Angel Snot - The Green Slime In Your Driveway

[@ralphmunn1685]

Adam, you're a treasure - not just for your knowledge, but also for your attitude. THANK YOU.

[@AK-jk7co]

SO totally agree

[@LavenderLori406]

How lovely that live little thing is helping to clean that toxic environment.

[@andrefecteau]

there is no such thing as "toxic"...there is something that lives on everything else no matter the source...only the MSM makes you believe that somehow we are blowing ourselves up, we know they are fake, so stop worrying

[@LL-wr5gq]

With all the rain in the south east I literally saw this in my driveway of 26 years for the first time last week. I concerned me for I thought my dog had been sick. lol Good to now know what it is. Thanks Adam!

[@zoralong6782]

In some places of China,people eat this.It's called Diruan,which means "soft and grows on the ground".It tastes pretty good when made into dumpling fillings with meat or egg.You'll never forget the unique texture after one bite.

[@FlyingBalcony]

As a chinese person even I didn't know this! 谢谢涨姿势了哈哈！

[@ziweisheng8373]

One of my fav soup dish, just really hard to clean it

[@Sam-xt1zk]

Should have known this was going to turn out to be edible and medicinal, lol. Thanks for another fascinating and educational video, Adam!

[@louisestaats234]

Maybe in a smoothie. Or at least a lot of salad dressing.

[@rdizzy1]

The terms have lost all meaning in modern context anyway, useless to even state that. Almost anything that is not prime living conditions for bacteria or virus will have "anti bacterial" or "antiviral" properties in vitro, and almost none of these have these same characteristics in vivo (inside humans). It is practically a meaningless characteristic at this point. For instance look at alcohol (ethanol), will kill many bacteria and viruses and parasites in a test tube or on a petri dish, and will have no effect on these things in the human body (unless you plan on injecting it into your blood stream). It is the same for most of these herbal/plant extracts that have supposed medical benefits.

[@louisestaats234]

@@rdizzy1 Remember how we all died from germs back in the day?

[@AlphaQHard]

@@louisestaats234 Mix it into blueberry/strawberry jam which has chunks of actual fruit (i mean mix it all well) and you wont feel a lot of the gross texture/flavor

[@JasongCLJ]

NAH . Burn it. Im serious.

[@petemavus2948]

God bless this exuberant lover of nature and all it's wonder. His joy in sharing is as palpable as the Earth's heart itself. Imagine a world without him... I'd rather not.

[@dougzirkle5951]

Something as extraordinary as this certainly deserves a better, more pleasing name than angel snot. Thank you for the edification!

[@grovermartin6874]

In that link I just posted, none other than Paracelsus is called out for naming it. It's a combination of an English word and a German word, both from the words for nose, nostril in the German.🤭

[@dougzirkle5951]

@@grovermartin6874 Ahh, interesting. Thank you.

[@jeaniecassel3188]

@@dougzirkle5951 I agree , how about Angel Boggers

[@ProctorsGamble]

Green oysters perhaps

[@mytandasouder4485]

How about.... "Imortal Gloop-ah-dee-glop"!

[@crystalpaselk7160]

I always try to learn something everyday... and this was perfect. Great info.

[@J8n3eyr3]

Yay! Now I know the name of the stuff I always slip on after rain.

[@ricksanchez3176]

You have some great videos brother. We live relatively close, and you teach things I have never seen, heard, or thought about. Thank you.

[@currentriver4951]

Great info!!! Trying to learn plants here in Ozarks, and i always wondered about the slime. Always looked like seaweed to me.

[@donnavorce8856]

Seaweed. Yes. It appeared by some greenhouses sitting on a big gravel lot near me. It's appearance was strange because it was never around until it was. In a season or two it nearly covered the gravel. One thing he didn't mention is that when it's hydrated and in big communities, it's slick. Footing is treacherous.

[@kenycharles8600]

That stuff or something similar lives in a couple places by me. I thought it was related to tree ear fungus. Thank you for this presentation.

[@chriskerns810]

I've been trying to figure out what this is for years! Thank you so much for another great video!

