Wild Mushroom Foraging In Ireland

[@tonycoppin5734]

A potential career opportunity in the future on countryfile? An intelligent, well spoken and earnest individual. Full respect to you. You come across as a good man.

[@geraldo23]

Tony Coppin I thought exactly the same.

[@TheHorsebox2]

Same here. Very genuine bloke.

[@chrismcg3103]

What a fun gi lol

[@mileslindley3760]

He's too good for countryfile... that's the show that makes out gamekeepers are angels and raptors go missing on grouse estates for no reason whatsoever. They gave princess Anne a slot to tell us gassing badgers was a great idea. Totally biased show, all the people with morals have left...

[@Danny256]

I live in Dublin and it’s my absolute dream to move to the country side in the West and live off the land! I hate this modern world

[@a.davidh]

as you write this on your modern iphone...on youtube...inside your heated house...lol

[@susanbrown2909]

Andrew H It has its advantages as long as you make it work for you and not dominate your life..think your splitting hairs now. I happen to agree with him.

[@conjob8168]

I moved to West cork three years ago, took us a while to settle in but now we are so happy here, I started fishing, foraging in woods and on shorelines, got to know all about shrubs and trees and wildlife. Even got a dog. I now realise what I was missing from my life before I moved here, will never move again. Good luck

[@warwicklambertcom]

Think its wise to visit and live and help on an already existing place unless you have a bit of a nest egg....this fellow saved so he could buy the land outright. He can run a car and has studied lots of methods and planned pretty intelligently. He now has a bit of a youtube following and volunteers who seem to help out a bit. Also a bunch of Patreon support which must help. I speak a bit from experience. I moved to the Maritimes in Canada and purchased a small acreage (20) with house and outbuildings. It was quite beautiful. I lived there with my spouse. She made soaps etc and I made furniture which I sold at the local farmers' market. But one of the realities is that it was exhausting. 7 days per week and many hours in the day....renovating the house, working and maintaining the land, building furniture to sell, travelling to the market at the weekend and hauling stuff back and forth. Limited communication with the outside world...at that time bad internet access. I also think the modern world is pretty bad but some kind of balance is needed unless you are very clear which is why I advise you to go and live and help on some similar project and make sure that you are clear. Just want to point out that like this guy you have got to be prepared to work your ass off and then come back to the homestead and prepare a meal and then probably do some more work....it can be tough but also quite beautiful and wonderful if you go into it with your eyes wide open.

[@mircat28]

Attitude is everything. If you dont leave your negativity behind you'll carry it with you to the countryside. Finding something positive and learning compromise where you are can make your life better. Go volunteer at a shelter. Help the homeless or help the animals. Find some goodness where you are.

Hey Daniel, You got us worried saying you’re just an amateur on mushrooms, collecting them, cooking them... and disappeared for 3 months after eating them ;) hope they’re good though! Really enjoying your presence here! And you gave me a good kick! Cheers, G.

[@nr126]

lol

[@1minigrem]

I have just binge-watched your postings and subscribed to your channel, I hope you will post again soon and that things are going well for you.

[@RedRobinEnterprises]

Good video, from experienced mushroomers you have the right approach, but when you are harvesting please get a knife and leave the base of the mushroom in the soil - much better for regeneration, with boletus especially. You can often get two or three subsequent fruitings.

[@MossyBottom]

Thank you. I will do that! :)

[@XSD.1.]

Science has shown that the way of harvesting is not decisive, but what is: covering the little hole where it grew, so that the mycelium is kept from dehydration and intact

[@KimChi-iy7jd]

As @Tasu Suane has pointed out that the method of harvesting ist not decisive BUT very often one should take the whole thing out of the earth because the base is a very important part of determination. Some people suffered deathly poisioning because they thought they got a champion mushroom and ended up with a knoll agaric!

[@trudidolder6122]

Mossy Bottom my Mother in Law was a Mushroom expert. She was appointed to expect the mushrooms people gathered, to make sure that they would not poison themselves. She did that for many years. She also knew how to prepare them and I enjoyed many, many wonderful meals at her house. But she always told everybody, to CUT the mushrooms rather then just pull them out of the ground. She said that the leftovers would encourage new growth.

[@roxannemax]

Absolutely agree with commenter, do not pull mushrooms out, only cut with knife.

