a backpacking trip around the UK 😁
I live on a narrow boat I'm massive nature fan always have been massively interested and indeed forage regularly especially my fascination with mushrooms to eat Your videos are fantastic the best I've seen tbh so please keep them coming Thanks for your reply
I've never seen a beechnut. They have a cool looking seedpod. Our oak trees do similar with acorns. Never had it explained as to why this occurs. I figured it was the weather. Hello from sunny Willamette Valley Oregon, US.
So chuffed the algorithm bought me here! Your descriptions are awesome. Sadly I'm one of those people shaggy parasols don't agree with. Oh well, I found a bumper crop of charcoal burners today!
Would be good if you could overlay a pic of the shaggy parasol while you are describing it as a look alike so it's much clearer what you are describing. Thanks for the video!
@@UKWILDCRAFTS I usually look for them in Czech Republic mountains when I'm there on holidays, but last year I found just 1, however then I went to visit a friend in northern Italy in October and found lots of them in acacia woodland, that was like hitting the lottery
Try the Parasol in the oven on a bakery paper. Olive oil on the paper, cap down, butter on the cap, salt, pepper, some fatty cheese and tomato slice. You will thank me later!
Thanks again, I had a few lovely parasol mushrooms a couple of weeks ago, after an hour of making sure then checking to make sure I sure I cooked it and was amazed, there will be more victims when I find them soon, it's quite dry here in Ireland atm.
@@UKWILDCRAFTS I did it with flour and cider vinegar mixed together then dipped the cap of the mushrooms in it both sides like a batter and then putting the cap into a nice spice mix then frying it, it was absolutely amazing, just waiting on a good dump of rain here in Ireland to gather in more, its been incredibly dry here for months
Still too warm in the UK I reckon. Once the weather cools a little more, go out a day or two after rainfall. Pick a spot where sheep or cattle graze. Have fun!
Do you do any tuition ? Taking people on walks identifying edibles in the wild ? I’m 1 year into this great hobby /. Survivel situation I’m in south staffs Cheers great videos
I’ve done a few to trial it and yes loved it but couldn’t find the time to do it properly. I’m off backpacking next year but I may get into it full time when I get back. Definitely something for the future:)
Great stuff as always! I found some ripe hops nearby the other day, and I've been making tea mixing them with some valerian the last few days, to help me sleep. It's good stuff! I also found some parasol mushrooms, but I wasn't completely sure of my ID, so I'm glad you've given some detail on those. Pretty certain now that that's what they were, so I'll have to go back and get them if no-one's beaten me to it...
Do you know what tree branches are the best for teeth cleaning sticks? I have found that ancestral tooth-care zine with a list of tree species but wondering if you had any first hand or second hand knowledge?
Yes I’ve used a few different species when out camping. Chew the ends for a bit to make them soft. I’ve found the best is silver birch, possibly because of the betulin oils, which makes your mouth feel nice and clean. Also the linden trees and willow
It was porcini and some parasol sautéed in oil and rosemary. Then some precooked mixed grains like quinoa and pearl barley and some red chilli pesto. My go to sort of camping food as it’s quick easy and highly nutritious 😋
We're having a bumper year for parasols here in south Ceredigion. (That village at 17:30 looks like Brockweir - we walked from there down to Chepstow in late June.)
There is another reason for mast years as well, it also gives one years saplings a better chance to get light, rather than being drowned out by all the saplings of all the years at every height
Ok , Some time ago, i bought a book about foraging for mushrooms in the UK ! It had full page fotos, of , on the one side ....Edible UK Mushrooms , yet the opposite color photo , showed an identical mushroom that was poisonous ! Scratch test was not mentioned ! The book explained, that if you do not know, what you are doing ! Then find a draught free area, in your house , then place each individual mushroom, on a sheet of white paper ! if the spores dropped by the mushroom, were. black ! it was. poisonous , if the spores were white , it was good to eat ! Yet on the initial part , of your video, about that particular mushroom ? You do not mention , any similar looking. but. poisonous ones ? Are you saying that. that. one particular mushroom, has no. poisonous look alikes. ??????
