Studying Wild Mushrooms with Drew Henderson and Alan Rockefeller in Mushroom Wonderland

On this episode of 'Foraging with a Mycologist" we get a two-fer! Amazing mycologists Drew Henderson, author of Fungal Freedom: a Guide to Washington State Mushrooms, and world renowned self-made mycologist Alan Rockefeller in the Olympic Mountains near Quilcene, WA studying mushrooms, sharing info for us, explaining Inaturalist and DNA sequencing a bit.
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[@f.easulin3091]

Kid head got flatten, too much petting😂 Lovely episode very useful

[@jebbkinney8516]

Growing up living on the wet side of the peninsula and working in the woods, there are so many countless fungi that I have found that have zero research hits or anything you can find about them. I know there are so many that are yet to be categorized. Great work by you all.

[@jenniferwilson2107]

You guys want to come over for a visit? I’ll cook you dinner. Haida Gwaii people would love to walk the woods with you.

[@jenniferwilson2107]

Any requests for mycoblitz samples from here?

[@AJnewt]

Another islander! Hello from Quadra island off of Vancouver Island

[@fattymcbastard6536]

18:34 Interesting. I had no idea Gomphidius was a parasite of other mushrooms! Right now I have a swarm of Gomphidius glutinus encircling a fir tree in my yard along with some sort of smooth, short stemmed, pancake coloured Suillis (caerulescens, possibly). Haven't seen them in a few years, but this year I decided to brave the slimy Hideous Gomphidius, and fried one up after peeling the cap. It was honestly far better than I expected. It was rather tasteless, mind you, but I was expecting it to cook up slimy, but it wasn't at all, and it had a nice texture. Honestly, the Queen Bolete (B. aereus) I had the other day had a more slippery mouthfeel in my opinion, but far more delicious, obviously. Would I recommend a Hideous Gomphidius as table fare? Nah, not really. But then again, I rank a blue oyster mushroom about the same.

[@brianjanku4549]

I found 2 pure white amanita last weekend by Mt st hellens. They were growing directly next to 2 traditional red ones. They had the scales on the top and everything, but perfectly white. I wish I had known about myco blitz then.

[@Aj_1989]

Love watching your channel.❤ Leaving here in the Philippines makes me jealous watching other countries with massive amount of mushrooms to forage and to study. Here in Philippines they can only pick wild edible mushrooms when it rains in the mountains and only happens once a year. I'm leaving here in the city so theres no chance to forage. There are lots of mushroom on grocery stores and I always buy them but the enjoyment of foraging in forest and mountains was my ultimate dream. That's why I always watch you and other mushroom related videos as well.

[@2flight]

Thank You!!!

[@graemedevine9651]

Thanks guys, I really enjoyed that, never heard of Drew before he's another fun guy of the fungus world, everyday is a school day.

[@blaineparker8733]

That would be Amazing to be in the woods with those folks and their collective knowledge

[@mooonie6634]

Those mushrooms considered undesirable could very easily be used by using spices/herbs. Once the mushroom get moist from cooking, add a combination of spices like what are in Adobo and you might have something really good. Once the mushroom is moist, you can add all sorts of yummy spices to it and it'll pick up that flavor. I would also try cinnamon and other "sweet" spices as well as the savory ones.

[@jasonshults368]

This is a great suggestion. I'm looking for this sort of information. I may have to find it through experience.

[@mooonie6634]

I'm going to offer a suggestion about learning about spices and herbs...where you buy these ingredients is important. A lot of it on the market is stale. For the past 3 decades I've been buying my stuff at Penzay's. In addition to educating you about a spice or herb, tey also sell fresh product. An example would be- they sell 4 varieties of cinnamon, each one with a different taste, it does matter. @@jasonshults368

[@timhaywood1100]

Another great episode! I learned a lot!

[@fattymcbastard6536]

5:52 "No, I like your finger in there. It's good!" 😅

[@sharonsysol899]

Hello from New York, just found your channel and subscribed 😊

[@kenproctor6517]

Just bought the Kindle book ... Fungal Freedom. Mahalo 🤙 My property in Olalla has many types of mushrooms. I will be exploring - 😁

[@hookinwithheine]

Another good one! I’m on to the next!

[@truefishingyt1333]

Jist bought my first field guide for mushrooms and first guide for wild foragable plants too:)

[@wishlist_12wishlist55]

OMGosh, how fun is that in that kind of company?