[@colbyburkhart3835]

Unbelievable we were just cleaning that up and wondering what it was it doesn’t have an odor. Thank you Adam.

[@marym.7031]

Were there plantains (Irish mans foot) there?

[@colbyburkhart3835]

@@marym.7031 Plantains aren’t those bananas 🍌 🍌

[@davidhuston495]

@@colbyburkhart3835 It is also a another name for Plantago major, a native European plant. It is edible and has medicinal properties. It to can withstand harsh environments. Cracks in sidewalks, gravel paths, etc.

[@colbyburkhart3835]

@@davidhuston495 Thank you that’s interesting, I did not know that. So much good information out there anymore thanks to all the researchers🤔 well done! I will look Mary The next time we go to our cabin on the lake👍🏻 We picked most of it up wearing rubber gloves because we did not know what it was. I wonder how long it takes it to come back.

[@platypusdeathstomp]

Great video. Always enjoy watching you educate us on the wonderful world of plants.

[@ericmolitor4445]

I LOVE your programs brother. Thank you for everything you do. Much respect from Michigan!!!

[@gryphonennis1002]

omg! I slipped on angel snot just yesterday and was like "what is this stuff?" Next day your vid shows up in my suggested vids. How Amazing!

[@mrnice4434]

Google is spying on you everywhere ;P

[@ProctorsGamble]

It’s not a coincidence

[@snakejumper3277]

I've seen it in my driveway & have wondered about it. We've had plenty of rain here in Alabama so I've seen a lot.

[@mrnice4434]

I think even in the apocalypses this thing will be last on my "what to eat now" list.

[@johnsmalldridge6356]

I’ve always wondered what that goo was. Thanks.

[@realbillsmith]

Really love how you describe things. Informative and not boring. Thank you, Adam!

[@RSN_Charizard_Op]

Wooo first like. Great videos thanks for making them. I've learned alot after watching many of your videos. Your videos are so informative. Keep up the great work.

[@brookemartin1620]

Wow...a hundred years in its dry state... Mother Nature never ceases to amaze me.. Love your videos..cant wait to try it ❤

[@timm4500]

I see this all the time near a RR that I walk by. I always wondered what it was. Thanks.

[@christinebuckley451]

I share in the truth vibe brother. Love from close to you, Uniontown PA! I'll never forget meeting you several years ago and soooo loved your vibrations! Keep rocking it brother! Hugs! ~Christine

[@gefginn3699]

Thanks for everything you share here. I always enjoy your efforts here.

[@Orangutan_Stella]

I didn't know about this b4 watching now I can't imagine a world without angel snot !

[@RTFosmark]

He’s back with a banger, y’all. I’d eat it. Also “how different would everything be?” hit me right in the feelers.

[@emanonymous]

i want to meet the first man in history who saw that stuff and thought, "i bet that's tasty"

[@ProctorsGamble]

You can bet that he was near death from starvation!

[@RoyatAvalonFarms]

🤣🤣🤣

[@dogslobbergardens6606]

I've wondered the same thing about a lot of foods that are common now. People pay a premium price for giant armored sea bugs (lobsters, crabs) and what appear to be rocks filled with snot (clams, oysters). As the other person said, whoever discovered they were good to eat must have been pretty hungry. And who was the first person who decided to milk an animal?!?

[@emmettbattle5728]