Your videos are brillaint brother only thing i would ask is when you compare the mushrooms to others maybe you could show a quick picture of what they look like that would be super helpful thanks again and keep foraging 👍👍👍
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There's nothing more beneficial for the mind, body and spirit than being in nature. It looks lovely your neck of the woods, and cooking and eating the wild edibles you foraged under the shelter of trees is time well spent. This is my third year of foraging, and my son and daughter enjoy it. We are steadily building up our knowledge.
That’s great. And it’s nice your kids enjoy it too 😁
That's so nice. We love it too. I forage with my husband and daughter. Here in spain where I live, i never see anybody foraging.
breaded fried parasol mushroom is on of the best foods I've ever eaten. Especially as a vegetarian, it's so incredibly good
They are great 😁
Wait until you try a rib eye stake.
The imature caps of parasol can be stuffed with a stuffing of your choice, then egg and crumbed and fried.
Like mushroom Kiev’s 👍🏾
@@Blaze-sz1no Oh I woodn't eat that, it sounds rather too tough to chew.
Subscription earnt the first video I've seen, very refreshing and interesting to watch.
Thanks 😊
I love the view of the M. proceras against the meadow and hills at 5:31! Lovely!
Darn it, I saw some impressively large opened parasols in Sir Benfro two weeks ago, and just photographed them. Wish I'd known I could have made a meal out of them. Thanks for the posting, I'll know better next time.
Yes that’s what it’s all about. Learning for next time 😁
That meal looked amazing 😍. Going foraging this weekend now you've made me hungry lol.
Thanks yes it was good 😁
Thank-you for answering my prayers to find out more knowledge on my love for mushrooms. ♥️🧚♀️🍄🏡😇
Glad I found this channel. Best on Utube for foragers.
Nice one 😊
Your knowledge and presentation has been priceless! Thank you so much!
Thanks 😊
I knew the information in this video would be good when you showed the movable ring on the Parasol mushroom. This has fascinated me since my childhood days. Also the brown "scales" on top of the cap come right off in older mushrooms, they are also not properly attached. WTF, who put that half assed falling apart mushroom in the woods? They do make a lovely companion for grilled chicken breast and pasta though. Also surprisingly tasty as a dried mushroom in sauces. And here in Germany we love to harvest the whole cap and fry it like a Wiener Schnitzel in a coat of breadcrumbs.
Yes they are great breaded 😋
Thank you so much for sharing this important knowledge with us. There is nothing like going out in nature and being able to bring home some food to cook. I have learnt a lot. Although I have to say I am a little nervous when it comes to mushrooms and haven't ventured there yet, but hope to soon. Still at the looking stage and seeing if I can identify any.
Yes it took me a few years of learning before I started picking mushrooms to eat. It’s best to start with a few easier to identify ones like hedgehog fungus. But you’re doing it the right way. Learn first, eat later 😁
I regularly take my 3 and 10 year old foraging. Even the little one can now identify at least 3 edible mushrooms(and how to know whether to discard them). I can easily identify 30+ edible species in the UK at a glance and know how to disregard the look-a-likes. Be not afraid! It's all about educating yourself over time. There is no way you could get me to eat a mushroom at 3 years old but because I'm including my 3 year old in my foraging journey, he and his older sister can't get enough of them! Free mushrooms on toast for the win!
@@georgequinn721 That's great, a wonderful gift & education you're giving your children, to be able to learn and identify what is basically around us, they won't go hungry and just being in nature is so beneficial.
I like to mention that flour made from beechnuts comes into the original recipe for blinis. Great, informative video!
Ah nice I didn’t know that 😁
Another quality video thanks for sharing your knowledge in such a easy to follow style.
