Meet Jack O'Lantern, a commonly consumed Poisonous Mushroom & how to keep it off your dinner plate!

[@Terri_Stauffer]

I have so many mushrooms growing on my property. This video came out just when I found an orange mushroom with gills. Went out and got it to Id as you were pointing things out. It was jack o lantern, once again spot on description to help Id,

[@DinaFalconi]

So glad the video lessons are helping!!!

[@JaphethWood]

Thanks Dina! My family and I found a cluster of these attractive-looking mushrooms last week and grabbed a few. Then we tried to ID them, and it was a toss up for us between Lobster and Jack O'Lantern. We ended up letting them sit in the back of our fridge for a few days, and then tossed them out. Your ID tips were very clear, and it is now clear that they were Jack O'Lanterns. We're glad that we didn't, "Munch on a Hunch"!

[@DinaFalconi]

Hello Japheth! Yes, glad you did not eat them!

[@matthewsaretto2824]

"I get funky mushroom" HAHAH! You are one of my absolute favorite teachers, thank you for always giving such clear and important information with a good dash of humor. I get so excited when I get the email about another video coming out!

[@DinaFalconi]

Thanks for appreciating the work! Glad for your feedback!

[@charliensam]

Thank you for a wonderful lesson. The contrasting between the two mushrooms is a great learning tool and so helpful for us new mushroom hunters. :)

[@DinaFalconi]

So glad its helpful. Thank you for watching!

[@gabewilsonlovelightharmony8843]

Just learning about mushroom foraging. Found Jacks that I thought were Chantarelles initially. this was so helpful!

[@DinaFalconi]

Thanks for the comment! Glad!

[@Family-rf3vm]

I just found your channel this year (but I've had your book Earthly Bodies and Heavenly Hair for over 20 years, love it!), and I love how you're helping keep people safe by identifying not just the good things to eat, but also what to avoid. I found a mushroom in my yard that looks like a bread roll. I think it's a puffball, but I would love to see you do a video on those! I won't eat til I'm 100% sure.

[@DinaFalconi]

Ha, love that you have my earlier book! Yes, so many mushies to show. Thank you for appreciating my channel!

[@carmell51]

Thank you so much! You are the best teacher on this subject matter. I live in the wooded foothills of the Appalachian mountains in north Al!. I see these all the time!

[@DinaFalconi]

Hello Carmell, thank you for appreciating the videos! Cool to know that you are in the wooded foothills of the Appalachian mountains in north AL, and that you see Jacks all the time.

[@jon9798]

This is an incredible video guide on these 2 mushrooms. Thank you very much for sharing your mycillium wisdom with us. This is very important information and extremely detailed. You obviously are very passionate about these wonderful plants.

[@DinaFalconi]

Thank you for appreciating the work! I am for your feedback.

[@Smartdoggy]

Very informative! I feel confident that I will be able to distinguish these two from now on. Thank you so much!

[@DinaFalconi]

Thanks for your comment. So glad!

[@vallovesnature8449]

Wonderful video Dina. This year I enjoyed foraging. Next year, mushrooms will be part of that. Totally looking forward to it😊💚

[@DinaFalconi]

Thank you for watching and appreciating. Yes, mushrooming is awesome.

[@TheOaken1]

Excellent, thank you

[@DinaFalconi]

Thank you!

[@carlythacker3953]

Helping people stay safe and smart ty!

[@DinaFalconi]

Thanks, yes, so important!

[@gaga4goats405]

Are shanterels (sp?) the same as golden oyster mushrooms?

[@DinaFalconi]

Thanks, not the same. Here is the golden oyster video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmXPeqFqe9WnjKs and more on the chanterelle: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqCzepqtqtd2fqs

[@alaskansummertime]

I saw in a forum a few weeks ago someone ate a bunch of these.

[@DinaFalconi]

Thanks for your comment. Do you recall which forum? What happened to this person after they ate some? Always curious to know Jack's affect on people.

[@alaskansummertime]

@@DinaFalconi It was a Facebook mushroom group. I don't recall which one. It involved lots of well I don't want to be too gross but the movie the Exorcist comes to mind.

[@DinaFalconi]

Ouch!!! thanks.

[@cernismirtkamennoeserdce9221]

I have eaten them before (cooked in oil), the whole cluster, but they didn't make me sick, they enlightened me! At first I felt as though my ears got filled with air, then the colors started getting distorted, then I felt energy, as though I drunk lots of coffee, I was sweating even though it was in mid November when I found the colony and the weather was already chilly. I was pondering about life, getting philosophical, thinking of myself in third person, I felt connected with nature, one with mother earth. This sensation and psychedelic effects lasted for 5 hours. Then as it wore out, I felt very thirsty, my mouth and throat felt parched as though I have been smoking pot and got a bad case of cottonmouth. Also, it made me gassy, I was belching and farting often. But it was totally worth it! I felt more in tune with nature then the psylocybe cubensis white mushrooms.

[@DinaFalconi]

Hello Cernismirt, thanks for your comment. Interesting, many folks I know have had bad reactions, and even hospitalization for eating Jack O'Lantern. Glad you fared better and thanks for sharing, although, for anyone reading this, I don't encourage eating this mushroom.

[@Machster10]

They are mistaken for chicken of the woods.

[@DinaFalconi]

Thanks for your comment. Yes, they are.

[@ricardovela2455]

Why do you mispronounce chanterelles?

[@DinaFalconi]

thanks, Ricardo, for your comment.

[@carmell51]

You are rude!