[@tonystewart7624]

Another good show. Thank you

[@BubuH-cq6km]

😂Alan looked like he was trippin’ ball at the beginning this video

[@dijonj8164]

Stgg😂

[@dijonj8164]

Bro just said mhm every time

[@fungi42021]

I was looking for this comment 😅

[@GraoTheMasher]

Same, I went hunting for this comment 😂

[@yukigatlin9358]

Once again, I enjoyed your mushroom video learning something new about mushrooms! Thanks for that!!😏✨ By the way, why the left to right of your pictures on your videos are always reversed?? ...I was meaning to ask you that for a quite sometime!😁

[@jenniferwilson2107]

Any talk about timing of mushrooms with el nino years?

[@jasonshults368]

They have to follow some cyclical pattern, don't they? All the rest of life does.

[@michaelsia8305]

More ❤️‍🔥

[@dcfromthev]

17:24 vane not vein Alan!

[@MrTomac4]

With the cold snap coming to the pnw this week, what do you think will happen to the mushroom season this year? Will it be over or will the mushrooms survive thru the snow and cold if it warms back up?

[@truefishingyt1333]

Dude I live in washington and 2ould love to go out and learn about mushrooms with you!

[@Henry-405]

Hey - love your channel - what’s up with Drew’s book? I’d love to have it. It’s free on Kindle Unlimited (but doesn’t seem to be formatted correctly) but is $148 for the printed book.

[@jasonhenry375]

Hello great videos your putting out just subscribed to your channel and I was wondering if you could recommend a good beginner foraging mushroom book for an Oregonian look forward to seeing more of your videos thanks 👍

[@mushroomwonderland1]

Mushrooms of the redwood coast! 🍄🍄🍄

[@jasonhenry375]

@@mushroomwonderland1 thank you for taking the time to respond I will check it out

[@tylersathern1076]

Do you carry bear spray with you? (And toilette paper? Hah!)

[@jack7185]

🍄😍

[@goodun2974]

Alan may have been confusing veins (in the human body) with *vanes*, like in a windvane.

[@Shunya0101]

Is this Drew from ITW?

[@enter48]

dude i like your channel but you need to pull back a little on that music in the mix, please

[@sharonsquire-stewart682]

That's not true and don't listen to that criticism Aaron. Your music is charming & somewhat magical and it helps signify your brand on this channel. I love your content and your videography skills are awesome too. Love to you & Gunnar!!

[@allouttabubblegum1984]

Goid info

[@kstephens10008]

huge fan of alan but the music in this is pretty distracting

[@BlAcKpHrAcK]

Not sure I will ever be included, I pronounce the word Psilocybe, using only three syllables ..since the war crimes and black holes plotted throughout space, people have pronounced it using four, with the BEE sound superfluously-suffixed.

[@MargootMC]

Don't know about the war crimes and black holes but I definitely do agree it's PsilocyBEE

[@PunkChef77]

They're both correct.

[@BlAcKpHrAcK]

That is the point, you are not aware of black holes and misinformation turned deadly negligence ..because you do not care and likely ate Muslims to pay your mortgage, as the other 300 million war criminals did.

[@RobertBardos]

Hey Mico-Budds! Question: My I nat observations of mushrooms get hardly any interaction compared to my plant and other observations- Am I making a faux paux or doing something wrong? @robert1902

[@BlAcKpHrAcK]

BINGO! ..found it, one parent of the orange Gymnopilus species ..Suillus intermedius. Pretty sure I was looking at Galerina semilanceata recently ..I avoid collecting orange-capped psilocybes for breeding, most other specimens I will work with ..do not have a need for more small orangish fungi, I select for traits other than orange colour. The orangish project I am working on, includes a Gymnopilus. Gymnopilus luteus X Suillus intermedius = Gymnopilus thiersii

[@BlAcKpHrAcK]

First upward mycelial growth to appear, after breeding Psilocybe allenii and Panaeolus cyanescens with Pluteus americanus ..the Pan cyan X Pluteus americanus mycelium are first. I know enough about hybridisation to expect hybrid vigor ..in this case I am working during a war, with very few material resources. I have to take an educated guess, that the first mycelium to develop ARE the desired hybrids. OH OH! ..what is this? ..fresh and fast mycelial growth in close second, from a fertilised decaying stipe within the in-vitro experiement (others use agar plates mostly), Psilocybe allenii X Pluteus americanus. I used only caps from the mail-order Pan cyans, so I know the stipe belongs to a Psilocybe allenii.