Turkey Tail Mushrooms- ID, Forage, and Prepare

[@lisa32469]

Thank you for this! I have a daughter with a cancerous tumor andi have foraged a ton of TT for making medicine for her. This helped break it down for me ❤

[@topfeedcoco]

I've found using kitchen sheers and cleaning them up before you dry em really makes things cleaner and less wasteful.

[@deemushroomguy]

That's a good tip. I usually end up using a razor-sharp knife to trim/clean 'em up.

[@HouseOfCouplePuffs]

I love the videos where you prepare mushrooms.

[@GladiolaGirl]

Thanks for the demonstration on how to process the turkey tails.

[@Dontlook146]

Just bought the mesh bag! Been using a white laundry sack and paint brush for years.

[@gobigrey9352]

It definitely works for a lot of colds if you use it early on. Most of the time it'll knock out a developing cold within a day or so. I swear by it and my mom now swears by it too. If my throat starts feeling weird or if I'm around someone sick, I'll drink it for a few days. Haven't been sick with a cold in years and never got covid

[@MaryDemerse]

This was great....just picked some turkey tail mushrooms and was not sure how to process. Thank you!

[@ThayGiQuay]

Very nice sharing 🎉

[@jamesedwardson605]

Keep up the good work...

[@timmynormand8082]

Awesome Instructions. I make tea quite often never processed any teabags

[@DTA-me3kv]

Great tintures

[@gardengatesopen]

I live in Central Texas where weve been in a drought going on our 3rd year now. This is pretty normal for us, feast or famine with the rain. But being in a drought doesn't mean zero rain. It just means very little rain totals for the year. And in the past 2-3 weeks, while places in North, East, and South Texas have been swimming in flood water due to heavy rains, weve just been catching the edges of those rainstorms. The result- It's been 2 weeks of some nice, slow rain storms that are simply saturating the soils. AND BRINGING THE MUSHROOMS UP FOR FRUITING!!! Hahahaaa!! Yesterday I counted 9 different types of fruiting bodies dancing around my yard!! I have several different microbiomes in my yard, they're all different. And so all the mushroom activity is different too! Unfortunately, none of those mushrooms are edible. But it sure is fun seeing what's new every day out there!! I even have some turkey tail strain growing on a cedar tree! I'm pretty sure it's false turkey tail, which is kind of a bummer! I sure wish I had some of the real thing like you have in this video to harvest for myself! I use some TT (that I bought) all the time. I make a super strong tea with it, and then freeze small portions of the tea & then drop it frozen in my morning coffee. It's just delish!! Tea bags are an excellent idea!! 👍

[@DoubleADay]

I finally scored some Morels last week and then we hit the Jackpot, Spring King Boletes

[@mushroomwonderland1]

Lucky!

[@DoubleADay]

Deep fried some last night with some moose bites, Oh Yeah!

[@warnerhome1]

Thanks for the valuable info, your videos are a great help, much appreciated 😁

[@lindap9079]

Thanks for the great tutorial Aaron.

[@claudiawylie4381]

Awesome presentation.

[@DoubleADay]

On a side note, I bought a set of the Fungeyes glasses. They worked better than I would have guessed. It surprised me how much of a difference they made whether the sun was shining or it was raining. Just my 2 cents

[@gypsys]

Very informative. Thank you.

[@slstone76]

I've found an old Instant Pot to be one of my best friends when processing any woody fungi (chaga and turkey tail esp).

[@kerriemesske1502]

I have to say I have learned so much from watching your videos Huge advocate of turkey tails Since I seen fantastic fungi Amazing how many types and benefits we get from all medicinal. I think ur amazing and wanted to say thank u for keeping t simple and knowledgeable It’s what I have been wanting versus pharmaceutical population control chemicals Thanks again

[@nikkiblack5073]

Really good thank you

[@jaimeortega4940]

Very cool!

[@mturallo]

You da man! Thanks for sharing!

[@alec4nandes]

Cool video! I’ve been putting ground turkey tail powder directly into teabags without first boiling out the chitin. 🤔 It hasn’t upset my stomach, but now I’m wondering if they’re less medicinal without the pre-boil.

[@misterx3188]

0:50 - With these colors, couldn't this possibly also be Tramates ochracea?

[@mushroomwonderland1]

I thought that too, have ran it by Alan Rockefeller, the sequences keep coming back versicolor.

[@misterx3188]

@@mushroomwonderland1 Great, thanks! 👍👍

[@misterx3188]

12:03 - Could one also grind them up when they are dry and break easily (without cooking)? I never tried it, but I could imagine that that would result in a finer powder. I also heard that air drying makes them more porous and break more easily (never tried that either though).

[@mushroomwonderland1]

It'll fluff up into a crazy cottony mess. I've tried that, it kept binding up the food processor and the grinder.

[@watsonrk1]

Do they have to be dried first, or directly into the pan for 2 hours to drink?

[@mushroomwonderland1]

Directly in the pan works for sure!

[@francesscherz8720]

Is there a way to see if harvesting is past it’s time? I found an entire log of Turkey Tails but the white underside had brown spots and looked spored out. Could I still have used them like how you did?

[@mushroomwonderland1]

I would be Leary. I think fresh specimens with white bottoms are definitely the way to go. They're pretty common so keep looking and hang in there you'll find some freshies.