[@nealroche1652]

I love the idea of spreading the spores as you walk through the woods. People might be surprised that it’s not so difficult to propagate mushrooms. I visited my brothers home in Victoria Australia and he had taken wild mushrooms from a distant location and spread the spores in a crop of pine trees behind his house. I harvested a bounty of mushrooms for breakfast when I visited

[@MossyBottom]

Absolutely! Mushrooms are quite expensive to farm (I've tried) so in terms of self-sufficiency I think it's much easier just to propagate wild varieties, which taste nicer anyway. Every autumn that woodland has more puffballs thanks to my efforts! :)

[@fishautawater73]

Actually for that reason the root should be left in the ground and a basket used while l see most people using plastic bags. Btw l love the idea of having a secret.place where you let wild mushrooms grow. My family had one in what used to be an old abandoned tool shack with an adjacent pig sty...some mushrooms grew as large as 50cm diameter there!

[@bornfreeprepperthailand]

That big one is from the Bolete family. It's a penny bun or called a porcini (meaning little pig in Italian). It's is the king of mushroom and much prized by us mushroom hunters. It's one of my favorite and taste so much better than the puff balls. You are lucky to find them in your woods and your woods looks really nice for mushroom hunting. It's mushrooming season now so go out again to see if you can find any porcini's. Good luck nice channel you have

[@WildwoodTV]

yes it's a Bolete, but I don't think it's a 'king/porcini/cep/penny bun' - a Bay would have colour on stem so maybe Swede? Although the saffron & blushers are better eating than puffballs - being safe is the only the way to go 👍

[@JohnMartinez-sm1sk]

You have so much knowledge, you should write, your words are very graceful and well spoken. Cheers buddy

[@briankelly85]

wow! your dinner look absolutely delicious. you can now add chef to your list of accomplishments.

[@stevedunne9106]

Many a man has stumbled accross some of the magic mushroom variety and got lost, only to turn up months later with some crazy story. It will be interesting to see what he has to say for himself in the next video.

[@englishrose4388]

I didn’t know puffballs were edible until this year.

[@maggiegordon1768]

Hello from Australia! Your video "Why I gave up everything for a simpler life" popped up in my recommendations and ever since, I've watched almost every one of your videos! Your way of life is so beautiful and inspiring and I dream of one day living off the grid, self-sufficient and sustainable, alongside nature. to live more simply and find happiness. I appreciate your progression and successes especially watching the plants grow and the land develop and change over time. Thank you for sharing your little slice of heaven with the world. I would love to see more videos of what you're cooking up in the kitchen! and the stages of your cottage restoration!! I've learned so much from all the knowledge you've shared. Keep doing what you're doing with gorgeous Moss's company. More of the world needs to see that this is possible! :)

[@timjeanes203]

Looking forward to your next video as it would be lovely to hear how you getting along especially as winter is fast approaching and hoping you are warm enough.

[@MossyBottom]

Thanks a million! The next video is in the works, I've just been incredibly busy this past month. I've got a wood-burner in the caravan, so I'm coping with the cold, but it's still a challenge living out here in the winter! :)

[@how2withbasics567]

@@MossyBottom My heart goes out to you.

[@Fintan33]

@@MossyBottom Well done, you are doing a really great thing. The winter months make you appreciate the summer months even more i should imagine. Thanks for making your videos they are deeply inspiring. I have saved up my money over the last 8 years( around 25 grand ) and am now in the slow process of finding some land to live on and work the land i will be doing this solo. Currently looking around the Lettermullen area at the moment. Stay warm my friend and keep strong through the tougher months, ps what a beautiful dog you have ! Can i ask, are you doing this solo? Thanks again Finn

[@MossyBottom]

Thank you so much! Wise words indeed. Summer wouldn't be summer without winter, but I'm actually learning to love both since moving here. Winter is a very productive time for me!

[@noreenoconnell8055]

Mossy Bottom, please show us your cottage.

[@ambientlife2271]

Yes saffron milkcaps are edible, my dad and I just foraged some today here in Australia and fried them up in butter for dinner. I plan to move to Ireland with my children this year so I am glad to know we can forage there.

[@milutave]

If you ever have occasion go with Poles for mushroom picking. They are very good at that - in Poland almost everyone know them. Its something like national family sport there. And they are making amazing things with them and it is quite huge knowledge by amators . Seriously.

