Just got some beautiful oyster mushrooms, and hen of the woods yesterday, Last week, chicken of the woods, chanterelles, and 1 lions main. Been a great year in Massachusetts!
It's Oyster Mushroom time! It is, always, a special treat to head home with my net-bag full of Oyster Mushrooms and wild greens... And I learned a lesson on which to pick when sauteing some of my first ones and seeing the little maggots come out. EEK!
That’s really nice. I do find these abundant here in Louisiana but mostly in the winter although is not really that cold lol Have a cool recipe would be thankfull
Oh they have been going crazy in Washington as well. But I think we're at the end of our season for them. Getting too warm and dry. Nice thing about log dwelling mushrooms though is they can pull moisture out of those logs into the summer days.
Those are fantastic my friend, enjoy! That island seems like a cool place. Yeah usually the older ones are usually buggy, that is awesome that they weren't full of bugs! Take care man!
Great video! What's the deal with the common names of mushrooms, i hear people call them all kinds of things like blue oysters, brow oysters, summer oyster, etc to p.ostreatus and p.pulmonarius but which is which, where can i find the right common names to these species?
I love this channel! Has anyone experienced a sedated or medicated feeling after eating wild oyster mushrooms in a soup. I can't find any confirmation of this anywhere but I have experienced it.
Hey man, I've found oysters growing on conifers up in the Sierra.. aside from growing on a conifer, all the characteristics point at being your typical oyster mushroom. Can you speak to that at all? Everything i know has came out of books, so its always nice to hear from an experienced forager! Thanks for all the info 👍
@@mushroomwonderland1 hmmm that's what I had always assumed they were, but I guess they just seemed more hardy than the descriptions in my guides made em sound.Thanks for the input man!
Are there different rules for national forest versus state parks for foraging? I’m aware foraging in the national park is illegal. Also love the spore print t shirt!
It totally depends from park to park. For instance Mount Rainier national Park it's not illegal to pick mushrooms, but they do have rules. One gallon per species of 3 gallons total per day. A lot of Washington state parks go by a similar rule. You need to look up what the rules are for each place you go picking.
Have you tried Late Fall Oyster mushrooms and if so, how do they compare to regular oyster mushrooms? I found them last December when they were too far gone to eat.
I had snow oysters that fruited last fall, but not this spring yet... and it's been almost 60 for a week, but down to 40 at night. And I thought they were pretty tasty.
Thank you, sir. For another great video. I hope that the kiddo and I can find something good and edible for the family sometime soon. We have been trying for the past year to find good edibles and have watched every one of your videos and have had very, very little luck, in the grays harbor/thurston county area. Wondering if areas where I have found many "oysterlings" in the past, would be a good place to start looking for actual oyster mushrooms?
Thank you! And yes, I think so. Find a deciduous forest, usually near a river, lake, or swamp where there is a stand of alder trees. Hike around under them inspecting the downed logs and you're sure to find oysters this time of year!
One time I ate oysters, yes there were %100 for positive oysters .. lol. But I got extremely itchy to the point I could not sleep it was unbearable. However I also went tanning that day in preparation for my vacation and I've heard of tanners itch but never previously had it. Now I'm scared to eat oyster mushrooms again. They were delicious cooked with wood duck. I want to try them again because I love foraging ect man I am scared to.
We like raw store-sold mushrooms in salads. I suspect all foraged mushrooms should be heated before consuming. Can you raise my confidence in eating foraged mushrooms?
Yes you should definitely cook all mushrooms, including white button mushrooms from the grocery store, those ones contain a compound known to be carcinogenic, but they easily are made safe by cooking. There is Titan around the cell wall of fungus, the same material in the exoskeleton of crabs and lobsters, making it undigestible for humans. Cooking easily breaks down the chitin as well, a lot of mushrooms can also cause indigestion when undercooked. So definitely cook your mushrooms. My stepmom used to put raw button mushrooms in salads, and none of us have any long-term effects that we know of but still a good idea to cook them.
We've been finding those everywhere around the peninsula while looking for morels. Does the kitsap mycological society have anything happening this time of year?