@@dogslobbergardens6606 this is a tangent so feel free to ignore but heres my $0.02 on it. humans eating shellfish and milk and stuff imo cant be credited to "one guy tried it" that there was obviously a first but i think all these things were discovered to be edible and nutritious way early in prehistory and it was just passed around or observed for so long that most early humans already knew. thats there were multiple "first discovery" of say drinking milk and then people essentially "compared notes" and overtime it was just so common nobody remembers how we learned it. kind of like chimps and termite sticks, they all mostly do the same thing but the types of sticks they prefer and their methods differ in the individual's culture. for milk i think it was probably noticing mammals give birth then nurse like we do, so let me see if its the same thing. it keeps our babies alive and their babies alive so maybe we adults can drink it without overusing our human milk supply so it can be for the kids. then different animal milks and ways to make cheese and all that came wayyyyyyy after, so many million firsts and spreading it that its just one whole now. noticing that the "hard bug" is a live animal and knowing animal has meat. also early humans took their chances eating actual bugs too! looking for a rock to use as a tool on the beach and inside theres an animal (assuming they know like snails and slugs and stuff. ik they arent the same family as oysters but booger in shell can be a familiar concept) and pretty colors inside shell. now we are eating the animal and using its shells for gifts and jewelry. i dont think we give our early ancestors enough credit. maybe they didnt have the same thought processes but i feel like "compare to what i know and look for differences" and then "fuck it, ill eat it maybe i wont die" is a very human thing. we communicated and shared knowledge before language. i know Grog died from trying to eat that one color, if i see others eating that color i will warn them. i know Grunt spends a lot of time carefully looking for the booger rocks to eat, maybe they are important and i should eat it too. i mean you can even go to more modern humans like ancient egyptians and go "oh my god how did they do/know all these things! how did ancient people know math!" but like they had their whole lives to discover the world around them with the knowledge of their culture before them you know? aliens didnt invent math and pass it to ancient civilizations, they just noticed you can get consistent results that they wanted from certain tools or methods. i think early people just tried shit because they could. all societies have "rules" but in my mind early people didnt see themselves as separate from animals? they were living in caves with bears and shit, not future cities like us. i see bird eat crunchy bug. i eat bird. so i try to eat bird AND crunchy bug. bird fly away but crunchy bug easy to catch. this is how the crunchy bug hurts me. dont let him pinch. i get sick if i dont put it in fire before eat. as much as "The First Guy" is a super awesome way to think about it all i imagine is in the youtube comment section of the Milk Discovery video its just thousands of people with different comment timestamps going "FIRST!" lol

[@dogslobbergardens6606]

@@emmettbattle5728 it's fascinating indeed. In a sort of similar way, various cultures that never met each other all came up with similar technologies like metal-working.

[@MsCortex88]

You are my most enjoyable find yet to date!!! I appreciate the KZbin algorithms for referring your channel to me! I am so inspired every time 🙏🏼💖

[@loboalamo]

Hmm. I used to see this in the woods at Ft. Devens, Massachusetts in seasonal streams dried and hydrated.

[@localcitizen1923]

I have a hole Snottville in my backyard every year. May have to slurp a few up.

[@backtonature1150]

Next time we get a bit of rain, I'll be on the hunt for this intersting little guy and take note of where I notice it. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

[@TalesofDeath]

You're one of my role models

[@wdbne]

You make videos straight forward, to the point, with facts found nowhere else and without any drama like so many do. For more than 10 years I've loosely looked at information about what I thought was fungus growing in our driveway. It's a love hate relationship, love when it's fuzzy and green as it's soft to walk on as I go barefoot as much as possible, hate after several days of rain it's slippery and slimy. This research is how I discovered your channel with "Angel Snot - The Green Slime In Your Driveway" being the best yet, fun & enlightening! P.S. Several years ago I tried to encourage it to take over the driveway with soured milk and even butter milk. Didn't hurt it and it is taking over! Middle Tennessee

[@mDi54me]

Thank you for this! Something so hidden and mundane is so incredibly fascinating 👐. Hope the angels keep sneezing...😁

[@payanyprice4710]

🤧

[@doricetimko332]

Thanks for the giggle

[@kristylynch9193]

Thank you so much! I have wondered for nearly 20 years what the slime in my driveway was.

[@elizaw3607]

So good you shared it! I found it yesterday while clearing the mugwort around brick wall next to parking lot. Geez I almost mourning some of my frogs!😂 I suspected the active Garter snake digested them. Adam you are the best!

[@karensears2214]

Wow for years I would notice this on the back drive. FYI. This is slick as loon poop . Yup , don't tread on the angel snot. But really , thanks for answering that question that has been bouncing around in my head for awhile.