[@MsMesem]

Most people in rural continental Europe are good mushroom gatherers.

[@eamonhannon1103]

It would be good if you can recommend a guide book or recommend KZbin videos on mushroom identification

[@irishspud438]

​@@eamonhannon1103Pawel i grzyby It's polish guy, great knowledge of mushrooms

[@lloydr.6271]

Hi, Just subscribed. We did the same as you to West Wales 3 years ago come 5th Jan. Thoroughly enjoy your videos . Impressed with your veg patch, ours is good and not so good but squash this year up around 10kgs each. Still harvesting kale in it's third year. Stay warm. Happy Christmas Lloyd and Donna , Pembrokeshire coast.

[@MossyBottom]

Happy Christmas to you too! And thank you for the kind words. Wow on the squash! I haven't got to grips with them yet. They never seem to ripen properly in our cool wet late summers! Do you grow them outside or in a tunnel?

[@lloydr.6271]

Mossy Bottom The Blue Hungarian squash seeds came from Real Seeds, Pembs. We started them in a spare room in March, very little heating but in an indoor greenhouse. Planted some in the polytunnel, some on top of veg peeling trenches (prepared several months earlier) and some on trenches filled with chicken manure. The best were outside on veg peeling trenches. Need to be really well composted. Chicken manure was too strong. We had 8 weeks mid summer very dry and hot. Plants rampant, each one maybe 4 or 5 metres across. Polytunnel ones grew over everything else but produced tiny fruits which rotted. Needed huge amount watering and organic seaweed feed.. Five huge squash outside produced enough to fill small freezer. Normal summers cool and wet, we'll find out this year . Will fill trenches earlier, plant seedling early, plant less. Will leave polytunnel to Siberian toms from Real Seeds and plant less of them as well. Loads of toms but annoying amount wasted, hidden under sprawling plants. Good luck.

[@tataverbenushka8052]

Thank you for your videos! They are so wonderful! 😍 Enjoying them and learning English at the same time (I am from Russia)! I had to use a dictionary a lot this time so as to understand about species of mushrooms))) Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 🎄

[@missyb9438]

Tata Verbenushka you write English better than most English speakers!

[@yeshprab]

Wow! You are full of surprises. It is obvious that you are an excellent cook also. The dinner you prepared with home grown potatoes, fresh kale from your farm, and mushrooms, using very little olive oil, and a slice if fish looked like the food cooked by a chef at a five star restaurant; the only difference is that the vegetables you used are fresher. Your dog is very lucky that he has the vast woodland to roam about. He must have earned some good karma to live like that. A very fascinating video. Yesh Prabhu, Bushkill, Pennsylvania

[@marieleopold1625]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE WHAT YOU ARE DOING YOUNG MAN! I am old enough to be your Mother, and if I were...I would be sooOooo proud of you! You have made WONDERFUL 'choices' in life. PURE, WHOLESOME, HONEST, RESPECTFUL, WISE, CHARITABLE, OPEN-MINDED...to name ONLY A FEW! We will soon ALL HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE LAND...a land we have RAVAGED by our greed, lusts and PRIDE. Now that I know you are 'out there' living as though in a 'New Found' paradise, of your own making (though I do believe you have been blessed and ancestrally guided), you will have my prayerful support. Thank-you so VERY much for sharing your life with us! God Bless you young man, and protect your dear Moss!

[@patriciacalunniato6872]

I do agree with Leopold you are an inspiration to manyxxxx

[@jdwilsun]

The ones with little holes instaed of gills are in the Boletus family, the easiest to identify. All in that family are safe, but not all are tasty. Some are woody. Your big one may be the prized KING BOLETE.

[@aidzy5643]

Hey mossy , I’m 19 and I live in the north near Lough beach. There’s a family cottage that’s been restored by my uncle , it’s literally the most amazing place. Everything is the way it used to be and the view of the Lough is stunning

[@smith5796]

When the spores came out it reminded me of the scene in Alien Covenant unfortunately. Apart from that I found it very informative.

[@lindawitherspoon446]

What a gorgeous woodland. So interesting. I really enjoyed learning more about mushrooms.

[@joytotheworld6804]

Great video, I used to mushroom hunt as a kid too, so much fun. Very inspiring content. Enjoy your videos, keep going, new sub from Aussie.

