@@gearandalthefirst7027 Good man Pratchett has written a fair amount. Also, the good old youtube 'Monkey see, monkey do' effect is typically in full swing at any given time.
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Try to ignore axxl. He leaches off other channels by spamming random edgy comments under top comments of their videos in hopes of getting subscribers. Report him wherever you see him
Yes yes yes! That'd be a video series I'd love to watch: Foraging with Cody. Learn to recognize all those herbs, flowers, mushrooms, and how to prepare and cook them, and possibly preserve them as well. Nice.
Hello Cody! I happen to be a mushroom fanatic and therefore I need to add on what you said about the shaggy ink caps. The studies that this particular species of coprinus family of mushrooms does not contain any coprine hasn't been conclusively proven. And therefore I would not recommend drinking any alcohol before or after consuming this particular type (just to be sure). And just one technicality, it does not really cause poisoning but rather the antabus effect. In extreme cases the experience can be really frightening (some people even described it as "dying and not being able to do anything". Anyway, the shaggy ink cap is one of my favourite mushrooms because the people in my country are obssesed with mushrooms, but vast majority of them only harvest boletes and parasol mushrooms which leaves these wonderful different kinds to people like me :) Thank you very much for your videos!
@@connoreastwood3837 its also called disulfiram reaction. Disulfiram is a drug which blocks alcohol metabolism in the body, causing an excess of the "hangover chemical acetaldehyde" So you get an instant and very severe hangover when any alcohol is consumed
According to wikipedia on the drug 'Disulfiram' aka 'Antabuse': "In severe reactions there may be respiratory depression, cardiovascular collapse, abnormal heart rhythms, heart attack, acute congestive heart failure, unconsciousness, convulsions, and death".
...yeah, reminds me of a x-files tv series episode, when i was 8, where David Duchovny was shown his eyes turning black by some creature which invaded his body and mind and i was scared as sh!t (trully), whatching alone in a corner of a dark room at midnight while everyone eles was already sleeping next door. But now i feel liberated to say it was a fascinating to see.
Funny you should say that I was slicing potatoes earlier this afternoon and sliced off a chunk of my thumb using one of these 😂 ironically enough I was using a guard
Omg I know. My mom had an accident about a decade ago, with one of those demon tools. It was horrific. But she stil uses it to this day. With no guard. :(
Yno, it’s the sort of thing where if you were to go do it yourself, you’d feel like a real weirdo. But to other people, picking mushrooms looks like an artisanal hobby. You see someone doing it and you assume they probably know their foraging or they know how to cook and they want a very specific local mushroom. It makes you look more interesting than weird.
@@ThePiprian I would guess a great many average-day town or city dweller would say about the same thing about someone taking an interest in the natural world.
Those giant puffballs that can be found in grassy fields are also edible provided the inside is entirely white.] Rules of mushroom hunting: 1. If you have any doubts whatsoever of what species of mushroom you found and picked, DO NOT EAT IT. 2. If you choose to eat mushrooms that you find and pick, always cook them first.
We had a massive, probably between basketball and beach ball sized puffball mushroom growing in our yard once. We didn't know much about them, and ran it over with the mower, big cloud of spores, but no new mushrooms popped up the next year. It was pretty cool tho
@@Kaos1382 I was at my granduncle's acreage many years ago with a friend and we found one of those in its maturity, all brown and lumpy, but we thought it was a pile of horse poop. I found a stick nearby and I whacked it like I was swinging a baseball bat, and it made a huge spore cloud. We thought we had just hit a wasp nest and we ran away.
@@Kaos1382 I brought one overripe home and threw it in the garden instead. It took 10 years, but now I can harvest one each autumn (if I can find it in time)
The fact that Cody didn't say "Nice!" after putting them on a tray sort of caught me off guard for some reason. Edit: I've got no problems with frying mushrooms in oil. However, I do have a problem with putting mushrooms in the middle, oil on one side, and then salt everywhere but the place it should be. What the heck, Cody?
Cody I am always pleased when I see someone interested in mycology. It was an area of biology I concentrated on in college. Just a quick pointer, don't put mushrooms into plastic they will get messy pretty quickly. You should use waxed paper to contain your finds it is much better for them.
I was always taught to carry them in a trug or a wicker basket to allow spores to be released as you carry them and also to stop moisture being trapped.
I carry them in a magnetic field so the spores can get out while carying, the moisture does not get trapped and they dont get crushed and remain intact specimen until later use.
Lmao have you even considered the fact that our cells carry out the instructions of a double helix molecule that unstrands and replicates itself for whatever reason
The mass of the fruiting bodies is usually less than the mass of the mycelium. The largest known living organism on Earth is a Honey Mushroom (Armillaria ostoyae) mycelium. It is in Eastern Oregon and is 3.5 square miles, 2,240 acres (910 ha) in size and probably weighs about 35,000 tons. It is estimated to be several thousand years old.
If you can take a small sample of the mushroom, you can grow mycelium in a Petri dish with agar. You need to select part that is not exposed to air. One example would be a cutting from the inside of the stem. Just place the cutting in the agar and keep at around 30C (from memory) and the mycelium should grow.
You can also just drop a fruit into a blender with some sawdust, water, and oatmeal or sugar. it will inoculate the hell out of that after a day or 2 with an airstone bubbling away in it.
Someone on a local native plant forum was recently complaining about how many shaggy mane mushrooms keep coming up in her back yard. I couldn’t understand how that could possibly be a problem.
