Last mushrooms of the year

Is wild mushroom season over? Aaron Hilliard of the Kitsap Peninsula Mycological Society takes us on a walk to discover which, if any, wild edible mushrooms are still growing out there in the winter. The last mushrooms of the year!
We actually, spoiler alert, come across several good edible mushrooms. With great 4K footage, clear descriptions, and super entertaining theme this is a video you don't want to miss. Great for beginners and seasoned foragers alike.
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[@timmynormand8082]

Some might say you find an describe the same ones over n over but to me as a beginner it drills in your mind so they are unforgettable. Thanks Aaron

[@oligoyoutube]

its perfect for me as it shoes which ones stay and adapt to the various weather conditions throughout the different seasons.

[@juliusyapo1181]

Yes we need drill so we don't eat the wrong ones

[@WardWyatt]

Exactly!

[@stanlindert6332]

After this awesome hunt I think I could identify Winter Chanterelle. Definitely liking this channel.

[@donsrookievideos2648]

Saw your video this morning, went out and found a mega patch of yellowfoot this afternoon! Thanks so much for what you are doing!

[@westcoast8562]

still finding late season oysters and still trying to find the courage to eat them. i find it hard to eat anything without getting confirmation from someone who already has

[@traciewilliams9648]

We have been eating so many of these!!! And I dried about 5 lbs. I personally prefer them to regular oysters.

[@leskrug9266]

Still finding oysters in north central Pennsylvania....our weather way above normal!!

[@ryanhudson3281]

Great place to get out and walk the dogs, and do alittle 🍄 hunting, wish people would pick up after there dogs tho, pretty sad the amount on the trails..

[@ketovore1272]

thanks for the great content! i can't believe how many different types of mushrooms are growing in that one patch of woods.

[@NEUROBPiG]

Yep! Finding beautiful flushes of Blewit mushrooms (Clitocybe Nuda) up N. Cal. Great end of season episode.

[@brytonkenney1507]

Got to visit cap forest and there are still Golden Chants Poppin up what a great year

[@southpawscientific4122]

When was this? Thinking of going this weekend

[@brytonkenney1507]

@@southpawscientific4122 yesterday.

[@bobbyGnOly]

My latest hobby, mushroom hunting in the PNW (W. Olympia). Totally inspired by you. Makes my daily walks so much more fun.

[@th8298]

Wow... Crazy. It's like they all call to you. Good find!!! And I am from or close to Mendocino Ca. Beautiful mushrooms. Yum

[@Calamity_Jen85]

I like how you’re happy to see the same mushrooms and still take the time to admire/talk about them 😊 Same, dude. Same.

[@timk7073]

Found some very tasty oyster mushrooms this week in the Cincinnati Ohio area. Mild and rainy here this winter so far.

[@timhaywood1100]

Another great video. I had a nice Christmas eve day foray and found a few pounds of golden chants, a few pounds of hedgehogs and a small grip of winter chanterelles. They went well with our prime rib Christmas dinner.

[@vedasammy2832]

Happy New Year to you and yours! Thanks for the informative vids and I look forward to coming along on your 2024 mushroom adventures.

[@seanlewis3414]

I found my first hedgehog because of you and it was delicious! thank you so much. Absolutely love the videos!

[@seanlewis3414]

thanks for throwing the russula!

[@charmainemrtnz]

Thanks for sharing! I am learning so much.

[@daveh.4193]

We found a few hedgehogs last weekend around 3000 feet elevation in the Olympics, disnt see much else. Love these videos for local info.

[@jerryandmarylouboydston]

Just watched your latest. What a great job you do in describing and identifying so many mushrooms! I've been doing this since I was at Evergreen back in the 70s (and yes I know those guys) but never cease to keep learning more. We just gathered some big hedgehogs yesterday down here on the south coast of Oregon where we live. Damn near tropical lately! I've always overlooked the winter chanterelle but will be going out in the next few days to see what we can find. Thanks for what you do!

[@timbillings6884]

Nice!!! Ive been a shromer all my life!!! Loved evary minute of it!!!😋

[@freegreenguru57]

Always enjoy you and gunner hitting the trail your channel has given me the confidence to go out and forage thank you for the knowledge

[@southpawscientific4122]

Paul Stamets' story about eating Panther Caps with his friend was hilarious/crazy

[@user-go3eb8ug9x]

Thank you for these vids. Great that u repeat info and talk about immediate surroundings.pls continue to identify wood hosts too! I’ve been enjoying my Mushroom Wonderland mug for the past month or so! Happy new year to u and your family!

[@GrowingSelf-sufficient]

I'm in NorCal Humboldt Co & there's lots to see & identify here. Local cemetery & community park!

[@sinceramorrison4840]

❤much Love to You And You Family May God Bless Always! LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!

[@babygiant6362]

i wish i had forests close to me in my country . i will experience it for my self one day .

[@mushroomwonderland1]

Where are you?

[@babygiant6362]

Tehran@@mushroomwonderland1

[@Fragrantbeard]

I hope you can visit some day, or a forest somewhere else like this. Near where Aaron lives is one of the most beautiful rainforests...

[@OpenSpaceWellness]

Wonderful adventure! Thanks for sharing 🙏❤️🌲

[@glowyjen]

Wonderful content! keep it up! I am new to this and it is great info to learn ☺

[@nevi108]

Always learn so much! Thanks Aaron!

[@jamesedwardson605]

Keep up the good work...

[@2flight]

Thank you!!!