[@MossyBottom]

Thanks a million! :)

[@karenleemallonee684]

Those little Puff Mushrooms we're simply charming! 🍄

[@socorrogonzalez5891]

Good job and i love your enthusiasm!

[@riverbilly64]

I agree with anyone who encouraged you to leave the roots of the plants you pick. 🙂 Nice variety of mushrooms in your area!

[@craigmorganemancipateyours123]

May all things beautiful find you Daniel, you are a breath of fresh air.

[@Dingle1234]

That looked like a porcini. The one with pores not gills. When minimum wage was still $5, foragers were making $25/lb on pine mushrooms which grew on Ponderosa Pine in BC, and exported to Japan. Now they're harvesting porcini. The favourite with the locals, and no one seems to sell, is the chantrelle. Pretty to look at, with a bit of a chewy texture. I've heard they're easy to identify.

[@ingridliebenberg6692]

I used to go foraging for mushrooms when I was a child,with my Dad, this brings back memories,thank you for the video. There is a mushroom growing in pine forests ,when they are cut the sap turns orange red,I am not sure what they are called ,but they look very much like the ones you were showing there,they can be dipped in egg and flour and then fried,they taste a bit like liver,delicious and my Dad dried them for the winter for sauces and egg dishes. I am 64 now and still alive to tell the tale, so I guess Dad knew what he was doing. :)

[@dianarussell6278]

Yes you should be 100% sure of your mushrooms. My brother had mushroom identification books and had been mushroom hunting for years. One day after eating mushroom s he had foraged he became very I'll and ended up in hospital. Appearently he had misidentified a mushroom and almost destroyed his liver. He pulled through after weeks in hospital. I'm not sure if he continued mushroom hunting after that. One day, after some heavy rains, I found a mushroom in my chicken yard that looked like a perfect button mushroom like the ones you buy at the store. I was still very cautious about picking mushrooms after what happened to my brother. As I stood there contemplating whether to pick it or not, one of my hens walked up and ate it. How did she know it was safe to eat? She didn't have a mushroom identification book yet she never had any ill effects from it. Was she just being a chicken and took a chance because it looked edible? That always has puzzled me.

[@matthewpop5785]

Animals can eat mushrooms we cant, go into any forest and you'll see mushrooms that are toxic to us, yet they're eaten by some bugs, animals, even deer can eat toxic shrooms we cant

[@lcluff3649]

I went shrooming for the first time yesterday. It's quite magical. I made risotto from the harvest. Im definitely going to put this on my trip itinerary. Thanks for sharing!

[@lindamcconnell9441]

Please don't be afraid to show the cabin as it is now. It sounds like you will get more subs and not lose any if you do. It sounds as if people are getting impatient. I hope you had a happy Christmas.

[@raffaellavitiello1762]

You do not appreciate a renovation unless you see the very begining the worst it is the more we are interrested, and it does not matter how long it take, but you are right; very annoying hearing about sometihing you do not see, ..... wrong move show us the ruins...

[@Passionformushrooms]

Love Mushrooms, and also love Ireland (stay five times in last six years) 👍😍 greetings from Italy!

[@avalondreaming1433]

Thank you for your videos, learning so much.

[@MossyBottom]

My pleasure. Thanks for watching.

[@roykemp4941]

Good luck with the life style,just subbed.

[@rosenbaumccaa]

I really like yr video and awe when walking through that forest and giving all these explanations. Hope you found many more mushrooms. It's a great thing to do. Kind regards from cologne, Germany

[@pjmbidge632000]

Looks like a ''Fun Guy'' to spend time with!!

[@ColonelCustard]

Paul Marshall, when he said he "couldn't resist squeezing the puffballs, great fun" - I thought the same thing.

[@cynthiaennis3107]

Paul Marshall wiseguy 😉🍄

[@Caprifool]

The saffron milk cap, or blodriska in Swedish is my favourite mushroom. It's rather overlooked or used here to mix with and bulk up other "popular" ones. But it's really easy to find a good amount and are delicious fried in butter with garlic. And since they are easy to find a lot of them near spruce or even moreso near pine, they are great to preserve in salt brine or as a sweet pickle for winter. Or just sweat in their own juices and freeze for future omelettes or pasta sauces.

[@Wolfson47]

Charming, thoughtful video. I love to see how your dog interacts with you. Nice to see a man and a dog in a natural environment.

