Finding Mushrooms in Colorado - Denver Area Foraging

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A few days of filming, 25 miles of scouting and a whole bunch of Colorado Mushrooms!
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#morels #colorado #mushrooms

[@DiamondMinerIvins]

flick it before you pick it. That helps release the spores. since these Morels only grow in special areas, best to seed it where it was discovered. I can’t “wait” for next season. Thanks for the taking us along with the mushroom hunt. 🍄

[@Klesh]

Mesh bag whenever possible thanks for watching DMI!

[@DiamondMinerIvins]

I’ll get a mesh bag for next year, every little helps

[@gabagool7542]

cool tip thanks

[@hannahvenn8362]

I love the variety of your channel! Thanks for keeping it interesting. Never a bad vid!

[@Klesh]

Thanks Hannah! It's just my normal hobbies, and now I bring a video camera :) Glad you enjoy them

[@robertmclean9737]

Morels Spores are broadcast by wind, check Down Wind when you find one. Cheers

[@natejosich]

Thanks! It’s that time of year again and the conditions are right

[@mrblueskynm3968]

Very cool! It's like treasure hunting for Golden Mushrooms!

[@takeemoutdoors3489]

Were getting close for this year! Cant wait! I look around southern foco with my 2 boys and have found a few. If you want to come over near my neck of the woods leme know!

[@chadsmith1348]

The sound of the oysters coming off that tree was so satisfying

[@danieloshea3326]

Aren’t you the drummer for rhcp?

[@OutdoorsInspired]

Nice finds brother! I’m getting stoked for black morel season! Hopefully we get a lot of rain before then.. good video 👊

[@Klesh]

yeah It better rain up in the elevations. We can hope

[@brian70Cuda]

Thank you Shane! This is what I've been waiting all winter for, now I know it's time to get out even though I live about 800 miles north of you:) Great vid my friend.

[@Klesh]

Have fun!

[@rickreimer1050]

Nice adventure for sure. Watched last years hunt for the black. Thanks for sharing.

[@Klesh]

Glad ya liked it!

[@shredshrooms]

That's cool, they're definitely still around in abundance in Pennsylvania.

[@gonetoheck]

Here in central Indiana...I was out looking for the yellow sponge morels for a few hours today and found about 20 ...they were mostly all solitary...not in clusters. Didn't find any in the usual hot spot I used to find them. I always saute' them in butter and add a little salt. Yummy !! There weren't any huge ones...very similar to the ones you found. Some were starting to dry up and turn brown as well. Maybe yesterday would have been the prime day to have looked.

[@Klesh]

That is awesome!

[@cherrenergy]

The mesh bag! I love that! Brilliant ♡

[@Klesh]

It might be helpful, so why not. Thanks for watching!

[@chriscwikla7558]

Nice. I've been finding lots of morels here in north east Oregon.

[@Klesh]

Right on

[@benjohncarlso]

Ah man I love Morels. I live in Iowa and where I am at it has been too cold and dry this year. I have gotten 50 mostly grey ones though. I usually get a lot more than this.

[@Leafbinder]

The brain food that looks like brains, yummy does that make me a zombie?

[@marcelloplessi9299]

Love it! Please do more mushroom foraging in the future :)

[@Klesh]

More coming, still have Black morel and Porcini season this year

[@marcelloplessi9299]

@@Klesh Cool! I am from Italy and I can barely leave my home so watching your videos makes me escape from the quarantine :) I can't wait for more mushrooms and gold!

[@MontanaPreston]

Berrry nice!

[@weasel6three597]

Nice haul Shane! You should show how you cook them up!

[@billymoore3500]

The morels have finished fruiting here in central Oklahoma , I found my last morels last week , I picked over 200 pounds this year , averaged around 6 miles of walking on most days out and around 16 pounds on some of the better days , weather had a lot to do with our season this year over 40 days of picking for me .

[@Klesh]

Wow lucky!

