Should not pull from root

Master class!

That panther cap was beautiful! That brown is such a cool color

Hey Aaron; Great videos. I have learned a lot from you. Went out yesterday and found some turkey tail mushrooms. When you make tea, do you dry them and crush them into powder or just put a couple of sprigs of them into boiling water to make the tea. Thanks for your feedback. With your help , I have become a mushroom fanatic😅.

I found a small flush of late fall oysters yesterday on a dead Oak. Didn't know until I saw them in this vid.

Looking good man, my 2 cents i would make another christmas video on the amanita. Honestly people watch your videos like a tv channel looking everyday for somthing to watch. Usually not going back thru old videos. The more videos the stronger your channel will be. Then when somone does discover you they can bindge watch all your videos and become obsessed and buy merch. Its weird i feel like i know you man. Even came up to seattle a few weeks ago to buy some fresh candy xaps for cloning and the guys that collected them knew you and you and you were a big topic and way to talk with others about episodes watched its a good conversation piece and brings us together. Were all working in the backround and you dont know who we are but your making the wheels turn my friend. Thanks for all you do youll probably meet me one day. If the pope was in front of you i would ask him to move so i could ahake your hand. Your the real star here bro.

Fun fact: Despite Elon likes to make children so that he can give them funny names, he never named one of his daughters Amanita. Weird don't you think?

I got a log with Turkey tails but it also grows brown lumps.

Hey Aaron, great reminder that the mushroom season can vary greatly from one region to the next. I aaked Santa for a dehydrator so that 1, I can start saving some specimens for sequencing and 2, perhaps I can enjoy some nice mushrooms during the cold winter in NY! 🍄♥️🍄‍🟫♥️

I have it! As soon as I get up and have coffee I start thinking about where I go mushroom hunting!

My grandparents and my dad are coming from generations of mushroom hunters and they cringe seeing people pulling out the mushrooms like that with the “root”. I understand your thinking behind it: that mycelium is omnipresent underground and the spores are dropped all over the place. However, pulling by hand like this is like leaving plastic bags and beer cans after you camped. No no no! please, always use the knife and cu close to the ground, but cut the stem and never !ever! pull it out of the ground. It’s just a way to show respect to nature.

Those winter Chantelles would be delicious for a breakfast omelette in December, what part of Washington exactly are you at?

Aaron, is there a Mushroom App that you recommend? I find the ones I use as not too accurate and trustworthy. And I also went out today and found several mushrooms that you identified on this video. Your the best!

I love your videos! They motivate me to get outside and find all the mushrooms you identify!

Loki knows what's up! It's a shame you missed out on a prize truffle that he was trying to show you... maybe...!!!

7:00... ope!! You stepped inside that fairy ring!!! You know what you have to do now Aaron!!!

Just as you’re saying how nice it is to have them with you for companionship, they take off-Where you guys going??? 😂😂😂

Aaaaaw laaaawd that's a magic mulch mountain!

Seems like a weird year for mushrooms. Maybe the dry fall years before cause them to fruit differently and more?

I thought the reindeer and Santa flew with the magic dust, that's what cheech and Chong said anyway.

keep up the good work...

I will make sure to come back and watch this every holiday season.

Ayy. So if Russula Brevipies damages red. Does the parasitic fungus find the damage? Maybe the spore is damaged and that’s when it becomes a lobster. Because in my short “career.” I seem to find lobster in soil that was disturbed? Has a reddish russula ever been tested for the parasitic fungus? I am sure it has. Just thought.

I like the buck rubs you came across.

Hey Aren I probably butchered the spelling of your name, sorry. I wanted to tell you about the turkey tails that grow here in North Carolina, there are tons of them but they are white with different shades of tan and cream colors. When I first found them I thought they were old and washed out but they were fresh, so different from the ones in Washington. Pretty crazy huh.

I was camping along a stream in Silverton Colorado. Tons of mushrooms and small flies. I harvested a few fly agaric and did a test. I put out 2 small bowls of milk. One with the fly agaric and one without. By midday the fly agaric one was filled with flies. The other only had a few. I used it for the entire week and caught quite literally a thousand flies. I don't know why it attracted them but it definitely did.

