Have You Been Lied To? (Busting The WORST "Mushroom Myths")

Even within the universe of mushrooms, fake news spreads faster than spores! In this video, I tear apart some of the most common misinformation about mushrooms. May the light of truth shine upon all mycophiles.
Let us know which myths we mythed in the commenth below!
0:00 Intro
0:24 Mushrooms WILL Kill You
3:02 Mushrooms Eat 💩 and Grow In the Dark
3:53 Picking Mushrooms Harms the Ecosystem
7:23 Spores are DANGEROUS
10:15 Mushrooms Are Plants / Vegetables
11:41 Magic Mushrooms Make Your Brain BLEED
13:02 Mushrooms Are NOT Nutritious
14:59 Myths: BUSTED
15:20 Get Your Free Mushroom E-Book!
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[@JurassicJolts]

That Will Smith edit😂😂😂

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

Had to do it 😂

[@rickfawyers6808]

My KZbin channel name can help u out with shrooms,LSD,dmt, and other psychedelic stuffs📌📌✅

[@bensheppard8182]

Dude, man, homie, brother in mycology. The setting for this video, the whole podium bit with the echo affect, absolutely priceless!!! Thank you for yet another fantastic video. I love your work.

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

LOL, thanks for watching! And ya, we had some fun making this one haha.

[@bobby198]

Lol what there’s nothing funny

[@guerillagrace]

...and the Will Smith clip 😱

[@RancidRobott]

Haha yessir

[@dream.fiiend]

Came for the mushroom knowledge, stayed for the comedic edits 😂 You're easily my favorite mushroom channel!

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

So happy to have you here! Thanks for wathcing :)

[@mikereynolds1368]

One of my favorites as well. Love the Alan Rockefeller interview in particular as it was a great interview and also my YT feed blew up with a ton of Alan's videos and videos he's featured in!

[@1sava]

Hi Tony! At 13:56 Niacin is actually vitamin B3, not vitamin B12.

[@MandrakeFernflower]

Animals and fungi share a superkingdom called opisthokonta

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

Whoa, that is cool! Sounds like a metal band 🤘

[@MandrakeFernflower]

This is also why people who need Antifungal drugs often need lab monitoring - because the drugs metaphorically speaking can't tell the difference between an animal and fungal cell

[@gryaznygreeb]

Taste can actually really help sometimes! I've been getting more into mushrooms but I'm always hesitant to eat them. I found some yellowish brown russulas and I couldn't tell exactly which species they were. I tasted a tiny bit and spit it out, and it had a mildly spicy taste, meaning it was most likely Russula Ochroleuca! I haven't been sick at all in the days afterwards and I've tried it with a few more mushrooms since then. Bonus Fun Fact: placing store bought mushrooms in the sun (but beware of intense heat, indirect sun works) for a few hours before cooking them can actually cause them to produce vitamin D like we do, which you then eat.

[@tinaenbaires]

Great vídeo, as usual, thank you!!

[@trippe_psychedoninstagram6574]

I appreciate your comment.

[@brandonboulton2776]

Niacin is not B12. It's B3. But it's still an essential nutrient.

[@TheSunRiseKid]

Edible for many, diarrhea for some😭😭😭 that guys sign!😭 Great videos! Third one I’m watching. I’m going to subscribe😊

[@djondavid]

Thank you for the great info. Love your content, very balanced and professional, and fun to watch.

[@blenderbenderguy]

Another jam packed info filled video..... thanks Tony!!

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@goldenenvy4227]

I just started getting into mycology after a few wonderful introspective experiences and love seeing very informative videos like this. Once I retire in a few years this may become my next passion.

[@Stevenlyons777]

Love your channel I’m learning so much thanks for busting these myths!!!

[@Pumpkinetic]

So good to see quality and informative content. Great video!

[@JackGilbertJr]

Blue oysters do well with light and gain great color if you give them the proper light.

[@DADDY2DEEP]

I love all of your videos. Keep up the great work. Much love bro bro

[@ChooRoo]

Fantastic video dude. I get tired of all the misinformation being spread on social media and foraging forums. This video was dope. You rock.