Thanks 😊
I have been waiting for you for a long time ❤. Thanks 🙏
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This is one of my favourite channels. I always learn something new and interesting. Thank you so much for taking the time to share your knowledge. X
Great, thanks 😊
Great information, really informative. Big thumbs up, thank you.
Thanks Paul 😁
My favourite mushrooms- parasols and penny buns..just have not been lucky to find them yet here in UK. Although fairy ring champions and fields mushrooms growing just behind my house :)
It was a poor year for fairy ring champignons for me
Great amount of information as always. Thank you and greetings from Ireland.
Thanks 😊
Great video. Always look forward to your educational content, thanks
Thanks 😊
I have found that practically every beech nut I have collected didn't contain any nut in the shell. Then I read this,
"When you forage beechnuts in the woods, much of your harvest will actually be empty shells. Part of this is due to the beechnut diseases that cause the trees to produce blanks, and a part of it is due to insect pests.
Often, you can tell if a beechnut shell is a “blank” before you even open it. The shell itself will be a bit concave or collapsed in on itself because there’s no nut inside."
Why did Lewis go to the Wye Valley. 🤔
Because it's Beautiful there, that's why. 🤗
Thank you for sharing this Foraging series with us, Month by Month, it's been so informative.
Take care, & stay busy everyone. ❤🙂🐶
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@@UKWILDCRAFTS 👍🤗❤🙂🐶
Beautiful landscape!
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Wow very nice I like cooking them in my Thai food is very nice 👍
Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom!!! I really appreciate the way you show or explain what's too ripe or not enough etc. This is the best mushroom identification video I have ever seen!! I so appreciate your calm demeanor and taking time to explain more clearly. Your pace is just perfect for me to be able to grasp the info. Amazing scenery too!! Thank you again!!
That’s great, thank you 😁
Lovely video mate, watching your videos is such a joy
Thanks 😊
I like your videos! Thank you ❤
Great video, I'm just starting on my foraging journey amd I've seen so many mushrooms when out with my dog. I'va also spotted the hops. You're video was extremely clear and I'll be looking out for your next one. Thanks!
Thanks. The mushrooms are popping up everywhere now. Enjoy your new hobby, it’s very addictive 😁
Thanks for your videos. You have done a great job 👍❤
First time watching your videos and I'm delighted I found you. I've really taken to mushroom foraging this autumn and your videos are extremely helpful and beautiful done. I tried hops for the first time in tea, can't say much for the flavour and the scent was more burnt rubber or onion, ugh! Lol. However, it's all good
That’s great, thanks 😊. Maybe with the hops they were a bit old? They can go a bit garlicy
What gorgeous plants, trees and mushrooms. The scenery is sooooo beautiful!
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This was one of the best of this calendar series! Thanks for going the extra few minutes!
Thanks George :)
Thank you for this video. I've mostly only found field mushrooms and a few Shaggy Inkcaps but I keep going out looking for other gems. Lots of Beech woods near me so I'm hopeful ☺️
Thanks for taking the time to share this brother really appreciate it 🌱👍🏻
You’re welcome 😊
Some really beautiful scenery there, Lewis, the kind of place you want to visit as soon as you see it :) . This series is worth its weight in gold, it's been a superb education in foraging plants and fungi. I was wondering, mate, when you've finished making this series, if you would consider making a video about plants and fungi that are available to forage all year round?
Thanks mate yes that’s something I can look at. I’m going to be doing a lot more wild cooking vids next year. I’m doing a backpacking trip around the UK 😁
@@UKWILDCRAFTS That sounds great, amigo, I'm looking forward to watching some bushcraft master chef videos in the near future :) .
Beautiful locale and great content. Keep it up
Thanks mate 😁
Thanks for the vid
As always fantastic thank you for sharing your knowledge with us keep up the good work and keep those videos coming
Thumbs up from me 👍
Thanks Matt 😁
I live on a narrow boat I'm massive nature fan always have been massively interested and indeed forage regularly especially my fascination with mushrooms to eat
Your videos are fantastic the best I've seen tbh so please keep them coming
Thanks for your reply
Well done.. Lovely and informative video!!