[@ezekieloliphant163]

What’s the difference from a benefit point of view of taking the teabags vs eating the turkey tails? I understand they’re tough, but do you get more from eating them?

[@ShouldaWaved]

No because your body can't break down the cellular walls to tough trapping the nutrients so you never absorb

[@ginadustin2130]

How long does it take the mouse to fully dry?

[@mushroomwonderland1]

The mouse? I assume you're talking about the mushrooms. About 2 days in the dehydrator and theyre crispy.

[@jamesedwardson605]

Get together with the guy who does Mushroom Trail... he is new and needs some support...

[@mushroomwonderland1]

I saw one of his videos, I was a little shocked with how much he is almost exactly copying my format. I guess imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Seems like he's going to be fine if he just keeps following what I'm doing 😂🤷

[@goodun2974]

​​@@mushroomwonderland1 , they do say that "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery". Personally, I prefer "to thine own self be true". I generally prefer for video creators to take a more individualistic approach; same applies to musicians, chefs, artists etc etc. I am drawn to the oddballs, the weirdos, the iconoclasts, the visionary geniuses; the people who create or inform not for the money and fame but because they think it'll be useful to others.

[@fionamchugh9847]

❤

[@HanshazeShonen]

You can save a little bit of handling by using a paper cup tared out on the weigh scale. Just squeeze the lip into a point for pouring into the bags. Sorry to see your Presto PC spin on the stove surface like that. The bottom must have bowed in the past. Hope It is still safe. Thanks for the Turkey Tail video

[@mushroomwonderland1]

They all do that to me! I tossed the last one, but I've been running this and it hasn't exploded or anything, 🤞

[@daroldw4606]

What if you pressure canned pints with turkey tails. Tea for later?

[@mushroomwonderland1]

Hey that might not be a bad idea!

[@daroldw4606]

I know! I am going to try it. Should get good extraction.

[@f.k.burnham8491]

Is there benefit to drying the mushrooms if you intend to make tea out of them immediately after cooking them down?

[@mushroomwonderland1]

No you could definitely make tea from them fresh!

[@Beinhartwie1chopper]

I have never found a morel.

[@DTA-me3kv]

100 proof vodka and 6 weeks. Makes a wonderful Tincture

[@lew207207]

What does it help with and whats the dosage with tincture?

[@westcoast8562]

@@lew207207 tea

[@westcoast8562]

i heard 50gr dried per liter boil for a minute then simmer over night in croc pot or like temp adding water as needed. that would make several doses or maybe 10 doses. here is an expert video out there go with 10 x 100ml dose

[@heshelk22]

i read that the pores must be a circular shape if not then is not a turkey tail

[@misterx3188]

Trametes versicolor

[@jonbrown5041]

If you're just making tea bags, why do you have to dry them and then rehydrate them then dry them out again? Why can you just blitz up the fresh mushrooms and then dry them?.

[@BlAcKpHrAcK]

Today's fungal development notes: WOW! ..cool, new chemotype to bio-assay (Astraeus commonly ingested in Nepal, etc) ..but the new hybrid (now with cream-coloured petals) Earthstar fungi are so tiny, you could never pick enough. However, it is now possible to culture in-vitro, using comestible foods as input ..meaning I only need a couple spores worth of genetic material, to start a culture ..this will also save the back and kilometers of trekking on trails. The first Psilocybin containing species to fruit regularly in spring, they live on sandy-soiled dry cliffs (not many resources) ..and I believe they hybridised with Psilocybe neoxalapensis X Psilocybe semilanceata (blue-skirted Quebec species). Hybrids are at the very least novel but purposeful breeding has brought several useful chemo-types and genetic traits together. I am actively breeding for Serotonin production, to be a feature in many of the hybrids, happy mushrooms ..no colours, unless you want some ..then you can add mushrooms that mostly produce Psilocybin ..and eat them all at once. I titrate gradually, digests well and without colour visions ..the most I go for is that panoramic view feeling, where everything is so clear and bright ..a sativa-like effect ..actually, I recently saw that Sativene is among the terpenes identified in Psilocybin-producing fungi. Clean chemistry, clean-feeling high ..less adulterant compounds to eliminate. The mycelium and possible hybridisation that take place in the digestive systems of living creatures, is another aspect to be considered carefully. To much mycelium in the gut, feels a bit like having eaten too many beans ..gases, gurgling and growling, can add discomfort to the overall experience. It is possible to separate fungal tissues by being patient, they sediment at the bottom of a tea-making vessel within 48 hours usually ..the cleanest ingestion, no living tissue metabolising inside the digestive system. I am having a really awesome moment, seeing fungal metabolism, even the order of their chemical processes in the mind's eye. I have the benefit of observing their metabolisms in-vitro. I see the acidification of the solution by the fungal mycelium first, later secondary metabolic processes can take place. Hydrophobic compounds that are less dense, visibly develop from top to bottom, accumulating till the liquid culture vessel is one solid colour. The structural "backbone" of the compound Psilocybin, is exactly half the structure that composes Ergoline, the "backbone" structure of Lyseric Acid Diethylamide. The other half of the Ergoline backbone, consists of methyl groups forming Benzene rings, that are normally present in fungal chemistry, producing aromatic terpenes and less volatile flavonoids. It is quite possible for the fungal biochemistry of basidiomycetes, to produce the same compounds and their derivatives ..there are no metals nor toxic reactive elements such as Chlorine, Sodium, etc.