Foraging in Maine: Lobster Mushroom Hunting W/ Jim Kovaleski

Lobster Mushrooms (Hypomyces lactifluorum) are parasitic ascomycete fungus that grows on certain host mushrooms. They happen to be a delicacy, so they are very sought after. Join Jim Kovaleski on this Lobster Mushroom foraging adventure!
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Lobster Mushrooms (Hypomyces lactifluorum) are parasitic ascomycete fungus that grows on certain host mushrooms. They happen to be a delicacy, so they are very sought after. Join Jim Kovaleski on this Lobster Mushroom foraging adventure! Want to see more of Jim Kovaleski?! We filmed a Course with Jim. It's called "The Grass-Fed Market Garden" ; this course is packed with exclusive information and is affordable! We are constantly adding more content to the course so be sure to check it out and learn from the Farming Master! "Grass-Fed Market Garden" Course - @t Check out our video on The Grass-Fed Market Garden here- @ Check Out Our Online Nursery! We can ship plants anywhere in the US! Click on the link below to order: Online Store Link- @t __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Playlist Links: Our MOST POPULAR Videos - @t Our Client Projects - @t Best of Growing Fruit (Tropical/Subtropical) - @t ____________________________________________________________ To learn more about us, as well as our products & services: @t Follow us on Social media Facebook: @t Instagram: @t ____________________________________________________________ Have we made a difference for you? We would much appreciate your contribution to keep improving upon the quality, content & consistency of this channel. Support Us @ @t

[@laylaverbance4673]

We would enjoy a What JK Eats in a Day video!😁🙏🌸🌿

[@everydayanimalswithrainfor1315]

I never want these to end. I feel like I'm there with you.

[@nonnoziccardy4353]

Lobster mushrooms over pasta 🔥👊

[@your_eulogy2688]

They're super early this year I love it

[@ririzamel285]

wooooooooooow.... its so good to watch the entire video foraging mushrooms. im hypnotized.

[@geospore69]

Nice haul - beautiful up there.. Great series you are doing up in Maine. Congrats guys!

[@SilenceManifests]

What a haul! Makes me look forward to Lobster season here on the Midcoast... Just FYI, that Amanita was not a Death Angel... If anything, it was a Amanita Formosa, the American variant of the (in)famous Amanita Muscaria. As you might have guessed, it has similar properties... Happy hunting!

[@jonstachowicz8778]

Could spend all day foraging for mushrooms! Now for a new short series "Cooking with Jim"

[@candiwallace6605]

Cheers Pete and Jim🥰🌻🥂

[@rebellionpointfarms6140]

the lets stop for chantrels.....we are only after lobster...nice. id love any of it here.

[@robertmaciver130]

wow pete keep up the jim kovaleski shows .new hampshire bob was jest up state maine visiting my daughter in eagle lake maine.i should make detor to see yhe jim world.love it all maine,newport richie.great knowlage jim brings to your youtube vids. thanx man.

[@richardethier8091]

Great picking I love hen of the woods mushrooms

[@cookingwithlie445]

Hello sir great for to show Mushroom I love all your video I support you always

[@mayamachine]

I get so many lobster mushrooms around my north woods cabin.

[@denisedaigle7006]

OMG I never tried one. Would love to.

[@toneyjohnson8910]

I love mushrooms I need to learn more about them. Thanks Pete and Jim. Would love to see how he cooks them.

[@hart796]

I love seeing you and Jim forage, garden and talk market gardening & soil. Great video again Pete! Five Stars always. Ty vm

[@HaasBuzzHomestead9909]

Feeling spoiled - loving the videos!

[@derekclawson4236]

Tons of chanterlles in the Florida panhandle this year. They are so good. Glad to see a good mushroom season for other areas too. As ae great video!

[@clivesconundrumgarden]

Amazing!! Definitely 1 of my favorite content creators Thanks

[@Rebecca.Robbins]

Amazing!!! It has rained all day here today and is supposed to continue for several days. I hope to get out and do some foraging once the sun comes back! Should be lots to find!

[@suzycowan5072]

Wow, now I really feel bad... I had one of these Lobster mushrooms growing at the base of our 85-yr old Hickory tree last year, it was massive. I thought it might be poisonous to our dogs so I cut it out and threw it away, I had no idea. I will try to learn about the different types of mushrooms as I also have these tiny thin white button-type mushrooms growing in my garden beds and garden planters. I think they might be growing out of the organic compost we use in our gardening.