I just tried Clavulina coralloides for the first time this weekend since nothing else was really fruiting where I was at. I really liked it! Had a buttery taste despite frying it in a neutral tasting oil with nothing but salt. Texture's nice, the thin bits get crispy. But they're a pain to clean and you do need to be mindful of both ID and infection with parasitic fungi so honestly if I already had a basket full of yellowfoot I'd have left them behind too.

I love oysters, they were my first forage super easy to identify and tasty too.

Love this into! Mushrooms are so fascinating! Thanks for showing us how much is out there!

I've pickled the grey coral with balsamic vinegar and it's yummy with pasta

That is crazy... How are you finding them? Where I am I can't find any.

another great and fantastic video, thankx Aaron. 👍🍄🤩And the music background is cool and funny, fits perfectly in the pre-Christmas season

First to the comments lmao way late to the like button come on everyone smash that like button for Aaron and MW mushlove

I picked we just called them bayos back in the late 80s. Most people didn't know what they were I would find a big patch and see were someone had picked one and threw it down. They were much more powerful than blue ringers or liberty caps. 10 mushrooms was all you needed

Love the Disney style music and then....there it is "Wonderland". haha....cute. Glad to have found your channel and thank you :)!

Hi! Just discovered your channel today.🙂 I was looking for some Matsutake info. A quick question for you~ do you ever collect mycelium? You pointed out a nice patch, and I was curious because I grow mushrooms at home. It would be interesting to try propagating some wild mycelium in a suitable substrate. 🙂

I waited patiently for you to get to the Morel. As a small child in Indiana my dad and I, along with my Uncle Roy and his two sons, would go into the woods in the springtime on a sunny and warm morning after a rain and collect Morel's by the grocery sack full. Uncle Roy was a career nurseryman and knew every tree, plant and mushroom that could and could not be eaten. Mom would fix a skillet fried Swiss steak and cover it with halved or quartered Morels. The heck with the steak, just give me those Morels in that nice steak and Morel gravy. We moved to Arizona when I was ten. I'm now 80 and miss my Morels mushrooms. I've tried to buy them dehydrated but it just isn't the same.

Lake Cushman is so gorgeous. I love swimming there in the summertime.

WOW beautiful thank you for sharing ❤

The word you're looking for is a broad and encompassing term called neurochemicals. I believe there are several. It's kind of like when you're playing a video game, achievements boost the serotonin, norepinephrine, epinephrine, and dopamine. These literally make video games addictive, as well as many other things, like love, sex, connection, etc. So when we get addicted to this mushroom foraging thing, we're literally getting addicted to it. Haha. It beats being addicted to drugs or alcohol, gambling, or even video games. That's my justification. It feels kind of like when Mario gets the Little Red Mushroom, and he become super Mario. That's what it's like for us. We feel awesome. Edit: oh that's great, I was just laying down to go to bed when I posted this, and now the music is stuck in my head. See you on the 12th.

I am a coin currency and card collector and the same goes for mushrooms because the season is forever but the mushrooms change and addapt to the temperature

Smart people are so hot! Listening to Alan talk about color and light gives me literal chills ❤❤

Wow, what a great walk! Britt was amazing as always.

He's right, I found some strange mushrooms yesterday by following where the meadow meets the woods. 🎉

Too cool, reminds me of some of my times in the "bush". Wish I'd had some like his great grandma teach me about the mushroom wonderland. Thanks from Vancouver Island.

Such great mushrooming!

A friend suggested I ask you about all the mushroom coffees out now. Which do you recommend, if any. Thank you!

man I envy you that is so delicous

I've been seeing Mandie mentions on Alan's social media for a bit now, and recently followed her on bluesky. This is the first video I've ever seen of her. It's fun when worlds collide like this :)

Thank you for the videos amazing place lucky to live there thank you for sharing ❤❤❤