Thanks Helen 😁
Beautiful, my friend. Thanks as always :)
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Hops are great for sleep!
Some decent hauls there mate ,enjoy 👍
Cheers 😁
I collected tons of them once and spent ages separating the individual nuts from the cases. Got a nice nut taste.
Very interesting,thank you.
Thanks 😊
I've never seen a beechnut. They have a cool looking seedpod. Our oak trees do similar with acorns. Never had it explained as to why this occurs. I figured it was the weather. Hello from sunny Willamette Valley Oregon, US.
Wonderful video, thank you so much for making it
Thanks 😊
It's so cool they grow in circles.
Yeah fairy rings 😁
Thank you for sharing
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So chuffed the algorithm bought me here! Your descriptions are awesome. Sadly I'm one of those people shaggy parasols don't agree with. Oh well, I found a bumper crop of charcoal burners today!
Thanks 😊. I love charcoal burners too but not a good year for them for me
Had some parasol schnitzels last week, such a treat.
They are lovely 😋
Another great video thank you
Cheers mate 😁
Absolutely loving this channel 👏 👏👏🍄🧄🌿🙌👍 from a new Subscriber 👌
Thanks Martin 😁
Well in some lovely views too ❤
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Cool cool 😎
Would be good if you could overlay a pic of the shaggy parasol while you are describing it as a look alike so it's much clearer what you are describing.
Thanks for the video!
For the parasol mushrooms you can dry the stipes and grind them into a powder to use to flavour dishes - it tastes a little bit like hazelnuts
Great content 👍
Thanks 😊
you found the treasure!! my favorite mushroom ever
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@@UKWILDCRAFTS I usually look for them in Czech Republic mountains when I'm there on holidays, but last year I found just 1, however then I went to visit a friend in northern Italy in October and found lots of them in acacia woodland, that was like hitting the lottery
Thank you
Thanks!
Thank you much appreciated, Lewis 😁🌱
Try the Parasol in the oven on a bakery paper. Olive oil on the paper, cap down, butter on the cap, salt, pepper, some fatty cheese and tomato slice. You will thank me later!
Sounds amazing. I might have to try that 😁
@@UKWILDCRAFTS Don't miss this recipe! 🤠
There is also a recipe for a milk soup where you can try with Parasol, Oyster mushroom or Saffron milk caps. Very delicious!
You can also pickle them or put in omelettes etc ✌️
Thanks again, I had a few lovely parasol mushrooms a couple of weeks ago, after an hour of making sure then checking to make sure I sure I cooked it and was amazed, there will be more victims when I find them soon, it's quite dry here in Ireland atm.
They are lovely aren’t they? 😋
@@UKWILDCRAFTS I did it with flour and cider vinegar mixed together then dipped the cap of the mushrooms in it both sides like a batter and then putting the cap into a nice spice mix then frying it, it was absolutely amazing, just waiting on a good dump of rain here in Ireland to gather in more, its been incredibly dry here for months
When is best for picking magic mushrooms? Fancy tripping my bean bag off soon
Still too warm in the UK I reckon. Once the weather cools a little more, go out a day or two after rainfall. Pick a spot where sheep or cattle graze. Have fun!
Thanks
Thank you very much Liz 😊
Do you do any tuition ? Taking people on walks identifying edibles in the wild ?
I’m 1 year into this great hobby /. Survivel situation
I’m in south staffs
Cheers great videos
I’ve done a few to trial it and yes loved it but couldn’t find the time to do it properly. I’m off backpacking next year but I may get into it full time when I get back. Definitely something for the future:)
@@UKWILDCRAFTS no worries mukka enjoy your travels 😉👍
Great stuff as always! I found some ripe hops nearby the other day, and I've been making tea mixing them with some valerian the last few days, to help me sleep. It's good stuff! I also found some parasol mushrooms, but I wasn't completely sure of my ID, so I'm glad you've given some detail on those. Pretty certain now that that's what they were, so I'll have to go back and get them if no-one's beaten me to it...