[@sauliusogamas8165]

orange mushroom very good taste ( Lactarius deliciosus or Lactarius deterrimus), more bettrer than Puff balls. We eat its fried on butter. In Lithuania almost all people are mushroom pickers

[@Angie.Globetrotter]

Your dog must be a very happy dog to be so free :) and he is so perfectly trained. I'm a catlover, but your dog is really a great buddy! Wish you all the best 🍀 🍀 🍀

[@bobsingh7949]

The simple, endless, ancient delights of wandering the land....

[@Spencerjordan276]

The way he said Fungi I automaticly thought of Fungie the dolphin lmao

[@ni5413]

Hello. Very interesting video indeed. I forage mushrooms from early age of 6-7 years old, I am not expert but I know a lot of edible species. One of the mushrooms you picked at the beginning of the video (sturdy looking mushroom) looks like Boletus edulis, from Boletaceae family. It grows mainly in the coniferous forests, mainly under the pines because of the the phenomenon of mycorrhiza. Also if I could make a suggestion when comes to pulling out mushrooms from the forest litter. Every mushroom has sometimes called mycelium, and it is located in the forest litter. If you pull a mushroom straight out of the Forest litter, it will damage a mycelium and in the next season mushrooms won’t grown there anymore. While pulling out a mushroom, you suppose to twist it around gently until you feel it’s gone out of the forest litter and if there are any loose pieces hanging of the mushroom stem, you should put it back to the hole and cover it up. This practice will preserve a mycelium from damage. Hope that helps. Best regards. Anna

[@isabel1732]

Merry Christmas! 🌲xxx

[@csucsucsucsuka8356]

Great harvest ,great video ! ;)

[@MossyBottom]

Thanks! It was a fun one to make. :)

[@nealroche1652]

Great video. I’ll be looking for those mushrooms on my next trip to Ireland.

[@FurnitureFan]

Better ask the farmers for permission if you're going to try that.

[@antigoogleman1135]

Great information.. That was a big mushroom.!!! Must get out there myself.

[@MossyBottom]

Thanks so much! I still haven't found another one like that. I think it grew especially for the video! :)

[@melindastclair]

I am so happy to see that you commented on here last week. I just found your channel yesterday and am looking forward to seeing more, living vicariously :) I was going to mention Patreon too, but I see you've got that covered, good job. Looking forward to seeing the beautiful life you've chosen. Thank you for sharing with us :) Happy New Year!

[@nealroche1652]

Hi Daniel, please post another video. How are you preparing for winter?

[@Theshoemarkable]

So pleased I’ve stumbled across your channel! I’m tucked up under a blanket on my sofa binge watching all your videos, and wondering when I will be brave enough to live the lifestyle that I’ve been burying my whole life! - thanks, I look forward to seeing more of your videos. Sarah

[@danielofarrell4882]

Just found your profile today Daniel, love it so far. I’m from Dublin, so only down the road! I’m a photographer and artist so love getting out to the west. Thanks for the informative and honest videos so fair 🙌🏻

[@Punkyrooster6]

So nice just to see Ireland through more of a Zen lens. Ireland is so mysticized in America. Cool to see the reality

[@Sonia_47]

Your dinner looks amazing! Which is more satisfying, the food itself, or knowing you grew/foraged everything on your plate yourself? 😄

[@chrismullan7191]

Hope things still going ok for you, notice some on here going about not seeing your cottage i hope in time we do, but i am from the North Of Ireland but my home has been here in London now 36 years, what your doing is wonderful fair play to you for what you have done, must not be easy, if i had the health and little younger i would love to do what you have done, I have a wildlife garden and it gives me such joy, i see so many birds come to my garden its a joy. I wish you well in what your doing and hope 2019 is good for you and your lovely dog.

[@manuelotte3455]

the big mushroom that you picked and didn't recognise looks like a bay bolete. You can see it on the underside with the spongy underside that discolors when you touch it. These mushrooms ar eplenty in germany and a delicacy. Please check for slugs before eating, they loooove the boletes as well.

[@lorietitus354]

So very interesting,please if you can,make more Thank you so much from Missouri USA THANKS AGAIN!

