Other you-tubers might consider using your approach to presenting intel Soothing background music, soft voice, sharp focus/ close-ups & my pet peeve not holding the camera showing their mugs while they talk. Thank you for helping make this planet a wee-bit happier! Inspiring
Thanks a bunch! Really appreciate you tuning into the channel and really glad you're enjoying the content. Can't wait to get the next video out your way! 🍄
Hey Brother, Outstanding video and information. From locating, identifying, harvesting and processing. All amazing. One of my favorites as well. Pretty cool with the reishi bacon. That's a new one. I do also harvest fresh and consume in a different way. It was the first kind of fungi I found when I first moved to WA back in 2007. The colors and the beautiful varnished look really stands out for sure. If you know mushrooms then yes, you will know Christopher Hobbs. Been a long time admirer of his work and knowledge and have learned a tremendous amount from him personally. Definitely the go to bible for anyone who wants to learn about making their own medicinals. Well presented my friend , great one for sure. Thanks for sharing👊🍄💚
Thanks brother! Very cool that this was the first mushroom greeting you when you returned to Washington - that's a good sign indeed! And love to hear that you've spent plenty of time with this one and with the work of Hobbs. Take care, and we'll be in touch!
Really nice video on Ganoderma oregonense. I too use this mushroom most frequently of all the mushrooms I forage here in Oregon. I love Christopher Hobb's Medicinal Mushroom book and utilize my Reishi by first cooking in a pressure cooker, then making into a slurry in a Vitamix, and then dehydrating in flat sheets to be stored in totes after being vacuum sealed. I then use a coffee grinder to make those dehydrated sheets into a fluffy powder that I use in smoothies, teas, and many other types of food I am cooking. Thank you for this beautiful video.
Fantastic! I believe that is one of the ultimate ways to utilize this one and I think that's a really good idea to vacuum seal the entire sheets until ready to grind/use. I like doing that same process with Turkey Tail as well. Appreciate you tuning in - and best of luck tracking down this year's flush of Ganoderma oregonense!
Good job buddy. I roll with the eastern version here and take it 5-7 days a week. Pick and produce my own tincture. I will just say I won’t go without it ever again, for risk of sounding crazy.
So fascinating! Thanks for all the wonderful information as always. Really appreciate seeing your process. Definitely gonna be doing the RLT at some point, looked delicious.
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it! And let me know what you think of that RLT - sometimes I'll add a little soy, salt, pepper or other marinades to the reishi to hit the desired flavor of the day. It's a good one!
Whoa! That is incredible! The day I stumble across one of those giants I'll probably pass out ... I can only imagine how beautiful that must have been!
Another great video my man! Love that you include some info on extraction and your process, I’d love to see a lot more in depth detail like this in future videos. Keep up the great work!
Yep! I'm seeing LOTS of fresh fruiting bodies just beginning to pop out ... patiently waiting for them to spore out before harvesting a batch for this winter's shelf 👍
It's funny, I once had a phone call with the president of the British Lichen Society a couple of years back (she kindly took some time out of her day to help me ID some photographs I'd taken), and she told me to remember that Physcia tenella is shaped like pouting Mick Jagger lips, and that's how you tell it apart from another similar species over here called Physcia adscendens, which has a more hooded shape at the end!
And I'll have to check out the resemblance of Physcia tenella too - that's pretty funny to think about Mick Jagger's look being so iconic that he's even earned a rightful spot in the world of fungi and lichens!) If only mushrooms could sing! ... oh wait, I think I've seen bits on that too!
@@MushroomTrail , " And you've just eaten some kind of mushroom/and your mind is moving so..... Go ask Alice , I think she'll know....." Jefferson Airplane
Hi! I've just found a reishi today, and i cut it open to reveal that the center was a bit brown/mushy. Must it be completely white on the inside to process? Thanks, and i love your videos!
Hmmm.... that's a tough call. Often the tube/pore layer is a dark brown/reddish shade, but typically the portion of the cap above that is a light brown to whitish shade (and it will usually feel a little corky/spongey). It seems somewhat unusual that it would be mushy. Did you notice if it was wormy at all? I've had that experience a few times where I harvested beautiful looking reishis only to find them to be a little wormy (which I ended up tossing out) ... but this is typically a really clean and bug-free mushroom where I harvest it.
@@MushroomTrail Thanks for the response! Yes it looked like the center part above the pore layer was maybe eaten out by bugs, but no bugs were inside it when cut open. I did also notice some large holes on the pore surface that looked like bugs got in, but I didn't find any bugs inside. The cross section had the typical whitish layer, then the mushy brown in the center which was even partly hollow, then the tubes. I've tossed this one just to be safe.
Yeah ... that sounds like a good idea to me ... seems like maybe something got into that one and spoiled it. I bet plenty more prime reishis will find their way into your basket before the season is over! Best of luck out there!
I've made my own reishi extract once and yikes, what a bitter and horrible taste (I did feel great the next few days though !) ! Do you dilute your original tea with more water simply take it as is ?
😂 It can definitely be a bit of an acquired taste, that's for sure! I recall feeling like my initial cup was a bit on the bitter side, but it is weird how much I've come to enjoy the flavor. I tend to drink it as is. Regardless though, I think you hit the nail on the head with the realization of how you felt the next few days - ultimately, that's why it is a part of my normal routine these days.