[@Bearded_Dad0607]

Awesome to see you found a really nice haul of mushrooms. As always great video. Happy hunting @kleshguitars.

[@Klesh]

Thanks it was a good year for mushrooms (so far)!

[@Bearded_Dad0607]

Thats awesome. I know when I was looking to move to Grand Junction which fingers crossed still could happen there looked like alot of good areas there as well as Fruita.

[@cheese9580]

Right on , going this weekend to hunt morals for the first time!!!

[@Klesh]

Good luck! Too cold here in Colorado. Snowed last night so might miss the season altogether.

[@tedlov06]

Just being in the woods is awesome. Thanks for all the hard work you put in your videos

[@Klesh]

Thanks 👍

[@thesurfingprospector6345]

The mushroom 🍄 king 🤴 Good feed there Cheers Crouch

[@Klesh]

Thanks man great feed!

[@NOSEMATICS]

Very cool man. Always enjoying your content

[@Klesh]

Thanks dude!

[@blackdog.6398]

10:22. It looks like someone else was had their eye on them too you can see two foot prints on each side of the shruoom .... you can see where some was foraging before you .. so how does that work !,,, some crazy man comes by and see’s you bending over to pick the shrurooms he was watching?...or big foot 🦶 ones by how or what you do then lol. ..give him a big bag of Jerky ....!.....Thank You Shane ...

[@Klesh]

Yep, someone else knows this spot. That's OK there's plenty to go around.

[@theteche]

So last year I lived in erie Colorado north of denver. I know the smell of Morel mushrooms as I always went hunting with my dad and when I was in my backyard I smelled them I started to look around for a little bit and found a group of about 7 or 8 near a corner of my yard I don't live in Erie anymore but I would love to go back and say Hey can I pick mushrooms in your yard 😂😂😂even though they were of the black variety they were still yummy 🤤🤤🤤

[@Klesh]

Good idea! I'm going to try growing them around my place too

[@marielg9143]

LOVE morels

[@carmelomedina9923]

Loved the video only wished to learn a little more about the Mushroom

[@Klesh]

I do have a few morel videos from past years mushroom seasons where I explain more in detail on them, link to those at the end of video.

[@creaturebreeders8922]

Man I hope to see you out there this year finding gold or mushrooms. Love your channel man! Any tips on where to start looking? I hear burned places are a very good start.

[@Klesh]

Headed out to an area right now looking for black morels. Yeah burn areas are a great place to look.

[@orions1396]

Had no idea you were from PA! Great state. Your videos are awesome!

[@Klesh]

I am!

[@conanarmstrong-ingram4346]

Woot new video. Cheers

[@Klesh]

More to come!

[@mikeobrien4437]

Nice--Mushrooms!

[@Klesh]

I agree!

[@stewdeezie1212]

Oh wow... I have to look way harder. I thought they would stand out more... dang no wonder I havent found any yet.

[@Klesh]

Yea man, one step at a time, look around. Repeat for miles and miles.

[@Zawazuki]

GREAT haul! I love me some shroomies

[@Klesh]

The best!

[@matthewwilson2587]

Wish we could do some mushroom hunting together. Never had black morels or oyster mushrooms. I did find my first Chicken of the woods this year!

[@Klesh]

Nice!

[@alexiskoeppel8054]

Hay love you vid your one of my favorite KZbinrs hope you see this the for all the good vids

[@Klesh]

Thanks Alexis!

[@MUDSWAT]

Cool video, I need a Morel slurry.

[@Klesh]

Hopefully it works for next year!

[@donmoor4e974]

I have 4 big cotton wood trees in my yard. I've seen mushrooms that look like that. I had no idea that you could eat them.

[@anomalous8565]

Make sure you double check with a accurate source or book Just to be safe

[@edwinweirich2026]

Wonder why the tree at 3:44 had fencing on it? In my state (Pennsylvania) we normally pick rams head mushrooms. Love watching your channel man!