[@henriettahenson]

My grandad used to take me to pick mushrooms our favourite was what he called blue buttons or bluey 's they were quite strong in flavour... The one thing he would never do was pick he would always cut with a penknife because he said you should not disturb the root..... So that tip I give to you.... From an old timer 🙏I love listening to you you have a great vioce.... very soothing. 💋Your dinner looked amazing thanks for sharing. 💋

[@chocomoose394]

I was cringing as you puffed the mushroom spores - these are the li'l devils that set my asthma off big time ! Enjoyed seeing all the different types from a safe distance lol : )

[@debbiehenri345]

Did you manage to identify the large Bolete mushroom? It's a great family to learn about, only about 2 or 3 poisonous ones, and then they are easily identified. There are a lot of Boletes where I live (Scotland), where some years they grow by the crate-full alongside the local river (they seem to prefer it very humid). We also get the False Saffron Milkcaps. I do gather those when they are very young, since fly maggots are fairly quick to get in them. We get the Common Puffball too, but these come up the same time as the embryo Fly Agarics, and look very similar at that stage, so it's a really good idea to slice them in half and check for tell-tale signs inside the cap. In the same area as the Puffball, which grow in a pine plantation much the same as the place you have there, we also get what's called White Club, which I pick. It looks like little withered white fingers. Doesn't have a lot of taste but does pad out a basket. You might want to look out for those sometime. I'm the same about Brittlegills. They are very numerous in both number and species where we live: white, yellow, grey, tawny, red, green, and the deepest purple I've seen in any fungi. Quite spectacular at certain times of year. However, with the edible ones too closely resembling poisonous types, I'm not willing to take the chance on any of them. I love mushroom foraging. No expert by any means, but it's such a welcome change from digging and weeding every day.

[@callumblyth4882]

Hi I've been watching your videos and really enjoy them. Congratulations on living your dream. I'm interested to know where in Western Ireland you're now living? - I'm from England too but have a very nice cottage in Mayo, i'm very close to Craigh Patrick. Beautiful countryside there. Also, in regards to your search for wild edibles there is a channel on youtube called Alfieaesthetics. He's very knowledgeable when it comes to fungi identification as well as other things. If you find some time check him out and hope that helps. Keep it up man - Cheers

[@jerryogorman5895]

Wow love these videos...I hope you’ll consider writing a book or ebook on your cottage renovations.....keep the videos coming.

[@maxpower1337]

I wonder what type of wild life live in the forest.your dog seems like he is so happy wandering around with his owner.

[@brianallen858]

Happy Christmas mossy !!

[@MossyBottom]

Happy Christmas to you too! :)

[@brianallen858]

@@MossyBottom the area looks very picturesque, I'm from Wexford and we have somewhere similar in Wexford called ravens point, very isolated but so peaceful and scenic !!

[@jt659]

Compliment a mushroom like that and of course it will blush.

[@azakive]

lol

[@marinamccogan5251]

in germany we call the porous looking downside of the mushroom a sponge, easy rule is sponge ones are edible well at least the german ones.

[@JazzvanderKnoop]

What a wonderful life you lead.

[@rhysie9983]

Great video man. Thanks

[@PalaminoHills]

Well, it was nice knowing you Daniel.

[@mihutz2010]

6:04 the mushrooms you found are super ok to be eaten, they are called Russula alutacea.

[@rooster3103]

How can you tell they are not Russula queletii for example? They look so similar to me

[@kerrymartin780]

Blushers are delicious! People are wary because they are an amanita species. But very distinctive. As soon as i saw them on screen i said WOW blushers! You lucky sod... Don;t boil them you fool! What makes everything taste good in ireland? BUTTER. Fry them for ages in butter till they have really shrunk and sort of caramelised like onions or meat... Braise them whole - like a burger.... Long and slow on a low heat... Absolutely tasty. One of the best edibles. I would love to have a local blusher patch. You are blessed. Next time - don't waste them. Eat them... The big fella is a boletus of some kind.

[@ajblundell]

brill this mate, ive a place in the mountains of southern spain..olives figs almonds.

[@MossyBottom]

Thanks so much! I'm jealous. I'd love to grow olive and almond trees. I did in fact plant an almond tree this winter, but I doubt it will fruit here!

[@ajblundell]

@@MossyBottom hope set up a retreat there, yoga meditaion. just love the whole idea of it

[@paulmeaney4547]

@@MossyBottom you should plant apple & pear trees, don't need much work besides keeping the birds away

[@annamarsch6091]

´Think about it from the mushrooms perspective...´ Ok, will try. :)

[@anndriggers6660]

Not sure what species that big guy is but that is a toadstool. Toadstools have tiny spongy holes on the underside, and mushrooms have gills.