Maybe they want a clean looking yard. Too many mushrooms like this would really make a mess of your lawn. Who wants to mow over these things which then turn to black goo? I can think of many other reasons why it could be a seen as a problem.
My first experience with an inky was trying to get an overnight spore print for a small fragile species before I knew anything about them. It was jet black, maggot filled nightmare goo when I woke up, which was disappointing but obviously led me directly to an identification.
@@WetaMantis Not really, it's a bit thinner than the video would suggest, not a dense black, and would likely clog the nib of a pen with bits of organic matter
I’m glad that the universe has given you a little treat. I know you’ve been stressed so hopefully coming across these uncommon mushrooms on your walk can help at least a little bit.
ME, excited about maybe finding some edible mushrooms: *buys mushroom identification book* ME, reading book: "In the end, the only reliable positive indicator of a mushroom being edible is a genetic test." ME, throwing away book: :
Honestly one of the best youtube channels on the internet. I love his sincerity, he is not faking a personality, he is not pushing us to do like something. "Just a man on the internet" who does what he likes and lets us enjoy it with him. Also very humble and intelligent, his videos don't seem scripted (or at least scripted word for word like many others). I am really sad he doesn't have any sponsors, I mean the ones that every RU-vidr has, raycon and stuff like that. I am so happy to see you climbing to 2 million subs, I've been here ever since 70k I think. Good job man, and thank you
So nice to hear you in a better place mentally. I deal with depression and can recognize easily when you are struggling. I am a fan and will be there for you thick and thin. Keep on because you are worth it. Love your work and content.
I love how you teach us a few things but also tell us to do our own research! I would’ve never known about mushrooms becoming toxic from just drinking alcohol.
I love this kind of video! Foraging is such a fun thing to do and mycology itself has such a passionate community. I hope you're doing well, Cody! Thanks for the great video!
I love your videos. Keep them up!!! I'm excited to see updated on the chicken hill place although I'm sure it's tough getting there and ALLL. Thank you for making content for us we enjoy it and we hope you keep doing what makes you happy and enjoy these rough times in society ♥️♥️
I loved the purring as the mushroom decomposition was shown in quick time! It was amazing to watch. Thank you for another excellent, entertaining and educational video. Stay safe.
One thing I find interesting about mushrooms is although they look very similar to plants they like all other fungi are actually more closely related to *US* than they are to plants! It also makes since seeing that animals and fungi are both heterotrophs.
You're a fun guy Cody. It's entertaining watching you have so much fun on your own, definitely inspires me to learn to be able to spend more time by myself and actually enjoy it more. Good video :)
I love the dedication you had to find as many mushrooms as you could, you obviously spent a lot of time because it got dark. I also learned some cool facts about these mushrooms. Great video Cody!
I've seen these mushrooms growing near my school when I was young. Kids just assumed they were poisonous, and kicked them around, with them blowing up into small black and white chunks. Haven't seem them there in years tho, the mycelium probably froze and died in the winter
These are great. Harvested over 1,000 in my town this fall. Fried many up and dehydrated most. Got a dozen bell jars of dried mushrooms to use this next year. To dry them, I only had to slice them into halves or thirds. Less work that way.
'I'll be coming back at ya with something shroom... or carbon. Alright, cool. See ya.' side note: i'm usually the last person to worry about safety, but every time i see someone start using a mandolin slicer without the guard, my mind says 'this is gonna end badly.' Am i the only one?
i'm an experienced mushroom picker from germany. never wash your picked mushrooms under water, cause they're like a sponge soaking it up and get soggy. :)
@@bugsmith9751In Europe no one washes their mushrooms (apart from some exceptions like Sparassis crispa). You just brush off the dirt and use them as is.
This mushroom introduced me to one of my favourite words in the English language, Deliquescing or the proses of organic matter becoming liquid through rapid decomposition.
You're obviously not aware of the many RU-vidrs that cultivate mushrooms for a living and hobby. They too show grand amusement for non active mushrooms.
I just found some of these growing outside, it's insane how little you have to do to make it taste amazing. Just some butter and a pinch of garlic salt. Absolute banger of a meal.
After watching one of your videos a while ago about growing mushrooms at home I bought a kit for grey oysters. Only ever had shop bought button, porchini and chestnut before. It's taken a while but it's starting to fruit now, very exciting! Keep it up Cody, hope you're feeling better than you did a while ago. Best wishes, another victim of the black dog here in the UK
As a professional Chef, I agree with your comment. It does pain me to watch you cook mushrooms. That being said, as someone who enjoys wild mushrooms, I have loved this series.
A lot of mushrooms decay pretty rapidly but shaggy ink cap even more so. Not quite sure why but at least when they do they become useful as ink hence the name. I found that freezing them keeps them good for about one to two extra days after harvesting
No, it blocks ethanol digestion. Ever have a hang over? That's caused by an excess of some metabolite of ethanol im not going to pretend to know. This mushroom blocks the enzymes responsible for getting rid of the bad stuff. You'll look forward to dehydration, dizziness, headache, nausea, hot and cold flashes, and potentially have a heart attack. Don't drink for at least 3 days after eating, even a small amount used to cook food can make you extremely sick
Hey Cody! I could use your help. Could you teach me how to make Isopropyl alcohol (%90 or above). I do a lot of resin 3d printing and it can get a bit expensive and now hard to find due to covid. Your help would be much appreciated. I hope your doing well.