Thanks 😊. Any luck with the parasols?
@@UKWILDCRAFTS They were gone, but I found another ring of them in a different patch of forest, and picked a couple to try. Really nice!
Just happened to stumble on your channel big thumbs up from me, also my part of the world forest of dean, avid wild camper
Thanks Joe 😁
When I look at those beachnuts, Lewis, it makes me think about making bushcraft cooking oil with them, but you reckon they may be too toxic for that?
Beechnuts are the best for making oil 👍
@@UKWILDCRAFTS That's great to know, thanks for your reply, mate.
Do you make beer with the hops?
Do you know what tree branches are the best for teeth cleaning sticks? I have found that ancestral tooth-care zine with a list of tree species but wondering if you had any first hand or second hand knowledge?
Yes I’ve used a few different species when out camping. Chew the ends for a bit to make them soft. I’ve found the best is silver birch, possibly because of the betulin oils, which makes your mouth feel nice and clean. Also the linden trees and willow
@@UKWILDCRAFTS thank you!! Have you tried oak?
What was that dish you were frying up?!
It was porcini and some parasol sautéed in oil and rosemary. Then some precooked mixed grains like quinoa and pearl barley and some red chilli pesto. My go to sort of camping food as it’s quick easy and highly nutritious 😋
Wye valley . Herefordshire ?
I was in the Wye valley from Chepstow up to Monmouth on that trip
We're having a bumper year for parasols here in south Ceredigion.
(That village at 17:30 looks like Brockweir - we walked from there down to Chepstow in late June.)
I think it was Brockweir yes 😁
@@UKWILDCRAFTS Probably the wrong species of nerds here, but I've maintained control of the Moravian Church in Ingress since we were there.
Im watching this while sat in a wood looking at all the beech nuts on the trees. No mushrooms sadly.
It’s still a bit slow on mushrooms here too. Soon though hopefully
The Wye valley is a lovely spot.
It’s beautiful 😁
This is from Scotland?
No it’s mostly filmed in the Wye valley, South Wales
Another great video mate 👍 is that a wild camp site you have pitched up at?
Thanks and yep 😁
There is another reason for mast years as well, it also gives one years saplings a better chance to get light, rather than being drowned out by all the saplings of all the years at every height
Ah interesting. Thanks 😊
Magic Mushroom season?
From now until end of October is best, wait a few days after a good rain
Beechnuts can be used as a substitute for coffee. Roast them and grind them and it tastes a bit like milk coffee minus the lactose and caffeine.
What county are you in?
This was filmed in South Wales
What part in uk
This was mostly filmed in the Wye valley, south Wales
Ok , Some time ago, i bought a book about foraging for mushrooms in the UK ! It had full page fotos, of , on the one side ....Edible UK Mushrooms , yet the opposite color photo , showed an identical mushroom that was poisonous ! Scratch test was not mentioned ! The book explained, that if you do not know, what you are doing ! Then find a draught free area, in your house , then place each individual mushroom, on a sheet of white paper !
if the spores dropped by the mushroom, were. black ! it was. poisonous , if the spores were white , it was good to eat ! Yet on the initial part , of your video, about that particular mushroom ? You do not mention , any similar looking. but. poisonous ones ? Are you saying that. that. one particular mushroom, has no. poisonous look alikes. ??????
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Cutting a bolete mushroom or bolete-like and it turning blue doesn't mean necessarily that it is poisonous. There are nearly no toxic boletes.
True, but I said ‘if it turns blue it’s possible you have a poisonous bolete’. Not that it ‘is’ poisonous :)
If foraging in September doesn’t include getting utterly f****d on Liberty Caps, you’re doing it wrong.
Your videos are brillaint brother only thing i would ask is when you compare the mushrooms to others maybe you could show a quick picture of what they look like that would be super helpful thanks again and keep foraging 👍👍👍