[@shinshilko]

6:47 (Rusula family) the reddish pink mushroom is debated to be toxic. The preferred colour is purple-ish. Then again in Latvia (where I live) they are considered an edible mushroom (can be eaten both raw or cooked). Before cooking you should remove the skin from the mushrooms cap. (the skin is considered inedible) 9:58 (white birch bolete, white bog bolete, or ghost bolete) perfectly edible (like all mushrooms from the boletaceae family). Is considered a delicacy is some countries.

[@Lockenbock]

Careful: There are definitely poisonous kinds of the boletus family!!! But the one you found is as far as I can judge it indeed a very fine birch bolete. Hope you did enjoy it. I´ve just come back from walking the dog in a german forest and finding some fine boletus edulis or cep. What can be better? I love your channel! Good luck with everything!

[@Mookiethedog]

Daniel you are like a mushroom..... a fun guy

[@trudio7523]

Spruce is the wood used in violin making

[@RebeccaAnneTruly]

I don’t know if you have seen this channel, but Jonna Jinton lives in Sweden and she taps Birch trees every Spring and loves to drink the sap which is very thin...she says it has lots of good nutrients so you may want to watch that channel.

[@allthereis8634]

Very nice and interesting video. Exciting to follow you foraging wild mushrooms. Thank you

[@patriciacalunniato6872]

Daniel I just love listening to you I can understand you when you talked about solitude nothing I like more than to be on my own but ha vent got the courage to go of to Irerland

[@kvaraba3]

Great video. Here in Lithuania mushroom hunting is a national sport, I have been picking wild mushrooms all my life. It's so much fun!! :D The saffron milk cap is totaly edible and a giant mushroom is an edible boletus, a bit overgrown though. Both are first category mushrooms which means they are the tastiest and most valuable to eat. I even prefer milk caps over boletus as they have stronger taste. But nothing can beat a dried boletus, it stores for years without loosing the flavor.

[@MossyBottom]

Great information. Thank you! :)

[@skintt125]

An Irish Wild Mushroom Forage without any Fly Agaric... I am surprised! ha! I enjoy your video's mate - subbing. the west coast of Ireland is stunning. I am from Dublin, and constantly have a yearning to go back west again! Maybe one day!

[@helenarovan4896]

... and the last thing!! You have to peel the hatt of a blusher! Always!

[@thefilipinojoe]

Mmmmmmmm..ushrooms! Definitely inspires me to look more into mushroom hunting. Thanks!

[@islandbirdw]

Thank you for your apparent caution and respect for making 💯 sure no one eats a deadly mushroom. As a critical care nurse I can speak to the deadly toxins some fungus flowers (which is what a visible mushroom is) The organism lives in the ground and it flowers in the fall when the rain comes and the sun gets low in the sky. We get “toadstools” that can sometimes get as large as 12 inches when they are at their largest phase. Because I’ve seen unfortunate victims of mushroom poisoning I don’t trust myself. We had a neighbor who had her degree in mycology and she had a “nurse log” on her property where oyster mushrooms grew each fall. We trusted her ability to ID them and enjoyed many a meal with them. I think this is why they are so expensive when you buy shiitake or oyster mushrooms in the store. Always love your videos and your ability to share with us your amazing experience.

[@carolking6355]

I enjoy particularly the moving videos. This was great. I once found a puffball pure white and the size of a football. Couldn’t resist giving it a real boot. Felt bad destroying it but do have a photo.😁

[@PaolaEnergya]

Great spot for mushroom hunting! That bolete you found looked fantastic, maybe a grey birch bolete?

[@MossyBottom]

Thank you! It does have the appearance of one, but I read the birch bolete only grows symbiotically with birch roots, and there wasn't a birch tree in sight. It was growing beneath spruce trees, with a few hazel.

[@LonaPhilosophicus]

A bit late to the show here but fun to see the variety of mushroom you have where you live. :) I can confirm what you know about the false safron milkcap (We call it Granmat riske) it`s edable reminding of carrot. i enjoyed having that several times. The second one looks really familiar. But i`m not 100% shure. it`s a long time since i went foraging mushrooms. puffballs are good :) i think of them as tiny forrest marshmellows XD

[@pjd2709]

Have you ever thought of drilling holes in some tree stumps, inoculating them and putting them on the edge of the woods there..? I bet that big mushroom is unedible, it just looks that way.

