On The Hunt For Autumn Mushrooms

[@ADayInTheKnife]

I'm so glad you are enjoying your knife! Thanks again for all of the awesome knowledge you share and all the hard work you put into these videos.

[@ryanbumgarner6388]

Nice blade mang!!!

[@chezmoi42]

That's an admirable knife, both in design and execution: compact, easy to clean, and sturdy enough for digging or prying. Well done, Rob! I just bought a new mushrooming knife, complete with a little brush on the end, which will replace my poor old stuck-in-the-open-position-from-its-youth Opinel. I never worried about losing it, so it's stayed in my basket for 25 years. (Now that I have a nice one, I'd better find a lanyard of some kind to attach it.)

[@micki6676]

Awesome knife! You definitely take pride in your work and it shows.

[@hremaddox]

It is a BEAUTIFUL knife. Thanks for supporting good channels.

[@cornbeanwheatbeet]

Nice piece! Well done!

[@ZeekSuds]

10 points for the trash tip. Trash is the most frustrating thing when you're looking for mushrooms. Definitely makes sense to do a clean up.

[@markrose53]

Good idea, unfortunately you can’t stick discarded tires and mattresses in a plastic bag. Makes me sad

[@AlphaQHard]

Mark Rose Whenever I kayak on the deleware I always manage to fish out a tire or two out of the river. People are disgusting

[@DebbieB2023]

Years ago, I started bringing bags with me to pick up trash, It's so disheartening and maddening to see all the trash people leave behind out of laziness and total disregard. Sometimes my daughter and I just go out on roadside walks to pick up trash. My son is in Ranger School in the Adirondacks and some Saturdays the classes go out just for the purpose of collecting litter.

[@teamflanneloutdoors5631]

You're either an asset or an asshole - the choice is yours.

[@ironbomb6753]

Your enthusiasm and happiness at being in the woods always makes me smile. Great video, I hope I find some of these mushrooms around me here. 👍🍄😉

[@Kennychiwah1]

Found my first honey mushroom over the weekend and everytime I find a new mushroom I think of learn your land thanks a lot buddy for sharing your knowledge.

[@LearnYourLand]

Awesome! Thanks for watching!

[@kapjm9]

Thank you again Adam for opening our eyes to the amazing life around us. I have made it a habit to wear a backpack for tools, water, and to bring back trash. Always something to find!

[@dawnhughes9942]

You're the greatest Adam. I'm quite serious in our offer to teach you arborist modern rope climbing techniques. I'm doing work now with chaga treatment on tree wounds. So much I need to learn! I think arborists and mycologists would benefit to model the successful symbiosis from our trees & mushrooms. Thanks for the work you do and all you teach me!

[@LearnYourLand]

Thanks Dawn! I'd love to know what specific work you're doing with Chaga.

[@coleweede1953]

Do you use the chaga to heal wounds? I feel like it would rot the tree.

[@dawnhughes9942]

Think out side the (wooden) box. Trees, like humans, suffer from bacterial & fungal diseases. Wounds that get infected can be cleaned and treated with natural anti-biotics. Tinctures, infusions, salves. I use many bio-fungicides. They are the future of tree health care. If I can help it!

[@dougzirkle5951]

Automatic...notification of a new Learn Your Land...I hit the like button, then watch. No brainer!

[@ironbomb6753]

Me too! 😉👍♥️

[@Artis_whatitis]

Same lol

[@simonyi1]

Same

[@tropicalco2339]

He got a hair cut too!

[@mox911]

Same here - I appreciate this guys so much.

[@cannerbernerd1836]

Your whole channel is so professional: camera shots, editing and information. I like that you use video instead of still shots of mushrooms. I like seeing bugs walk by.