[@boom2478]

10/10 information presentation and production. Loving the channel 👍

[@karenbergmann209]

Great information! Love how you edit - makes it entertaining. Thanks.

[@davidthomson802]

definitely answers a question I've long had, which is if you're lost in the wilderness and surrounded by mushrooms and you're starving, whether the odds would be in your favor if you ate unknown mushrooms

[@magnic0]

You're making an incredible job here, thank's for all the info! Breaking the common sense for things with high benefic potential is one of the most important resources we have to make the world a better place nowadays.

[@thundergun15]

Love your videos your knowledge is very useful for the community keep up the good videos

[@activeenglishlecreusot9628]

It just keeps getting better! Thanks for busting these age old myths! Doing us proud!! 🍄

[@JackGilbertJr]

Lots of mushroom myths find there way into the mushroom foraging community too. Lots of research and experience and collaboration help dispel these, but they are hard to kill.

[@jennabronson4704]

Rrrrr

[@CourtneyCostanino]

Most dangerous thing I've ever heard another forager say was that they believed any mushroom was edible so long as it had been boiled twice. As the saying goes... any mushroom is edible, some only once.

[@jennabronson4704]

I must have pocket-posted that comment, lol. But I’m glad someone thought it made sense!

[@jerrygonzalez9316]

Awesome info. Want to learn more!! Need more info on the free guide!

[@wayneyt9823]

Niacin is actually Vitamin B3, (not B12 as you stated).

[@DidooDalwen]

Amazing work. Your videos are by far the best on KZbin about the topic. I used your substrates video and your bucket video to grow my first mushrooms and it works very well. Thanks.

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

thanks so much for watching!! Glad you found the substrates video helpful, all the best in your mushroom growing adventures :)

[@AJScraps]

Thanks for educating the world Tony!🌎 🍄

[@wheninroamful]

Nice, fun vid, nice to see you doing something a bit different then straight teaching growing. Refreshing.

[@friklefrunk743]

Thank you for this , I really appreciate your video alot.

[@kneenja006]

thanks for the free ebook...u the best bro ;-)

[@jennabronson4704]

There are even mushrooms (like P. foenisecii) whose mycelium contains neurotransmitters like serotonin and its precursors. Makes you wonder whether these things might actually be conscious.

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

Whoa 🤯

[@MandrakeFernflower]

It's more likely that neurotransmitter receptors weren't originally parts of nervous systems!! There's evidence that the acetylcholine receptor dates back to before animals even existed: Evidence of a M 1-muscarinic GPCR homolog in unicellular eukaryotes: featuring Acanthamoeba spp bioinformatics 3D-modelling and experimentations Abdul Mannan Baig et al.

[@Sartorri4666]

Mycelium has been shown to have a language of over 50 words. True story.

[@tonygrowley5275]

@@Sartorri4666 Words? ahahah The psilocybin ones talk to you in your own language.. plus visions.

[@harrybellingham98]

Those were some hella strong shrooms

[@ramontheranger7763]

Easily one of the best mushroom channels i have seen. Subbed!

[@marthaecabezadevaca1606]

Thanks for all the great info 👏👏🍄🍄

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

Thanks for checking it out!!

[@brethamilton3603]

I love your vids, keep up the good work 👍

[@SeVeN-A7]

The myth that went around about psilocybin containing mushies when I was a teen was that it was essentially food poisoning!! And the "trip" was your body cleansing the poison. What a ways we've came since the late 90s

[@BongLoy13]

Thanks for that book, bro!

[@PeteMirnyi]

Very interesting 💪🏼💟

[@stewartthomas2642]

Love your stuff kick on love it

[@ozziejim8472]

Thank you for this, cause I’ve heard all these myths. It boggles the mind what people have come to believe.

[@elced01]

Way to set it straight. Where could I obtain the background moss/fungi picture you have behind you? very nice!

[@asamusicdude]

I think what make it funnier is that he has a poker face the whole time lol. I'm still on the shroomery. So much knowledge. Used to watch RR videos way back in the day. As well as the very popular pftek video

[@ryanb9297]

well i know what i am reading tonight! Thank you guys so much for all the work you do to properly educate people on the world of mushrooms.