[@MrDanrn999]

Thank you

[@HeadWestOn90]

Beautiful! Thank you!

[@rahmadisimas2733]

wow many mushroom

[@charitysmith5245]

Shrooms! It’s been a great year for chants in SC too.

[@848meme]

thanks, I really like your content

[@dalecress9774]

A couple years ago I sold chants for $6 a pound because the places I know 30 to 40 pounds can be had a day. At that price they sold quick. Well with gas prices going up It'll be $10 a pound, but it'll take longer to sell.

[@tarawalters9236]

Wow that’s such a awesome fine, so jealous!

[@garyroberttodd3649]

Son picked me a half bucket of chanterelles today. Real tasty!

[@TheFairlyLocalFamily]

Loved this!!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Thanks 😊

[@ayatsubame]

great haul! not a ton out here in CA currently, but hoping for a little water to bring 'em out

[@dalecress9774]

It would be interesting if people making these lobster mushroom videos would include the date or season. Here in West Central OH it is mid July to late August

[@rowenadinsmore1]

When we did mushroom hunting, we found a lot but the slugs were so active that time.

[@user-wg2dc9zo1h]

nice video! It would be nice if you could cover the faded leaves and soil back to where you pull up the mushrooms.

[@BuyMyBathwater]

I love lobster mushrooms. Did you know that the lobster mushroom is actually a parasitic fungus that grows on othrr varieties of mushroom, transforming them into that beautiful orangey red color we love!!

[@ramthian]

I love it 🥰

[@ramthian]

Great 👍

[@DeborahCaldwell77]

Nice

[@ChefDwight]

Pound dirt 👊🏾

[@tkaart2242]

Yum!

[@stevesoutdoorworld4340]

Pete you better get back to Florida before your wife runs off with the pool boy ! lol 😍

[@ehopem4877]

How about a nice cook up video to follow up these amazing mushroom foraging vids? ❤

[@redsparrow8640]

It's pass 11 in the evening and still awake. I need to finish watching JK before sleeping😀

[@scottchapman6427]

Pete ,you need to add the word Down to East Maine. Ask any local its called Down East. I'm not surprised that Jim didn't tell you that, considering that he is not a local. You can tell by the accent or lack of. But we are definitely glad to claim his genius. Great video nonetheless. Looking forward to more.

[@jenniferfrederick2456]

Wow! Awesome vid. One question... Where did you purchase your basket? I have a hand held and the back baskets I have four are for look with no function.

[@ayina114]

I love mushrooms, but we have limited choices here in my country. No more woods, all transform into houses and concrete. Missing my childhood memories in 90's when I foraged mushroom in the woods

[@kccorliss3922]

Does jim advertise his produce on craigslist or similar?

[@FeralHomestead]

What’s that Backpack basket called? I need one!!!

[@danthemansmith6095]

Are either one of you on a vegan or plant based diet or lifestyle, either way I am just curious. I have been plant based for the last 6 years and I really enjoy the content on your channel! I live in the seacoast region of NH and would possibly like to travel to that neck of the woods one day to say hello! Keep up the great work! Thank you for sharing!

[@saltriverorchards4190]

I’ve always wanted to find lobster mushrooms but I haven’t yet

[@ChefDwight]

What’s growing on Pete

[@mushroomsislife280]

I was wondering I heard there’s is matsutake mushrooms in Maine

[@EmsViernes]

When you pour the washings of tht mushrm...u can expect to see......some mushrooms that would emerge......(i had tried ths n i had one which weighed slmost onefourth of a kilo)......northward...n a place ehich roaming chickens would not ............coverd.....n watered on dry season.......i just used some leaves high n nitrogen

[@greenkeeper448]

Hey, I ain't no expert but that was aminita muscaria I do believe. I believe death angel is grey, either one is not recommended.

[@sueyoung2115]

Love the foraging trip. I miss the Maine woods. Went from Belfast area to south central Florida. Death angel is usually white, grows in a "cup" and has a "veil" around the stem, under the cap. Extremely poisonous.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Its Amanita flavoconia

[@greenkeeper448]

@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL This is why the mushroom world so vast and complex making it really cool in my book. While you may have correctly identified this shroom, hell you were there, it is said that flavoconia tops out at 3 inches in diameter and the biggest tell tale is the little jimmies on top are yellow also. I froze the screen on that specimen and those jimmies look more white to me so I would lean toward formosa, which I understand has the ability to take one for a ride for which no smart person wants any part of. Anyway your content always intrigues.