[@stopbeingsoweirdstill]

I really appreciate how you also promote plastic hunting in your favorite local area. Such a small investment but such a reward. Thank you

[@joelmerrill]

I appreciate your comments on picking up trash. I do that too. Littering and vandalism are a couple of my pet peeves. I hunt public land and there is trash everywhere, even in the most remote spots. Last spring I pulled an old shopping cart out of dense brush. I don't know why anyone would have a shopping cart in the middle of the woods. It was a lot of work dragging it out. I find glass bottles that have already been there for decades.

[@LearnYourLand]

Thanks for doing your part!

[@joelmerrill]

@@LearnYourLand The plastic had faded but it wasn't very rusty and the wheels were still good. I took it to a thrift store for their shoppers to use. They were glad to have it and I was happy to recycle it.

[@LearnYourLand]

@@joelmerrill Great work!

[@70wolfnipplechips41]

I made a deal with myself regarding garbage. I used to get grumpy about the trash, of course I cleaned it up, but would feel a bit bitter. I also felt a bit guilty about taking from the forest, or taking rocks I liked from the river. So I made myself a deal, I can take a rock or a mushroom or something, for every piece of trash I collect. It may sound silly, but now I feel better about both the trash and collecting rocks!

[@JayExcess1]

I have a huge maple tree in my front yard that grows a hen of the woods at the base almost every year.

[@nankerphelge3771]

Adam, I love how you will deviate from the stated goal, in this case finding edible mushrooms, if there is a good biology lesson. I enjoyed how you described the parasitic northern toothed mushroom's ability to provide dens for burrow living animals in old growth trees.

[@Goaterd]

I really appreciate your call for the appreciation of snags and gnarly trees as habitat for mammalian and fungal species. You're a great guy!

[@marycherriejane]

I am always so enrichened after I watch your videos. You seem like a kindred spirit! I look forwards to always learning more from you, and Nature.

[@davidbryce928]

It always brightens my day to see your new videos in my inbox, Adam. I am also one of your students in the Foraging class you created. Thank you, your work has enriched my life!

[@LearnYourLand]

Thanks, David! I appreciate your support.

[@suzannehedderly1331]

I clean up forests too. If I use it and enjoy it, I need to take care of it. Thank you for showing the non-edibles and the tinies! Great video!

[@leroyjarvis5617]

A fellow I know uses heavy fishing line with a weight on the end to toss across lions mane and pull them down. As usual great video!

[@ryanbumgarner6388]

Good for reaching Reishi as well. Spiderwire works best, thinner and way sharper than monofilament. Not to mention it's a blast lassoing a fungi! Yahoo!!!

[@leroyjarvis5617]

@@ryanbumgarner6388 for sure!

[@BushmanAOD]

nice tip! Thanks LEroy

[@sonipitts]

Great tip, thanks!

[@dangerdork718]

I shoot them down with my slingshot lol

[@--Paws--]

9:40 I always wanted to know how tree hollows form. I thought squirrels or even woodpeckers were always the cause, yet to bore a giant hole that big seems too impractical and I was convinced it was caused by something else. Thank you.

[@rickbuell8996]

Adam, thank you for producing these thoughtful videos of forest ecology, and especially of mushroom foraging. It's raining hard here in SE CT, so I'll be out foraging soon! Thanks again!

[@garyballard3484]

Send some rain to West Virginia please.

[@daveyjoweaver5183]

Beautiful woodland, beautiful knife, beautiful music, beautiful information! Thank You Adam! Love, Light, Peace and Mushrooms! DaveyJO in Eastern Pa.

[@andrew8337]

Seven dislikes from people who were salty they haven’t found any maitake this year. Keep looking!

[@vonjess9]

😅

[@BeeDubyew]

As always, great stuff. I've been getting out more and more and becoming more familiar with trees n such. You've helped me learn SO MUCH about mushrooms and edible plants. One of my favorite KZbinrs by far 😎👍

[@LearnYourLand]

Thanks!

[@vcat417]

I’m gonna bring a trash bag with me from now on. It’s very simple in my case. Many people who already let me search their land will love to hear that !!