[@Aj_1989]

Ending this year watching your videos Aaron. Happy New Year!🎉🎊

[@donarnold2249]

Always enjoy your videos 😊

[@southpawscientific4122]

Thanks for identifying all of these mushrooms. I went out to Banner Forest on Friday and was able to gather a good amount of Yellow Feet. It was my first time trying these mushrooms, but they were excellent! Sauteed them and had with scrambled eggs and I'm definitely going to search for more...thanks again for these videos 🥰

[@RichardPoogerman]

Thanks for the vid 👍

[@sazji]

Thanks for a great video! I guess I need to go check some places out tomorrow!

[@lisacassells3828]

Wonderful video. Thanks.

[@barbelliott8633]

AWESOME This is solid gold...thank you so much

[@jamesormsby9064]

a guy down here in Mendocino loves helvella , cooks them well and says they are great in grilled cheese

[@schwiftyoliver77]

Love it!

[@GuardianAngelWatcher]

Happy you did one on Banner!

[@GuardianAngelWatcher]

@MushroomWonderland Aaron, you might want to block the spammer in these comments

[@mikevee9145]

I picked a bunch of hedgehogs and a single matsutake on Christmas eve here in western Oregon. Also, when my dog was a puppy, she would eat the elfin saddles and she never got sick, I still won't try one though.

[@timbillings6884]

Yeah Don't! Rocket fule 😂

[@bozhidarmadzharov7066]

I ended the shroom season cause i wanted to. Do go out in the woods and find edibles, but do not collect them. Yesterday i was walking some of my places. Tons of Clitocybe nebularis, good amounts of Pleurotus ostreatus and Tricholoma terreum. Paralepista flaccida and Lepista nuda are also present. In other words, if one wants to collect for the table, there are good choices. My location is in North-eastern Bulgaria very close to the shore.

[@mushroomwonderland1]

Awesome! Thanks for the comment

[@westcoast8562]

we get this other large brown or grren jelly fungus with teeth growing like mad this year up on the vancouver island

[@ASMRGRATITUDE]

Come down to bay area Cali. Our season just started!

[@bensabelhaus7288]

If its gonna be the end of the season, I guess its going with a bang lol Last week I harvested the most oysters ever in my life. Of course, zero gear so it was a full hat and jacket lol I could have easily filled a couple 5 gallon buckets off a couple trees. Had a nice stir fry and still filled the dehydrator 1 1/2 times :) Should have added, wasn't even when I was walking the woods or White River. It was smack in the middle of the Frisbee golf course lol

[@sfsu_melee]

Love the vids! Do you use a lav mic?

[@TheFudorin]

I found a wonderful example of a black elfin saddle in my Aunt and Uncle's back yard at our Christmas gathering. It's a shame I can't post pictures to comments on KZbin because I'd love to share the image and see if my identification was correct.

[@Fragrantbeard]

I love the local mushroom ID groups I've found on Facebook. Really the main reason I even look at Facebook! The tightly moderated ones are FANTASTIC for learning and people post for IDs all the time. I recommend sticking to the ones that require good photos to ID and who boot people for lazy (potentially dangerous) commenting.

[@briantaulbee6452]

The second one , mycena robusta, looks a lot like liberty caps,

[@SketchybrainD]

Man I wish I was closer to some reals woods

[@WalkswithMoss]

I heard that they’re getting ready to cut down a whole bunch of the banner forest, using the usual excuse of root rot

[@mushroomwonderland1]

Really? I haven't heard tht. I'm going to look into it. I met the new steward and I'll try to reach out.

[@WalkswithMoss]

@@mushroomwonderland1 yeah, my daughter, who lives out that way told me that they were going to thin or do whatever they do in the name of root rot. I hope they don’t!

[@godvonheaven2968]

18:46 is something around Clavulina coralloides. At least, that's what I would say here in Europe. The Clavulinas grow late in the autumn and are often parasitised by Helminthosphaeria clavariarum, that's the blackening.

[@duckshaker]

@ 30:18 I'm surprised that you don't cut the bottoms of the stems before you put the mushrooms in your bag. Lots of sticks in there too!

[@mushroomwonderland1]

Trail flare, gives a little spice 😅

[@tialee4671]

Ear pick fungus. Cool

[@westcoast8562]

is anyone buying turkey tail? i am collecting a nice lot and there are quite a few around right now on the vancouver island

[@trevinwhiteley2730]

Do you think removing edible mushrooms from the woods could have a negative impact in terms of the food source being removed for whatever animals might eat them, and the nutrients being removed from the system?

[@JR-ey3oo]

I found a beautiful cluster of mushrooms the other day and have been searching the internet to try and identify it do you have a way I could send you a picture so I could get your opinion

[@mushroomwonderland1]

I would suggest an identification forum on Facebook🍄❤️

[@arcies9286]

I desperately wish I lived somewhere I could get to old growth forests

[@brookecraig0]

I can recommend you to this psych specialist where I get my stuffs from

[@brookecraig0]

@karentripz

[@brookecraig0]

She on instxgram

[@brookecraig0]

They got great psychxdelic products

[@kenjohnson5498]

The fall oyster has an off putting flavor to me

[@taylorc7174]

Try marinating and dehydrating for mushroom jerky

[@christopherm9494]

Yeah they're pretty disgusting mushrooms. It also sucks carrying out a 50lb sack of them and they dry out to 3oz or less

[@taylorc7174]

​@@christopherm9494aaww I love them! They were great in beef stew and mushroom jerky. If you find any send them my way 😉