Hey! That mystery mushroom! Check some species in the genus Gastroboletus! I think G. turbinatus might be what you found! I'm no expert on the genus - I literally just learned it exsisted today while scrolling through iNaturalist. Good find with the boletes, I wish I had found some today! Nice video!
Whoa! Thanks so much for the info - I think you absolutely nailed it on the genus Gastroboletus! I'm just studying up on this now and I believe that it may be Gastroboletus ruber. What an absolutely fascinating group. This is a definite first for me - super excited to learn more about them. And thanks so much for your comment!!! So greatly appreciated! 😃
Whoa! I also ran into this mushroom on a recent foray into the mountains and had no idea what it was. Thank you for leading me down the right path here.
I find myself saying that to myself all the time! Life is pretty good out here in the PNW ... always have to pinch myself to make sure all this is real. Especially up in the North Cascades!
@@MushroomTrail I have found somethings after these amazing thunderstorms I have never seen before (Haven't even been able to identify some of the shrooms I am finding) - but I am new to the mushroom game :) .. you are a really good teacher, or the mushrooms are; again thank you for your time & sharing.
It's my pleasure - thanks for tuning in! And I have no doubt that we'll be stumbling across an incredible array of mushrooms this fall in the cascades. It is absolutely amazing to consider how many undescribed species of fungi are hiding out there in the forests! So much to learn from them!
Hey Brother , just getting back from our trip to the Mount Baker area yesterday, very similar to the kinds of finds we had as well. Great video as always. Got the word that the King’s were making an appearance. Found quite a few between 3800-5000 ft elevation right off the sides of the trails.Only 1 hornet sting this time😉 Lot’s of similar mushrooms as you. Some of the same plants as well. Great minds eh. Several outings here in our area as well as cultivation. Got some content to finish editing. I Always enjoy your videos and always learn something new as well. Great format and story telling works great and enjoyed very much. Have to get together for a foray one of these days. It’s that time of year. Happy foraging my mushroom Brother👊🍄💚
Boy, Mt. Baker area is really popping right now! I was out there a few days ago (Monday) and was finding more King Boletes than I could manage ... harvested several pounds, but left the overwhelming majority. I can only imagine what these rains will bring ... makes me smile just thinking about. We'll definitely be in touch! Happy Trails!
All the Boletes! Really cool video as always, jam packed with information. North Cascades are so beautiful! The mystery mushroom is one of the strangest mushrooms I've seen, hope you figure out what it is. Thanks for bringing me along. Also, that pie at the end looked absolutely amazing!🤤
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! I am still looking for suggestions for the mystery mushroom -- really hoping to make some progress in figuring out what that one is. As for now, it remains a mystery... Always appreciate you tuning in - good luck out there!
Yes! The Mountain Butter Bolete is widely regarded as an excellent edible mushroom (although the ones depicted here were a bit too wormy to bring back to the table). In terms of the Western Gilled Bolete, I generally avoid eating any gilled boletes and haven't sampled that one, although I do remember Siegel and Schwartz noting the Western Gilled Bolete as being edible in their book "Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast" . The Dark Bitter Bolete is way too bitter to consider enjoying ... and the jury is out on Smith's Bolete. A few days after I shot the footage in this video, I returned to the North Cascades and came back with several pounds of one of my favorite boletes - the King Bolete (Boletus edulis) aka the Porcini. I'll see what I can do to post some footage of that in the days to come!