[@stephenrock-wc6xt]

Happy Autumn mushroom hunting Adam!!! Your videos are always inspiring Thank you brother!!!

[@LearnYourLand]

Thanks, Stephen!

[@hollish196]

This is a wonderfully informative post. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with those of us who love learning about trees and fungi.

[@zachm522]

Hey Adam if you're near the Butler area you should come walk through our woods ...I harvested 50 lbs of grifola frondosa last year ..but unfortunately this year my wife and I were hit by another driver and I broke my neck and my wife broke 10 ribs and her clavical so we can't get out much. We would love to let you look through the woods and see what you can find.

[@garyballard3484]

Well at least you're probably not missing much this year,everything is so dry.

[@zachm522]

@@garyballard3484 ya I did get down to the woods one time and got some sheepshead to make soup

[@70wolfnipplechips41]

Swift healing to you both, my unknown friend.

[@zachm522]

@Magnum Mountaineer idk ....I hope ...it would really help because we are going to be off work for a few months

[@PennsylvaniaPrepper]

Then you can come on over to Perryopolis to walk 100 acres!

[@interestandfun9190]

Great timing! I’ve been on the hunt lately. Autumn and winter are my favorite for mushroom hunting

[@elvispresley2695]

I love your stuff - it has helped me forage safely! And heck yeah take out the trash!!!! thank you!

[@kelseytowle5091]

Thank you so much for making these videos. So glad a skilled craftsman thought to thank you with such a beautiful and useful tool. And your music just keeps getting better and better!

[@MarkNowotarski]

I find winter is a great time to get the trash. Makes things nice and clean for the spring.

[@DoctorCheryl]

Central Northern MD here. Your woodlands and plants are extremely similar so thanks a million. I'm a hiker who really has gotten into tree and mushroom identification,

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

Mycology should be part of the required curriculum of any Botany major but it wasn't where I did my undergraduate degree. Wish I'd taken it anyway and had you for a teacher! Thanks for doing what you do!

[@coleweede1953]

Here at Steven's point my university, its included into the low level plant biology courses. Most students just don't understand the full ecological roll that mushrooms provide.

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

@@coleweede1953 Consider yourself fortunate!

[@lyraalves3125]

Thank you for another great video! The Northern tooth can be delicious when harvested young in its soft state. I was lucky enough to find one last year and I decided to cook it and taste it, as it doesn't contain any toxicity. It was one of the tastiest mushrooms I've ever had!

[@zwhirlwhorled7570]

I heard a guy from the culinary institute was serving it at the restaurant. Though it was reported he thought it was an albino chicken of the woods. Thanks, if I find a young enough one I may try it.

[@ryanmckean1567]

Throwing rocks is a good way to knock down, out of reach hericium. I throw underhand like throwing a horseshoe. Try to knock it from the side. Might take a few throws but makes for a satisfying harvest when you hit the mark!

[@coleweede1953]

Mad to use a 15 food fallen tree to poke at to get a chicken of the woods almost 20 feet up on a huge white pine here in central Wisconsin.

[@OldManTomJulio]

My old man wisely used to say, "You can eat any mushroom in the world...at least once." Thanks again for great info Adam!

[@projectnemesi5950]

found lots of chanterelles this season, and I have only spent a few hours in my local forests (west coast)

[@kentfink9509]

Amazing work. Would be awesome to take you on an Everglades tour some time. The mushrooms here are plentiful.

[@kentfink9509]

Adam, I sent you an email.

[@stevenensminger5737]

This guy is the best just a beautiful person and his knowledge of mushrooms is off the wall . Thanks for all Adam.

[@kenycharles8600]

Thank you for the trip out into the woods today. The Hen or the Woods grows in Oklahoma too. So does the Bears Tooth.

[@jenna5287]

I’ve been watching your channel for the past 3 years. Hens are flushing here in central Minnesota. Thank you for your work!