[@mogie02]

Are you reading a script? You have an amazing gift with speaking! Great information too!

[@Professionalminutestealer]

i was looking for a mushroom supplement on amazon and got yours then randomly came across your youtube channel. your mushroom complex is what introduced me into functional mushrooms. I really enjoy psilosibin as well but more rare for me to get. im from Indiana and not sure what mushrooms are out here.

[@nathanratermann9204]

We can spore Aminita Muscaria in our NC mountains. Since it’s not native, we don’t mind picking them, and drying them at all. They never grow back unless inoculated. So, nope. No damage here.

[@jennabronson4704]

“A little too mushroom for interpretation.” I see what you did there.

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

😂

[@counts925]

That "Four Seasons’" background... ROFL! Thanks for a good laugh and showing how education trumps ignorance.

[@thefruitofaliens]

Cool channel, Yo. Subscribed.

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[@davidthomson802]

"a little 2 mushroom for interpretation" [!] Got it this time. Didn't catch it first time through.

[@War_l_oCk]

Nice content you're the best. 🍄 ❤️

[@TheSketchyWaffle]

I love the new direction of the channel and the edits are funny, though some edits have a cheesy vibe. The sound effects could be toned down a bit for sure. Thanks for making these well made videos! :)

[@rickfawyers6808]

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[@alexandermicelli9446]

Niacin is vitamin B3 I take it everyday with lion's mane mushrooms and psilocybe mushrooms

[@orbiebibbee2998]

Well done. I have so many friends that are afraid of mushrooms. I have always loved mushrooms, natures modern art gallery. Thanks

[@davidsummerville351]

Good stuff

[@dio.mikota]

Tony, you killed me with anti-mushroom party😂😂

[@akostakacs2815]

Very good video , the editing is on point now days and i love the jokes. one lil comment 13:58 Niacin is B3 B12 vitamin is called cobalamin but aint really a big deal :)

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

Oops! Thanks for pointing that out- Glad you like the vid :)

[@emills1417]

Great video.

[@stefandomagalski3722]

Great video

[@larabaldwin6579]

Love your moss wall

[@cryp2kill]

Nice video! Where can I get the shirt? :D

[@tdtrecordsmusic]

noice that small clip with the white fruiting bodies busting through the ice was cool !

[@KeizerSinbad]

Wow those percentages were far higher than I thought they would be IMO. I assumed poisonous mushrooms were so rare that you never really saw them. But at approx 20% toxic thats pretty insanely high lol.

[@gryaznygreeb]

That means mushrooms that will just make you sick for a few days and cause bad stomach pain in most cases. Most but not all of them smell and taste awful or have other identifying characteristics, like bright red staining.

[@alvinleonardo1263]

Could you do a video on how to grow a more advanced mushroom like Morels or something else Fancy? Alternatively a video on specifically Warm Weather Mushrooms would be cool

[@bradywilson3560]

This is a great video. Lots of good info. I am a satisfied Fresh Cap customer. But I did notice a mistake. You said Niacin was B12. Niacin is actually B3. B12 is Cobalamin.

[@BurningCore44]

Props for the Four Seasons Total Landscaping reference. 😄

[@patrickdaugharty7475]

Looking forward to Natures Fynd. 😀

[@jcfloydsarria8091]

About exchanging air from plant grow facility to a mushroom facility, I was thinking about doing it with my neighbour having a CBD facility, but I always have been concerned about contaminents traveling between both places. What do you think? do you have any example of people practicing this kind of exchange? I'm really interested by the idea! Thank you for any hint! And BRAVO for your work, I really love your channel :))

[@jcfloydsarria8091]

@@dakotacommissaris2210 Yes the contaminations was our concern. If we have to H14 HEPA filter, I don't know if it still make sense to do it, it's plenty of contamiant around plants. I should calculate the extra power consuption of an HEPA compare to the temperature management we could save doing this ;) Thank you for sharing your experience :)

[@legalizationnow420]

Psilocybin reduces my nerve damage enough where I can walk normally. It also reduces my headaches significantly

[@sk8nchill52]

Do you microdose

[@legalizationnow420]

@@sk8nchill52 Mainly mircodose, .5 in the morning and at night. I only trip trip when I get regular suicidal thoughts.