[@sonofabear]

I don't know if I have ever found angel snot, but it isn't exactly on top of my bucket list. lol Great video Adam!

[@FeralForaging]

Adam: "There is Green Slime in your driveway" Me: "Surely not, let me check" *checks driveway* Me: "How did he know...!"

[@tylerburnside1842]

Im not a religious man, but you sir are doing gods work.

[@sarazhang2080]

I enjoyed the time going to the wilderness to looking for it after or during rains. Mom cooked soup from it with leek and eggs. How nice times!

[@paulajensen9181]

we have it all around here, I always wondered what the heck it was. Thank YOU!!

[@MetatronsWing]

Adam, only you could make snot sound good!!! lol thanks for the info... had no idea. :) tc

[@elanasigrist5185]

Ive had this in my driveway for the last few years and we just had a discussion about what it is. I live in NW PA and it does come out after a rain. Thanks for the great info.

[@vallovesnature8449]

So that’s what that is! I’ve seen it quite a few times over the years. Also-why is it that everything I want to forage is always by train tracks?!? Ugh! Excellent video Adam!

[@iartistdotme]

I felt my brain cells expanding with this totally new information. We have this everywhere in the really dry areas (Florida) and it is gross looking. I thought it was a some opportunistic fungus and so glad it wasn't on my property but along the dry, sandy roadsides popping up with heavy rains. I'm so glad to have learned about it and acknowledge it's big part in our environment. Thanks for this gross and squeamish new info!

[@cantgetenoughoutdoors3258]

Thank you Mr Adam 🙏

[@erinulrey116]

I just found some of this angel snot. It just rained. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@deepwaters3335]

Thank you so much..... I love learning something new every day "This time". Very interesting.

[@andreaabbott6315]

Found a recipe for steamed buns. After the cook prepared the meal for her family, looked like it’d be fun to try!

[@christi5324]

Omg! I've ALWAYS been curious about what this is! Thank you so much for supplying us with this valuable, interesting information! Many blessings to you 🙏

[@dogslobbergardens6606]

I'm glad I found your channel. I have quite a bit of this stuff on my property and I had *no* idea what the heck it was. Thanks! I enjoy your approach, clarity and concise content.

[@cdaledave89]

Nice. I've seen this on my driveway for over 15 years and never knew what it was.

[@audreytempleton4415]

Adam...was this the stuff that the civil war soldiers put on their wounds during battle that kept them from infection ?I saw a documentary on it..they said what it was but I can't remember what it was ..but it glowed..just wondered if you know.would be a good video if you find out ! thank you for the video !

[@shannondove9029]

There is some kind of wood that glows in the dark when freshly chopped.

[@rebeccamartin2399]

@@shannondove9029 it's called fox fire, I've seen it several times at night in hollers of KY. An elderly neighbor told me the hollers were lit up at night with it, but no more. My theory is that acid rain killed alot of it.

[@rebeccamartin2399]

@@shannondove9029 Also, foxfire was used to light dials of first submarine, during civil war, which was confederate.

[@scottpodgorski4102]

Foxfire is caused by fungus. Theres several different species do this.

[@shannondove9029]

@@rebeccamartin2399 very interesting. Sorry about it taking me so long to comment back, but I appreciate the info... I'm going to google it now

[@amommamust]

"What's for dinner, honey?" "Angel snot." Yeah, probably not... lol!

[@coconutgirl3623]

😅🤣😂

[@deepwaters3335]

I would try it..... if it is healthy, it is worth the try to me.

[@ricksanchez3176]

On sound alone, pretty sure I'd eat a bowl of angel snot before a plate of angel hair.

[@outbackwack368]

This guy (Adam) makes learning FUN, which is what learning SHOULD be! Thanks!

[@aedleathers]

So good to hear someone talking about Nostoc and classifying it correctly. I find this Bluegreen Bacteria in the local glades that reveal plant species that are very rare. The Nostoc provide nutrients for the tiny glade cresses and liverworts in the form of nitrogen compounds. Thanks for your great videos, Dr. H.!! I truly enjoy them.