[@mevrammcoyoteV8f150]

Found some chicken of the woods in the last few days in Missouri..searching for oysters and hen of the woods now

[@wildedibles819]

I'm really excited about my walk in the woods today thank you so much!!

[@wildedibles819]

We have been waiting for Amanita frostiana to pop up its been a weird fall I think they are late but we found 1 yesterday on our walk... I messed up the up close video but I got an overall video of the area and the mushroom but not after I dug it up close... There will be more and we will get another try... I would love to share this not well known mushroom with you and see what you think? I took a spore print but I'm not sure how well our microscope works but will give it a try... This is what we have been trying to document for a few years now... We had a chance to get DNA studdies done on it but we had no usable material that year to send it in... It takes time sometimes to prove if a name is really the right name or not...

[@jasonstrapponi5886]

Its been a bad year here in MA for Hens. All my regular spots are completely empty. But on the flipside a whole bunch of Laetiporus Cincinnatus this year!! Always good content brother!

[@MarkNowotarski]

Same in CT!

[@gilligansisle6914]

I appreciate the sweet video and especially the pick up garbage message at the end. Cheers and happy foraging!

[@intothecalm420]

Another great video. Thank you kind sir. One of my favorite channels.

[@livinglife4309]

I love and have learned so much from your videos this year. I found and got to try so many new mushrooms this year.

[@kenjohnson5498]

Now i know what the mushrooms that grow on my Black Walnuts that drop, the back yard was covered a week ago.

[@manuelaviles4535]

I admire your respect for nature! Besides all of your knowledge. Thumbs up!

[@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival]

Thanks for sharing about the wonder of mushrooms. The comb tooth is one of my favorites since we have them locally.

[@aaronnekrin5150]

Does comb and bear tooth have the same benefits of lions mane?

[@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival]

@@aaronnekrin5150 I personally do not know the answer to your question as I have not studied the medicinal benefits of that family of mushrooms. I gather them for eating.

[@jimf1964]

Always a joy when a new video comes out. Thanks Adam.

[@freddykagin]

We go through the woods together all the time. Looking for different mushrooms. It’s a great blessing. 🎉

[@bouncerslabrealnature9143]

Full watch as always from Central Pennsylvania ...the woods are our mother. 💪😎

[@passingthru4383]

I've had (relatively) slow mushroom hunting this past season here in eastern PA, just not as much as compared to last year. I will definitely take a look around for these and see what I can find. Nice knife too btw, GG

[@TheBearGrylz]

Nice work cleaning up garbage as you hunt. Very cool. Always, thank you for the knowledge.

[@lynnsbomb]

I also bring a trash bag when going into our local woods. Great word to spread. Thanks for your cool videos.

[@doncorbett314]

Totally new to the shroom world. Finding your videos very helpful. Very impressed with your knowledge and vocabulary. And removing the trash as you go sold me completely. Nice job.

[@jessidutton2269]

You are so knowledgeable! I learn a lot from you. Thank you for sharing and thank you for picking up the trash.

[@mystersynyster1717]

As always your videos are amazing. The weather here in Missouri has been great the last week, had two days of rain that ended Sunday, so today me and my brother hit the woods and left with a full basket of over 12 edible species, we even found a mushroom growing out of a hickory nut about 30yds in a cave. Today was a memorable day!!!!!

[@mamacookie4948]

We've had rain the last few days, hopefully be able to get out again soon, hopefully I don't fall in another mud hole....... lol 😁, gave an automatic like and full watch from me.

[@LearnYourLand]

Thanks!

[@bouncerslabrealnature9143]

Mama Cookie and I will continue to hunt more wild Mushrooms as long as this weather holds.

[@cantgetenoughoutdoors3258]

I’m the 30th thumbs up and I wish I was still 30😂😂. I found a dried up hen of the woods in the spring at base of red oak. We’ve just got a good bit of rain, time to check. That hole is perfect for a wood duck nest, snags are castles for the forest animals

[@alvinpaul3161]

Can’t get enough Outdoors no maitaky in the spring. Probably black staining polyp ore?

