Early Summer Mushroom and Plant Identification

[@CatieOcmand]

your channel brings me peace & calm in times of anxiety! i love watching your videos at any moment and learning, but i love that i can come here to just watch and be at ease. ❤

[@juanstarnotip8122]

At 15:42 those are not actually bugs but isopods, these crustations are detritivores and do an amazing job of breaking down rotten and decaying plant matter into rich soil.

[@timmynormand8082]

The bug. Always been called Rollie Pollie down here in the south Thanks Aaron for all your vidios. Have learned a lot from you.

[@darinrummel2150]

Love seeing Gunnar out there for another season of mushroom hunting! Thanks for sharing so much of your knowledge and interesting finds, Aaron.

[@Whitewater_and_Wild_Mushrooms]

Sow Bugs or Pill Bugs. Thanks for the great video!

[@jedediah7772]

I love the Tshirt logo 🤚🏻 great vid as always

[@whoe_whate8487]

It seems like you can always find the coolest mushrooms everywhere! Whenever I go to places like this on the kitsap peninsula I come up mostly dry :(

[@kc8644]

Same here, out west further, still a beautiful place to live right?

[@vladfreeman8461]

My mother has lung cancer and almost died last year. I got her taking turkey tails and she said she is feeling good and no side effects. Even stopped taking prescription drugs. So I believe that turkey tails are a cure!!! I wish I could find them up here in North Idaho

[@DoubleADay]

I saw older turkey tails when I was northeast of Pierce Idaho a couple weeks ago. Find yourself a marshy area and take a look around

[@whoe_whate8487]

Interesting how there are so many medicinal properties of these mushrooms that we dont understand yet. Im not sure if Trametes Versicolor can single handedly cure cancer, but it seems very promising in your case!

[@vladfreeman8461]

@@DoubleADay Nice 👍 I found a giant patch of aminta mushroom 🍄 up in that area

[@vladfreeman8461]

@@DoubleADay nice moose BTW!

[@mymalinoisadventures2252]

Come to Western Oregon next fall and winter and you'll be able to find large amounts of turkey tail.

[@timbow1356]

We need at least one collaboration with Tony from Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't. 🧐 The ending could be both of you sitting down and doing "Chicken of the Woods" PT2 . Oh the colorful language that will be used if he has the same culinary experience that you did 🤣 SERIOUSLY, love your content. Amazing how many people on Reddit do too. You created a great product! Educational, entertaining, calming, and very light on earths resources 10/10

[@mymalinoisadventures2252]

Thank you for another great video. I learn so much watching these and get so excited when I get new videos. Thanks Aaron

[@dcfromthev]

Fomitopsis has medicinal properties similar to ganoderma spp. (artists conk), I use them in an immunity tincture preparation. They’re not as well studied but I’ve read about their medicinal benefits in several books and websites. I love how they sweat, so cool looking!

[@BRANDYHAMILTONS]

Do you remember what medicinal properties you read about? Obviously immune boosting if you're using it for an immune tincture, but anything else?

[@ldean2731]

Love the channel been here from the start! Keep doing your thing!

[@marksimpson6491]

At 17:46 your Candolleomyces candolleanus graphic says edible but you said inedible in your commentary. Curious which you meant? I really enjoy your videos and knowledge, thank you.

[@brittanymatheney8509]

another great video aaron! those mono-tropic plants are fascinating! good luck on your course! wish you were closer to whatcom county!

[@Sphicks1919]

Congrats on the college course what an honor!

[@thebeautifulhobo1]

Thank you for your accurate ID. Really enjoyed your video!

[@vladfreeman8461]

Thanks bro for the best fungi channel

[@natedizzy]

Fun and educational as always. Thank you!

[@brytonkenney1507]

Hey Agaricus Augustus with some tater bugs we call them pill bugs too THANKS AARON

[@georgemcduffey2622]

Cool video. I've always thought the monotropes are neat, too...I recently went on vacation in North Carolina. Spent half on Cape Hatteras and half on Beech Mountain (in the Blue Ridge Mountains). It was fascinating seeing near opposite ecosystems. Very few mushrooms on the islands, at least that I could find; Very little variety in plant life too (relatively speaking). Once in the mountains it was a veritable mushroom wonderland:) Boletes, Russulas, Fairy Stools (which I didn't know what it was 'til watching this video), and finally a few Reishis growing on Eastern Hemlocks. Hemlocks don't grow in central KY, so I asked the owner of the cabin we were staying in if I could swipe a few of the mushrooms off his land to add to my tea/tincture collection (he was cool with it)...Anyways, thanks for the vid and happy hunting.

[@tylerkrug7719]

Dang,those plants related to ghost pipe were really cool!!

[@andrewdowd3997]

Got any Gunnar merch coming??

[@mushroomwonderland1]

That's a good idea!

[@jamesgriffin7711]

In Minnesota the "Indian pipe" is a good indicator for Chanterelles.

[@fungi42o0]

nice

[@baldknobfarmstead5167]

Do you ever get to the east side of the state? We are in Brewster and have had tons of mushrooms growing here.

[@Darkninjamole]

Absolutely love your videos Aaron. Regarding the ganoderma applanatum you have on your shelf, did you do anything special to preserve it?

[@mushroomwonderland1]

Thank you! No I didn't, just dried and put it there, it's still as beautiful as the day she did it but it shrunk to about half of its size, retaining the detail. So cool!

[@Darkninjamole]

@@mushroomwonderland1 I'm stealing this idea if you don't mind 😆 My kiddo loves to hike and mushroom hunt with me (I wouldn't particularly call it "foraging" since I'm still learning). Side question. Do you have any recommendations for East Coasters for identification field guides? I have one, but for gilled mushrooms, you first need to determine spore color, then use a dichotomous key to attempt to narrow down genus and species. This works well if the fruiting bodies are releasing or have released spores and you can quickly tell, or can take it home to do a spore print, but isn't particularly practical for a beginner out in the wild. Is this the standard and beginners and identification will become easier as their knowledge increases, or did I just happen to pick up an overly convoluted field guide?

[@vladfreeman8461]

So in a survival situation can you drink the water from the red belt conk?

[@mushroomwonderland1]

Yes!

[@thebeautifulhobo1]

25.01 Could that be disintegrating hydnellum peckii?

[@TheTubejunky]

Those oysters kinda look like an "Angel wing"

[@mushroomwonderland1]

You should watch this video I put out some months back that shows angel wings and their habitat. You'll see the difference pretty quickly. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKHTeXuCa85no7csi=ncGR_RJOFJCSMtLt

[@mushroomwonderland1]

And also, thank you, you just gave me a great video idea! 🍄❤️

[@dennismorton4688]

dog pee has never hurt anyone ha just kidding

[@mushroomwonderland1]

😂😂 I've been waiting for someone to actually comment that 😅

[@ShineHammond-oo6oe]

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[@PeterQuentercrimsonbamboo]

Fun mushy walk through the woods… though, for telling us that we can eat or not eat the mushrooms you are showing us, you would need to clarify much more detail about how to actually identify and distinguish the individual mushrooms ! As is, rhetorical video is just a walk-along with very little learning -

[@mushroomwonderland1]

That is a good point, most of these kind of videos are intended to be for entertainment, but I should make some more concise videos on how to look at, and identify a mushroom.

[@jerryfeist318]

@@mushroomwonderland1 Love your channel and think these types of vids are still super helpful, but definitely would appreciate more concise and detailed videos like that!

[@PeterQuentercrimsonbamboo]

@@mushroomwonderland1 - yes, thank you - that'd be fabulous and much looked forward to -