[@Klesh]

Yeah Ram's heads are great. I found a big 20 pounder in NEPA couple years ago. Grows on the same tree every year too.

[@OldiesGoodies]

Good Hunt and a lot of hiking. Would salt water be better for cleaning or do you just like a little protein with your shrooms. LOL HH TC AL

[@Klesh]

Maybe saltwater would help remove the bugs, but the extra protien is actually a good thing. Another reason I don't use saltwater (main reason) is that I use the fresh soak water to spread around to grow more Morels. Saltwater (might) kill the billions of spores, but not sure. Better safe than sorry

[@josephpecoul6532]

Okay. Threw me off at first I didn't see this video first I saw the second video first LOL.

[@Klesh]

Nice!

[@BigDemz]

I just picked some blue footprint happy shrooms in Pittsburgh.

[@Klesh]

Nice!

[@tyn.8934]

Nice, Shane! I found a couple Morell mushrooms at work when I did Landscaping. I took them home( pretty big actually)and....never ate them, they went bad. Not sure how to cook them.

[@alh.21]

Ty N. If you find them again, it is relatively simple. Just chop them up into halves or quarters, let them soak in water for a few hours to clean them, coat them in flour, then fry them.

[@wallyman292]

@@alh.21 You forgot to tell him to fry them in butter, not oil! The butter enhances the natural richness of the mushroom itself, if you ask me.

[@Klesh]

Watch my next video (link below) it shows how to cook them

[@starman10548]

Someday I'm hoping to get to try some Morels. Great video. Cant wait to get my hip done so I can get out and enjoy life again.

[@Klesh]

The VA must be taking their sweet time, sorry to hear it! I’m sure after the virus they’ll get you in ASAP

[@ameeraljadie1282]

Hello, I found Morel mushroom in the backyard under the faucet. In the same area where I found the mushroom herbesides was sprayed on the ground and on the mulch. It doesn't smell good. Do you think its edible or poisonous?

[@Klesh]

Not a morel, that is a stinkhorn. Do not eat.

[@kurtsoderberg]

Mushroms in may? we in Sweden dont get anny before August, But we do get paperbag after paperbag (20L) bags of Chantrells.

[@Klesh]

Those are good too but haven't found Chantrelles in Colorado. But in Pennsylvania I'd find the Golden and Black chantrells.

[@kurtsoderberg]

@@Klesh Nice!....and those red ones whith wite spots....pretty but just leave them...butt there are a sort that is called black gold, Murkel...Chefs Will charge you 10 Dollars extra for a restaurant dinner by jus having the name it in the meny. 1g, But locking forvard to my hunt, but no point before August.

[@hayleybarr9819]

Question, will oyster mushrooms keep if dried? If you let those dry-ish clusters keep drying could you rehydrate at a later date? Thank you for your channel, keep 'em coming!

[@Klesh]

Sure you can dehydrate mushrooms too

[@wallyman292]

Love me a bunch of sautéed morels! Not very good at finding them though. . . I did find a big bunch of hen of the woods a couple autumns ago while golfing. Had never had them before, but heard great things. cleaned them up and sautéed them in butter, but wasn't impressed. They were pretty chewy, and didn't have much flavor at all. If anyone can tell me maybe if I cooked them wrong, or maybe they were just a little past their prime perhaps???

[@Klesh]

Yeah the Maitake (hen of the woods) are one of my favorites as well. You can cut them into 1/4" slices and do flour and egg batter, fry in butter. I'm no cook, but that way never fails. Just make sure you cook them until golden brown (almost burnt) is how I like them. If you undercook, they are too mushy IMO

[@milesnn]

Awesome 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤👍🏻

[@Klesh]

Thank you 😋

[@cmachler]

Why did the tree, with the oyster mushroom you passed up, have chicken wire on the trunk? Are specific trees chosen to be protected from beaver?

[@Klesh]

Yeah someone must've put up beaver wire to prevent them from knocking them down. Boy scouts probabaly

[@dennissorensen167]

Nice!