[@momsmushroomsjodyfoster5786]

Plz tell me if using a multi mushroom tincture would be more advantageous than using a single mushroom tincture and rotating them. Thank you

[@UndeadOutLaw68]

Is flick before you pick true for keeping the area good for them

[@bf6159]

I have a yard prime for mushroom's. Lived here 3 years, noticed numerous species, I don't care for their flavor or texture, but there's so many I've taken interest. I'm wondering if I can functionally dry, grind, and capsulize all the different types? Be an interesting project for a season, if nothing else.

[@MichaelMalxAlexander]

I find it very interesting that fungi is like both plants and animals. And they work together with both as well in so many different ways.

[@benmorris7276]

I think the myth of wild mushrooms being poisonous stems from coming people looking from the familiar white button mushrooms so when the see the young stages of poisonous white mushrooms like destroying angle or some other non deadly poisonous mushrooms. I find bolete mushrooms are usually the safest for beginners to pick

[@rod4309]

0:39 i do think that way about plants that way about plants. it's the first question i get when i see a new plant. can i eat that?

[@davidthomson802]

Anyone's who tried to be a vegetarian is likely to be aware of the satiety and luxurious "meatiness" that comes from having a mushroom burger. Hard to understand anyone thinking of mushrooms as in any way "light" or insignificant. They're a presence. I eat chicory flowers and dandelion flowers, and I suppose you could think of them as light. But mushrooms seem like solidity itself. Mushrooms are amazing, and the only block to going whole-hog after them is the danger. This video has been so very helpful because it's renewed my desire to really learn about mushrooms. I've harvested a few, like turkey tails and puffballs, but have had to let go so, so many others, knowing that the odds were that they were as delicious and amazing as they looked. Good to hear that the odds are better than I thought. I will study hard. Also, good to hear about not wiping them out by eating them. I feel bad stealing dandelions from bees and flies, not to mention from the dandelion plant, and I have to talk myself out of worrying about that. For two or three weeks, there are always more flowers.

[@spencerstephens7594]

It would be great to see your response to those researchers who believe mushrooms don't have any, or at least proven, medicinal properties. Perhaps breaking down why they think that and what your thoughts are. Thanks!

[@Jalict]

Hey! Editor feedback, but everytime you show a mushroom, could you then also show its name? I would bet that all of us are still trying to get better at identifying, and it would help so much that we can see the name EVERY time you show one, so we can really get it screwed into our heads 🙂 Could also include contextual info, is it edible? Is it actually bitter. Contain psilocybin, etc.

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

Thanks for the feedback! That is a good idea :)

[@EmmEff72]

Last fall I had about two gallons of wild oyster in the house. Rinsed all the dirt from their gills and drained them with a salad spinner. So many spores in the air. Made my lungs itchy.

[@andreassmith5795]

Oh shit he did a funny. "Too mushroom for interpretation". Truly a comedic genius

[@mediocreturbulence5746]

how come you didn't mention the protein in mushrooms

[@monikasturm2575]

Lol Oyster mushroom spore load. We grow our oysters in cages in the backyard. About 9 months after we started I was bringing in the trash cans and while walking in the front yard I stopped and started laughing. My husband looked at me funny and said "Are you Ok?". I just pointed down and he walked over and saw an oyster mushroom growing in the lawn.

[@mollytheda9273]

Mushrooms make me toot! But I still love them. We live in Colorado and have amazing foraging of Chantrelles, Boletes, Oyster, and Morels. I grew up in Oregon and parents didn’t want to let their kids come to our cabin to forage for mushrooms as they thought we would poison them…

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

Colorado is so awesome for mushrooms!! I have never hunted for morels there but Boletes and Chanterelles o my!

[@fingal113]

11:45 its true i saw it on a documentary by steven king called "fire starter".

[@Sutterjack]

Great myth busting! Wow never heard of the psilocybin brain-bleed myth. The thing that is concerning about psilocybin mushrooms is that they do temporarily raise your blood pressure substantially - something to be aware of, especially if you already have hypertension.