[@MossyBottom]

I've read about that. I'd definitely like to try it, especially as there are rotting tree stumps everywhere! :)

[@RegenerativeTV]

What a beautiful mushroom forage! Thanks for sharing. Our channels seem similar in some ways, but I'm in tropical Costa Rica (we forage many bananas). I love the puffball mushrooms. Do you think the large mushroom might be some type of slippery jack?

[@cathkurtschell4950]

Just discovered your Chanel. For mushrooms I follow this fantastic Chanel called Learn your land. Although he is in America he has fantastic knowledge.

[@conniedykes7225]

Enjoyed so much I subscribed 😉👌💖

[@katecone7416]

Great video, Daniel! I'm writing a mystery novel set in Ireland and have a mushroom forager as a character. Yours was an informative and entertaining video. Best of luck with all your projects.

[@Biofilmz]

9:40 looks like a bitter bolete - though more olive in color perhaps - they can be giant! not poisonous, but not good to eat.. US foragers call the 'brittlegill' by the genus name Russula, though we seem to have kept the traditional UK terms like "the sickener". I too would avoid the "blusher" because it is in the Amanita family. Very cool to see the 100% self sufficient meal at the end.

[@helenarovan4896]

Your vid is one year old now and I hope you have learned more about mushrooms!! I use to pick them all my live and have learned some of the kinds already as a kid. And it was a time ago! I can assure you that the one at 12:50 is a blusher and is one of the most tasty mushrooms I know. And you don’t need to pre-cook them in water before you fry them. Absolutely not, never heard about it. Just fry them with some salt, you don’t need peppar but you can try some caraway (!), very little. They are quite watery so you fry them untill all water is gone. They taste very mild, remanding the taste of meat! Some people are ofraid to collect them because they are easily mistaken with some non-edible sorts. But you seem have a god eye for them! The big one is some kind of boletus, I don’t think king boletus because the foot is to thin. But anyhow it’s edible. 99% of boletus mushrooms are edible and non of the not edible kinds is lethal!! God to know 😀 And have allways a knife with you so you can clean the mushrooms already in the woods. And always cut mushrooms at least in half! You never know what’s hiding inside, worms or other insects. Wish you good luck with everything and hope for more vids. I’m your follower 👍🏻❤️🦋

[@maverickgood5204]

Wow. You have beautiful mushrooms there.

[@misererenobis8900]

Thoroughly enjoyed this video, you must be so proud to have achieved so much. I also used to go foraging for mushrooms back in the day in Jersey. The only edible ones I can recall picking were parasols, lovely fried in olive oil & garlic! Looking forward to see how the cottage restoration gets on, good luck!

[@mihutz2010]

9:03 that is a Boletus mushroom , it is the most delicious.

[@alanlausinhrvatska]

Edulis, if I'm not mistaken

[@evazieglerova3437]

Yes, it should be edible. Just check if it is not 'bitter boletus' which is not poisonous but is not also edible. Just bite in the mushroom and spit out. But usually, you hesitate when they are young. Check the spot next year and search in circles:-) If large head found slice 1 cm high like steaks and fry after wrapping in flour, eggs and bread crumbs. Eat with potatoes or on it's own.

[@ikigailifezen9835]

@@evazieglerova3437 It is edible but you need to boil it, this is how you eat any boletus.

[@ikigailifezen9835]

It is delicious

[@evazieglerova3437]

@@ikigailifezen9835 I just mentioned the way how I learned to make sure that I am bringing from the forest the right boletus, not the bitter Tylopilus felleus. Usually, pores are more yellow when you find an adult boletus. But some 'babies' look like the bitter Tylopilus. That is why you don't eat, but 'spit it' out. And I remember to see some French chef to use fresh boletus raw, thinly sliced with lemon juice and oil. But you need to know your mushrooms. And they probably use farmed mushrooms... I would not be afraid, but I learned to hunt for mushroom since my early childhood. So 40 years ago. PS: I am from the Czech Republic and in Central Europe, we know our mushrooms and how to hunt:-)

[@eleanorcm7033]

Was the giant mushroom a mature Cep/Porcini or in that family? Sorry if you posted the answer elsewhere... the curiosity is killing me