Wow I wish I had several types of mushrooms my sister likes the mushroom tamales I made with only store bought mushrooms in can only imagine how good they would taste with beautiful fresh mushrooms like you found.
OK about stink horns, egg shape is eatable, also had medical properties. My grandpa always cut them and let them marinade in vodka. When they grow or like we like to say hatch. They smell and from that point dont consume them!!!!
I don't think I could bring myself to eat a gilled mushroom like a honey just because there can be so many falses. Just a tip for others because this tip has probably saved me as a beginner a few times. If you're doubting even a little, take a photo to save later and leave it.
Same. Most gilled mushrooms look very similar to several other species. One exception, though, is the Shaggy Mane. I suppose one might confuse it with an Inky Cap but I think it's actually pretty easy to tell them apart.
Unrelated but I found a death cap for the first time....I didn't think they grew in my climate, I was amazed! Just more proof that you have to be incredibly careful, no matter what.
The one at 9:12 is actually NOT the Dog Stinkhorn. The Dog Stinkhorn has a yellow stem and a green/black top. I think this one's the normal stinkhorn (not sure of exact name) Subscribed, though.
Where abouts in southern Ontario is a good place to look for mushrooms? I'm not asking for your secret spots lol, I'm just wondering if you could point me in the right general area as I didn't have much luck this season
Great video...the yellow/gold oyster like mushroom with brown spots growing on the end of a log that was shown towards the end of the video were you able to identify it? I saw one just like it growing on a dead sugar maple just the other day.
could you prescribe me a book on how your knowledge was attained? im sorta new to this and have hard time finding info on the internet. weird right lol
Wikipedia has been the best resource for me. They have individual pages for most species of mushrooms listing all mycological characteristics needed to identify as well as their typical habitat and edibility.
wasn't sure... seemed a little different so i didn't mention it. I actually didnt even notice the coral fungus at 6:24 until viewing the video later at home lol
I understand it's been awhile since this post, but what's the concerns of cross contamination from handling poisonous specimens prior to finding edibles?
Depends how you handle them. Usually no mushroom has such extremely high concentrations of poisonous substances (if per se, the mushroom were to break off a few miligrams of it's structure). Eating them is still not recommended though.
Handling poisonous mushrooms is not dangerous. Make sure to positively identify every mushroom before eating because a poisonous one might be growing in the same patch as some edibles.