[@Klesh]

Thanks!

[@chadsmith1348]

50 degrees id be in full on winter gear

[@dickheaddan4106]

Every time I look for mushrooms, I find myself having to take a #2.

[@Klesh]

Haha

[@michaelangelos5117]

Cool. I wonder if I could find these in Utah

[@Klesh]

Probably

[@wildfirenorv]

is there any other mushroom in Colorado that looks like/can be confused with oyster?

[@Klesh]

Not that I can think of

[@michaelhayes1424]

Are u in Colorado?

[@silverlicious2086]

Nice score man. How long do those stay good to eat? You mentioned that some of these where found on different days. Water keeps them for how long?

[@Klesh]

Not sure but up to a week in water in the fridge was fine

[@silverlicious2086]

Sounds similar to when you peal whole potatoes. If you submerge them in water it keeps the oxidation delayed. Taste test on a live stream... haha... that would put the pressure on you to cook them right.

[@dottdetektor56]

Fantastico 💪💪👍😉🇮🇹

[@Klesh]

thx

[@canaan5337]

I saw a news story about a little girl in West Virginia that found a huge morel mushroom that weighed almost a pound about a week ago.

[@Klesh]

wow! Ya perfect area for Morels over there in WV

[@davidvilla3243]

I have never looked for mushrooms,to me they were always poison.WE have cottonwood trees in a bit of a marsh--I'll try looking for some when I get my freedom back.Interesting video thanks for the info.David out,STAY SAFE

[@Klesh]

Sounds great!

[@FarmersforTruth]

i love morels

[@Klesh]

me 2

[@rogerrogerson1232]

ACT and Victoria (AUS) just last week posted a warning about Death Cap mushrooms spawning around the States* stay safe with your shrooms.

[@Mr1337Alexander]

If I’m not mistaken some of the plants around your foraging are called in “Verdolaga” and if they’re the correct plant they’re edible and basically wild spinach.

[@spiderpickle3255]

purslane is the english name for verdolagas

[@JohnnySwedishScrapper]

woow nice catch ;)

[@Klesh]

Thank you very much!

[@JohnnySwedishScrapper]

@@Klesh ;)

[@hyperbam2]

He said “extra protein” haha that was great. I’ve eaten crickets before. Like live ones. Wasn’t bad it was how you say “nice”

[@Klesh]

Right!!

[@TheGiftspritz]

So, if we pick some and we think they are okay, but we want to make sure, is there somewhere we can go to know for sure? Hello Ryan.

[@Klesh]

There's a few forums and facebook pages dedicated to mushroom identification good luck!

[@TheGiftspritz]

@@Klesh . Also tschuß.

[@WHAMaTRON]

Hay Shane I got a 1oz silver Liberty coin of eBay. When I hold it up with the picture facing the right way up, spin the coin round and on the other side it’s upside down. Is normal for America coins. Or mis print maybe fake . Hope you understand my question mate. Ps i was The Andy Show. Sent you that Scottish coin. Last year. 👍

[@Klesh]

Yep, American coins are upside down when you flip them., Might be OK, but ebay always freaks me out. Might want to test it to be 100% sure it's real!

[@WHAMaTRON]

KleshGuitars ok thank you mate. Done magnet test but don’t no how to do anymore test . Thanks again 👍

[@christophernarel6253]

That is wild, you can sell those for nearly $80/lb to restaurants

[@christophernarel6253]

moneyinc.com/the-five-most-expensive-mushrooms-in-the-world/ This site says it was updated in 2020 but not certain which month but that is still some decent change IF you decide to sell. Personal consumption may be best but make sure you cook them properly before eating them bud. Happy hunting!!

[@Klesh]

I know right!

[@anthonywolfe5304]

I live in Indiana and was lucky. Enough to buy a house with a TON of morel mushrooms around the property my last forage I got 60 and their are more I. Didn't take haha

[@Klesh]

Wow nice score, should've taken some!