[@mmmmmray]

I always find the russula brevipes but not the lobster mushroom

[@user-rv3hl3co6i]

What is the nutritional value of these mushrooms

[@jonahlemere6400]

Dang. I’m 20th

[@binaryflat]

7:05 not a Death Angel, more like Amanita Muscaria.

[@neeway1620]

First view. Nice.

[@gainedinthegarden3925]

When will Jim be back in Florida?

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Soon!

[@mandygoodenough3905]

❤

[@catfunksfabulousfinds]

What do they taste like. I'm in Oregon, haven't seen those.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

When cooked they have a mild flavor and dense texture for a mushroom

[@HansQuistorff]

Dd you find any spruce gum? I

[@jeanbarraza5433]

No such thing as “too many chanterelles”. 🤪😋😋

[@juanisgarden5356]

😍

[@jameskeating3258]

What part roughly of maine? Just curious mates

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

East

[@maineboy3234]

what time of year in maine was this??

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Summer around July

[@5pecular]

How do you cook lobster mushrooms?

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Like most other mushrooms! We had them sautéed in butter

[@EmsViernes]

Kindly choose d biiger ones f ever u try to dow some....(spores r in d underside... ...just use nonchlorinated water........pour d washing n a clean area with leaves or cartons......as d instruction said....use about 8 inches rice straw.......i just tried a few inches covering .n placed it near jkfruit tree......the other i had placed near a citrus...........n one spril morning i had seen some dmall mushrooms.........the area from d bigger....had two fairly large mushrms.....they usually emerge after thunderstorms here.......july

[@bowens3419]

How do you cook them

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Butter, salt and pepper

[@kennethbarbagallo1890]

That was Amanita muscaria var. guessowii not Amanita bisporigera.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Amanita flavoconia

[@kennethbarbagallo1890]

@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL I’ve been identifiying Amanita genus for over 20 years and I’m currently coauthoring a field identification guide for North American Amanita species. Check me out on any mushroom forum on Facebook. Kenneth Barbagallo on Amanita of North America

[@josephbiben5197]

creamy lobster mushroom soup

[@k.l.5940]

I startet with cannabis, then cubensis, then microgreens, then "regular" veggies and mushrooms. It startet as an illegal hobby and it changed the way I think about my relationship to my family and my gut bacteria. Thank you nature ;)

[@g-man9684]

Lol. Same here. It's shroomin season here in FL.

[@k.l.5940]

@@g-man9684 Beautiful, happy hunting :)

[@g-man9684]

@@k.l.5940 Thanks🙏🍄

[@NoNORADon911]

Over $250 worth? Wow

[@miracleshappen4483]

💖😁🤗😊😉😀😜

[@catfunksfabulousfinds]

Sure are a lot of commercials on this one.

[@mangoauthority2897]

You can just pull them. No need to cut them where they grow. It's not plant. If any leaving those stomps as a food for parasite fungi to grow on and making it harder to compete for other small fruit bodies.

[@baiqsarahsabriana7726]

Isn't it poisoning?

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

No, its edible and delicious

[@dirktube5468]

Pete I give u credit- I'm sure plenty of ppl dismiss this guy as a hermit kook, but he's not. You've given Jim a lot of validation sticking with him and I've learned a lot from watching him on your channel as a result, so thank you. And thanks JIM!!! Keep up the good work guys.

[@pokeweed10k15]

Passing up them chants??? Wth Jim?!

[@giantdaughter3559]

I am cringing through this video .

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Why?

[@housearea]

He has to start growing mushrooms

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[@exploringearth3223]

That was not a death angel u also need to watch what your doing. The lobster mushroom also known as Hypomyces lactifluorum. is not a mushroom, but rather a parasitic ascomycete fungus that grows on certain species of mushrooms, turning them a reddish orange color that resembles the outer shell of a cooked lobster. What u need to be carful of is this turning a destroying angel mushroom into a lobster mushroom. This can killl you if you eat it. Please educate your self a little more to stay safe. I studied fungus for 6 years before I felt confident enough to eat from the forest