[@pathdoc60]

Thanks Adam for that enlightening tutorial on Nostoc Commune, which I now know is not a jelly fungus, like is found on dead wood. And yes, I have seen it many times, but will wonder what it is no more. Cheers, Michael O. /Alabama

[@markklis6875]

I’ve seen that for several years and always wondered what it was! Thank you so much for enlightening me.

[@MrKapeji]

Ha, I've been looking at that stuff for a year or two now wondering what it was (I guessed some kind of algae). Fascinating to discover what it really is. I do have a pretty clean drive, but I'm not tempted to serve that up yet.

[@chancefugitt4329]

I have big mats of this, and had been curious for years. This was very interesting, and I appreciate it.

[@stoicpeacewarrior4174]

Interesting Adam, thanks for sharing! I really enjoy your videos.

[@strzalkowska52]

OMG The nature is beautiful and unbelievably various! Thanks for very interesting video 👍🏻👍🏻💚

[@zubaidasmith4551]

Oh Adam, you always make my day! Just love your knowledge. Your the best!

[@newatthis50]

I've encountered this in many streams. The main reason a person goes cup over tea kettle when wading!!

[@anyascelticcreations]

Cool! I used to see this along the rocky shores of the Colorado river in central Texas. It did look like some kind of living snot so I never messed with it. I don't believe I will be eating any either. But I'm glad I clicked! Cool! 👍

[@smoochysmoochy7267]

HEY ADAM. THATS the Same Bacteria that Attacks All these Roofs in Southeast Louisiana. My hubby and I have a Business resulting n Getting Rid of it and Prolonging the life of your roof

[@crying_hippy]

Thats how it gots its name star jelly, as they thought it was falling from the sky God Bless

[@solarnaut]

Interesting to hear ! In a perfect eco-world you'd go to your jobs in a food truck and call your "salads" . . . "Solar Eats" . . . though critics might call it "Slime On A Shingle" B-)

[@crying_hippy]

@@solarnaut haha

[@angelad.8944]

Entertaining on so many levels. I was chuckling through the whole video. I too have seen this in my lane but I actually knew what it was. Not the Engish name though. I have seen several cooking videos with this as an ingredient. I just wasn't sure if the one that grows in my area could be safely ingested. Fascinating! Thanks for talking about it. Now I can look it up and learn more. : )

[@grovermartin6874]

How did they use it, Angela? Do you remember what they put it into? Did the recipe use the botanical name, or did they call it "angel snot"? Do you remember what kind of cuisine?

[@angelad.8944]

@@grovermartin6874 Mostly soups with fish. There may have been a stir fry in there. They didn't call it angel snot. Mostly Chinese cuisine. The translation gave it the correct name though. If you watch some videos of their cuisine in general, you will find a few people who have a video or two on it in their past videos. Gotta have patience to clean it, know that going into the subject. XD

[@grovermartin6874]

@@angelad.8944 Thank you, Angela!

[@Aldoleapold]

Thank you for another excellent video.

[@robertelias3431]

Thanks for your info on Angel Snot. Very interesting.

[@lkywyfable]

Thank you so much for your stellar informational style! This was so interesting. I do not remember ever seeing Angel snap but I will be on the lookout for it now. We have been having a lot of rain in Michigan so I may be able to find some. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[@lkywyfable]

Correction: Angel snot

[@paulfollo9470]

Great video! As usual, amazing info.

[@christophercramer638]

A+ presentaion / lecture. Smooth, informative, brisk pace, understandable:

[@nancyward9719]

Your knowledge is amazing, yet you make it the info easy to understand. Thanks.

[@hellos3487]

This is really cool! I learned a new thing about mother earth, today. Thank you for posting. Love your site! ❤️

[@skylovecraft2491]

We all love and appreciate you💗🙏

[@FirstDagger]

Take a shot every time he says Nostoc Commune to become a Nostoc Commune.