[@fish9468]

I wouldn’t say they raise it substantially during the trip, but they do reduce the chance of hypertension by 14% after long term use.

[@Sutterjack]

@@fish9468 My personal experience says yes and I've read articles that corroborate the increase in BP concern. Probably has a lot to do with your age, physical condition, and any predisposition you may have to hypertension. I've read you shouldn'y take 'shrooms if your Systolic pressure is consistently over 140. I've also read articles about potential damage to heart valves, but I dismiss this for obviously the frequency you'd have to do mushrooms to have this problem is ridiculously high. I'm honestly not spreading "chromosome damage"-like unsubstantiated fears and disinformation. These risks are very low, but something to consider- especially in older Psychonauts -

[@fakechuck7659]

@@Sutterjack would love to review these studies. The mg/kg dosage of psilocybin is likely a significant factor here.

[@therealkatman]

just lettin you know you've inspired my gf and i to pursue mycology. i have followed your channel pre-funny editing and i gotta say the channel's growth is amazing

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

It's been quite the journey! Thanks for following along and best of luck in your mushroom adventures :)

[@The_lone_hydrangea]

Where did you get your T-shirt. I need this.

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

Look up Closet of Mysteries :)

[@mr.h3134]

I caught the pun you dropped there, nice work: “…a little too mushroom.” (“much room”)

[@rhesreeves5339]

I heard some new research showed that it's possible mushrooms communicate with each other using a vocabulary of up to 50 words. If that's true I want you to cover it for us (especially considering the implications.) I'm just getting into fungi and it seems like I picked a great time and the right place to learn. Thanks

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

Yes!! That just came out, looking into this now.... I don't think it's a myth but maybe it needs some nuance lol. So cool though!

[@frankmeyers7304]

@@FreshCapMushrooms It would help to know what language they speak. I hope it's not latin

[@Sartorri4666]

@@frankmeyers7304 from my understanding it's like Morse code with the addition of different colors, or chemical signals.

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

@@frankmeyers7304 hahhaha it definitely is

[@lucidchem]

Niacin is B3, B12 is cobalamin

[@ShrigmaFemale]

Picking and moving around mushrooms often helps to spread their spores to new locations

[@mackenzieharty3833]

Don’t even with that opening joke….😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@algernoncalydon3430]

"Demystify." Robs David Aurora.

[@stacewizer]

I don't see a link in the description for your book...

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

It's there :) freshcap.link/ebook

[@diablominero]

There's a sporeless variety of Pleurotus ostreatus.

[@AJV107]

niacin is not b12 but b3

[@ausshrooms2523]

I worked in a mushroom farm for a few years i worked in something called Phase 2 it's where we add spore to the substrate, i started the job with no issues after 1 year I developed asthma it was attributed to the spores and this was coming from a doctor. i have photos of the spore dust i used to work in for over 15 hours a day sometimes we worked 18 hours a day in this dust. we did have protection air feed pressurized facemasks and suites and it still didn't help. Maybe i was just a random case. with all that said i love mushrooms lol they are beautiful things.

[@18Hands]

No wonder that human behavior is bananas.

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

LOL!

[@rickfawyers6808]

My KZbin channel name can help u out with shrooms,LSD,dmt, and other psychedelic stuffs📌📌✅

[@DM-wb4jv]

I grow a few types of mushrooms at home but picking wild mushrooms still freak me out man!

[@ryanb9297]

you could always learn about foraging easy to id mushrooms like morels, chicken of the woods, ect. Many choice edible mushrooms dont have many look a likes that are dangerous, and have characteristics that are super easy to use to figure out if its the correct mushroom. Would help you ease into it, and feel more comfortable with the process of IDing mushrooms. Thats actually how i learned, and i have yet to eat anything wild that has caused me any problems.

[@_Lightning_Dog_]

I read about a case of schizophylum commune producing a fruiting body in someone’s nasal passage.

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

That's crazy! Going to have to look that up-

[@_Lightning_Dog_]

@@FreshCapMushrooms I know right! I want to be mistaken about this 😅