[@anthonywolfe5304]

@@Klesh I took 60! Haha and coated them in a little flour and fried them in butter so good! I just saved the rest for resporeing but not hopefully I will find some blondes and oysters soon.

[@shawn396hoss]

Not 100% sure, but I think I know where the second spot is XD if not I have a good area close to me

[@Klesh]

Nice!

[@VoGusProspecting]

Sand helps digestion.... at least for birds.

[@Klesh]

Little bit of grit can only help ya, not hurt ya !

[@insightfrequency7]

Vitamin B12

[@firecrackerg60]

I expected to see them rehydrating in krusty lol

[@Klesh]

Lol

[@typicalfish1116]

I have never seen a mushrooms in the wild just those ones in the can, can you tell me what's the difference among edible, non-edible and poisonous so whenever something bad happens while I'm in the wild I know what to eat what not to eat

[@Moonsauc3]

I live in Colorado and I've had a medium size patch of mushrooms grow on a tree in our yard. They were a very bright orange and yellow color tops at their prime. No idea what they were.

[@Klesh]

Sounds (maybe) like Chicken of the woods, edible but they're usully a bit tough so I cook them in the oven after marinading. Cook them in the oven like chicken breasts

[@robertmclean9737]

Buggy Shrooms no thanks!

[@johnaspen3312]

Let us know if you find any psilocybes ;)

[@tindlevibes4680]

We just call the Dude in our area for those.

[@born2unbox611]

Find any other mushrooms 🍄 🤪😜

[@Klesh]

A few others, keep watching there's over 10 lbs

[@donaldscott7279]

Marsh on one side Creek on other perfect place for Indian fort?

[@Klesh]

Possibly!

[@RalphReagan]

Wow I never though about looking for mushrooms below 8000 ft

[@Klesh]

yea plenty down in the foothills!

[@shawn396hoss]

Not gonna lie I hate mushrooms, but it's interesting to see them the way they grow, when I was little I found a cluster , of what I think now was oyster mushrooms, but it was husge must have been 20 pounds growing off the side of this dead tree , bye an irrigation ditch, that is always in the shade

[@Klesh]

Nice find!

[@chadsmith1348]

Shane anyone ever tell you that you have a killer radio voice?

[@robdedrick2052]

Hey Shane Do you ever find Pine Mushrooms in Colorado ?

[@Klesh]

I've looked but never had luck

[@RalphReagan]

Have you had any boletus?

[@Klesh]

Yeah but they're up around 8k+ elevation later in the year. I have a video finding a bunch last year. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIeZia2dYsija9E

[@RalphReagan]

@@Klesh I'll watch!

[@BalladofJanine]

Shane...they look like hedgehogs

[@Klesh]

Yeah Lol

[@MTGMitch]

klesh meshbag merch idea

[@Klesh]

There ya go :D

[@Spencerrcr]

You've probably done this forever and know this already. But saltwater is what I've heard works for killing all bugs in mushrooms. Could be wrong, just saw it off an Aquachigger video 🤷‍♂️

[@Klesh]

It's possible, but I don't like risking killing off any morel spores in the soaking water. I use the water to "replant" morels, and the salt might? kill the spores.

[@Obesenigga635]

Do magic mushrooms grow in Colorado

[@Klesh]

Yeah In my closet

[@Obesenigga635]

@@Klesh I’m talking about like in the cow fields and shi

[@Obesenigga635]

@@Klesh answer me bro cause I’m moving to Colorado and I’m trynna go to nature and I wanna kno how to find em

[@Klesh]

@@Obesenigga635 Maybe in the eastern part of Colorado? Honestly not sure

[@Obesenigga635]

@@Klesh well I’m moving to Greeley Colorado is that a good place to find em? If you know

[@danieloshea3326]

Do any psilocybin mushrooms grow in the wild in Colorado?

[@Klesh]

Maybe in microbiomes, but I’ve never found any in the wild here