[@johnrice1943]

Lol

[@mahaleyyates6693]

*Alcohol poisoned* Lmaoooo

[@grovermartin6874]

Research is being done right now on nostoc commune. Although it's been eaten for a thousand years, it apparently also produces a neurotoxin that may be associated with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Here's a link that adds nicely to this fascinating video. www.eattheweeds.com/nostoc-nasal-nostalgia-and-edible-too-2/

[@slimshadus]

That'll be 20 shots or 22 depends

[@ericolens3]

I passed out and lost count.

[@goldenmeanphaseconjunction313]

You’re a wealth of knowledge my friend

[@OldMysticFantasist]

Thank you! I've always wondered & just never looked it up. I may have to harvest some next time it appears in my driveway.

[@tomduke558]

good to see u back philosopher i like the remarks at the end of the video

[@jeremygibbins5086]

The backyard at my last house had that stuff everywhere, I wondered what it was.

[@Brisbanesdaddy]

As usual great info!!!!

[@333AppalachiaEnergetics]

Kind of liking Star Jelly vs Angel Snot… 🤩 pretty cool nitrogen fixator

[@stompthedragon4010]

I almost didn't want to click- on this one! May I simply say, " yekk". Fascinating though. I think we have to expand the expression, ' all things bright and beautiful.' Its amazing how knowledgeable you are.

[@SuperSafetychick]

find a mess of it away from the railroad and enjoy eating...I'd love to see that video!

[@ProctorsGamble]

Recipes please! lol

[@journeyman2003]

Full of knowledge as usual!

[@ascensionlady5318]

In Japan, we call it Rock Jellyfish. It tastes like sea weed. Some Japanese guy made sea weed sheet out of it and made Sushi rolled by it.　He also put it in Miso Soup. He said the taste was just like regular sea weed.

[@yemanimablazer2393]

I saw people eating it in Thailand they call rock seaweed It grows in the damp rock areas on the mountain in Udonthani the north-east of Thailand

[@grovermartin6874]

Did they eat it right off the rocks it grew on, or did they prepare it some way? Was it cooked? Rolled in a rice paper skin? Did they put soy sauce on it? Sprinkle it with green onions? Tell us more!

[@cynthiadonahey9989]

Moss and lichens grown on both concrete and asphalt. I have run across drives, that are all or partially covered with moss. so it is not all slime. Some springs in the fifties had pieces of chunk concrete and asphalt thrown on them. As population grows, springs become contaminated for drinking. Some were painted over with slurries containing seeds spores and cuttings. Bedford Reservstion for example. They used waste rock from quarries , the ones that could not be used on the retaining walls.

[@anthonyvandeist2857]

That revival after 100 years in a desiccated state seems plausible, but it's a little difficult to imagine a storage area with a sign on the nostac reading, "Only open after 100 years!!"

[@tinahuffman2788]

So exciting!! How cool!

[@stanleyschafer4232]

You Are a wealth of information. Thank you.

[@mevrammcoyoteV8f150]

Chanterelles are up Big time here in Missouri right now

[@vincentgan4006]

thank you very much. i have always thought those are some animal poop in my lawn. enlightening!

[@ScottWConvid19]

I live in an area where the soil is nutrient depressed yellow sand and we have all sorts of interesting pioneer organisms that help to enrich the availability of nutrients to the eco system. Many of these are very nutritious and medicinal plants. One such organism is Nostoc Commune. I had assumed it was a jelly fungus until I saw this video. Thanks Adam, at least I don't have to sell my house...lol

[@gayeofPA]

Whoa, this is so cool. I've always wondered what that was, we have some by our back steps.

[@wayneisanamerican]

Could this be related to the "manna" in Exodus?

[@zprince4120]

Thanks Adam I always learn cool stuff from you I appreciate what you do and how through and informative you are... Now I want to try to use this in conjunction with Mycos in my garden to see if it gives any good results 👍🕉

[@krisreddish3066]

It is a plasmodial protist and you can find them where ever wet damp stuff is rotting. I find them being responsible for about 90% of AC drain clogs. Protista is a super weird kingdom of lifeforms closely related to other kingdoms but not quite fitting in any of them.