March Mushroom Hunting - Wild Enoki, Lovely Lichens, and More Early Spring Fungi

[@stacyrosa6672]

I'm not in the PNW, but Northern Michigan. It's still quite cold here, but I have already started spring foraging, thanks to you!

[@MushroomTrail]

Awesome! This is always that time of year when I get so excited for longer days and warmer soil temperatures ... we're getting there! Thanks for tuning in, and Happy Foraging!

[@PyrettasPet]

This is my favorite video right now. Between the scenery, the coyotes, the bird song and crow calls... This is the kind of content I'm here for 🍄

[@MushroomTrail]

Really glad you enjoyed it! I appreciate you tuning in and can't wait to get the next video out your way! Happy Trails!🍄

[@nonnegotiable8684]

I had no clue lichens could form a mushroom fruiting body like that. Very wild to see.

[@MushroomTrail]

Isn't that wild?!? This is one of only a few basidio-lichens ... definitely a somewhat rare situation.

[@Schwammerlfee]

I just enjoy your clips so much since I too hunt on a regular basis, but in Europe. The similarities are so interesting to me, I tend to find the same fungi like you, sometimes with slight differences and a few don’t grow here vice versa but for the most part very similar experiences. And you are so knowledgeable! Great stuff!

[@MushroomTrail]

Thanks so much! I'm really glad you're enjoying the videos and I agree - it really is wild how much overlap there can be in spite of having an ocean between us. We're at similar lines of latitude, so I suppose that helps too!

[@TheArtisticGardener777]

I love the Enoki!❤. Very photogenic! The sticky slime is so fascinating. When you rub it between your fingers, the stickiness absolutely disappears. So fascinating!

[@MushroomTrail]

I agree! Such a fascinating little being ... and I'm always floored by its appearance/texture. Seems otherworldly!

[@Schwammerlfee]

Thx for also talking about lichens and mosses 👍 they are indeed lovely. I think ferns are interesting too, with them replicating via spores as well.

[@MushroomTrail]

I agree! The lichens, mosses, and ferns are often overlooked ... but they are some of the true treasures of our forests! One of my favorite ferns out here is the Licorice Fern that grows on the sides of several of our deciduous tree species... it has a rhizome that tastes of licorice - such a treat!

[@Beyondfungi]

I really enjoy your videos and what you find.👍👍🍄🍄🍀🍀🤔🤔

[@MushroomTrail]

Thanks 👍 I appreciate you tuning in and can't wait to get the next video out your way! Happy Trails!

[@jamesedwardson605]

Keep up the good work...

[@MushroomTrail]

Thanks, will do! Appreciate you tuning in!

[@VidadeDios11]

Beautiful

[@MushroomTrail]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@dcfromthev]

Here in CA the line between winter and spring is very fine, the season never really ends until it gets hot in summer! Another great video bro thanks for sharing all your knowledge!

[@MushroomTrail]

Thanks! You getting any of this 70° weather that we're seeing this weekend down in CA? First truly warm days of the year up here in PNW ... pretty idyllic!

[@wendingourway]

Pretty amazing finds! Never know the varieties when I come across them, but I sure do find them interesting to grab a photo of. Awesome stuff!!

[@MushroomTrail]

Thanks for watching! So much out there to see! And the more we slow down to look, the more we learn. Happy Trails!

[@francesscherz8720]

I always enjoy seeing your videos. Are any of the lichens edible or medicinal?

[@MushroomTrail]

Thanks! That is an excellent question - I should have referenced that! Usnea stands out as being a particularly useful medicinal. Among its many uses, Usnea is often used topically as an antibacterial/antibiotic. I'll have to touch on additional details in the days to come. The lichens are incredibly complex - and there are over 1500 species identified in the Pacific Northwest alone!

[@francesscherz8720]

@@MushroomTrail Looking forward to seeing more of your content on both lichens and fungi. I particularly like it when you repeat the scientific names as a beginner to foraging only 2 years it really helps me to learn!

[@bozhidarmadzharov7066]

Hypholoma fasciculare has sort of greyish hymenophore, while H. capnoides lacks the mentioned color.

[@MushroomTrail]

Thanks for sharing - and I appreciate you tuning in! These comments are a great opportunity to swap notes. Here's what I observe out here in the PNW: --Hypholoma fasiculare - greenish yellow gills when it is young (brown to purple-brown to grayish black at maturity ... but still can often detect a greenish yellow hue) --Hypholoma capnoides - grayish gills when young (dark smoky gray at maturity due to spores) Curious where you're located and if you're observing these same things or not. Also, those of you reading this, feel free to chime in. Would love to compare notes because this is an important one to be able to differentiate.

[@worldsfastestube7302]

I do like your videos (a little tame from where we go) the powerful health molecules mushrooms posses is so unknown.

[@MushroomTrail]

Thanks - really appreciate you tuning in! And, I agree, mushrooms are incredibly powerful allies. We're likely just scratching the tip of the ice berg when it comes to gaining knowledge on all of their benefits and the roles they play in both forest and human health. 👍

[@worldsfastestube7302]

After I dry them I put them in clean glass jars all around our house ,especially in the bedroom with the lids loose to allow those amazing molecules out. We have beeb doing that for years and both in our 70's and healthy Every breath we take we breathe a KZillion molecules might as will be the healthiest molecules on the planet'@@MushroomTrail

[@cohomesource]

Very nice! What Forest are you in?

[@MushroomTrail]

I'm in a lowland forest in Western WA (between the Puget Sound and the Cascades)

[@cohomesource]

@@MushroomTrail thanks! I love your channel so far just found it today

[@MushroomTrail]

Awesome! Welcome aboard! Can't wait to get the next video out your way. Happy Trails!

[@worldsfastestube7302]

I wear rubber gloves when I pick mushrooms , I never eat any ( they are too valuable ) I dry them and breath their amazing healthy molecules. Every breath we take we breathe zillions of molecules might as well be healthy ones.

[@MushroomTrail]

Very interesting. Curious to know why you use rubber gloves? Any mushrooms that you try to avoid?

[@worldsfastestube7302]

I'm not as good at identifying mushrooms as you are I use the latex gloves even when I'm drying them too. My back ground is Cree been breathing them for years Not much info on the net about doing it to stay healthy but it sure works. @@MushroomTrail

[@MushroomTrail]

Cool! I've always believed that a huge benefit of foraging wild medicinal plants and mushrooms comes just from being out there in the forest. Spending time in nature is so good for us! And they've found that the trees emit terpenes that have a biological effect on human... pretty cool!