[@cantgetenoughoutdoors3258]

Alvin Paul it wasn’t anything fresh it was a clump if dried up brownish black crumbly substance at base of red oak. I thought it could be an old dried up hen

[@frankmonroe8320]

I'm there with you about taking care of our wild lands. Sad that some abuse them. Love your very informative videos.

[@stevekulbacki5238]

Seen them growing away from old sugar maple too but mostly from old oak trees. Good video Adam.

[@isnoothingpersonalkid5101]

Absolutely love your videos! I'd really like links for look alikes for common mushrooms, if its not too much trouble! Googling it can be difficult

[@stevedarnall8556]

Thank you for the video Adam, I've been chomping at the bit wanting to go mushroom hunting, we are finally getting a good steady rain today, it's been very dry here in Western Kentucky so hopefully the mushrooms will start popping up. Wow that knife looks awesome very nice craftsmanship, that was very nice of Rob @ R.S. Knife works to craft and send you one .

[@Gesundheit888]

Thanks for picking up trash in our beautiful forests. When I was a kid and we went hiking with our class, in Germanys beautiful mountains, we always were instructed to take home what we brought with us and if we found something extra, to take that home also. All of my generation picks up trash to this day.

[@gregowens4659]

I love you videos man! You are so well spoken and informative! I would love to email you and chat about what I can find local to my area or where I should go to find info. Thanks again!

[@tmjr3176]

An outstanding video, as usual. I cannot thank you enough, Adam, for the tutelage. In the beginning of this video, specifically at :57 seconds, there is a grayish/white "coral" looking fungi. Is this a "ground coral" that is paraticized by hypomyces? I found, what appeared to be very similar yesterday for the first time at Cumberland Mountain State Park in Eastern Tennessee. Thanks man and keep up the great work.

[@ashleyweaver-duperrex1971]

Thanks from France! The hubby and I love watching your videos!

[@LearnYourLand]

Awesome, thanks for watching!

[@bagookster]

Thank you! It’s been very dry in Georgia as well, but this has inspired me to get out and keep looking!

[@kbjerke]

Thank you for yet another awesome video, Adam! I always learn something from them, and anxiously await your next! I did not know that Sugar Maples were host to fungi (but why wouldn't they - duh! on my part) and I have two on my small property in Southern Ontario. I have no idea how old they actually are, but one measures 11 feet in circumference, and the other 13 feet. Both are still very healthy, and provide me with maple syrup every other year! (I think they need a rest between harvesting.) And like yourself, I gather trash when I'm out foraging. Never a shortage of that... :-(

[@LearnYourLand]

Thanks for watching and sharing your experiences!

[@williamjohnson5777]

Another great video. It's amazing just how many fungi and mushrooms are in the woods... but you have to get out there to look!

[@gregghorstmeyer9007]

Adam, as always great video. Have you ever personally tried the Northern Tooth? I have had them growing on a old Beech tree for years and have tried eating them many times. They were absolutely delicious. Tender and mild and not bitter at all. I would love your input.

[@LearnYourLand]

Hi Gregg, every Northern Tooth I've nibbled on raw had an unpleasant taste and I have yet to meet anyone local who enjoys eating it. Perhaps I'll give a tender, cooked specimen a chance one of these days!

[@rodmorris9690]

The best source for information... ABSOLUTELY!!!! Thanks Adam...

[@LearnYourLand]

Thanks, Rod!

[@WhatIDoOutdoors]

I truly enjoy watching your videos. They are extremely informative and the way you speak is very relaxing, Makes me want to learn more. Thank you for your knowledge KEEP SHROOMIN

[@EuropeanDevochka]

I never thought that I'd be this interested in mushrooms lol thank you KZbin recommendations

[@LearnYourLand]

Thanks for watching!

[@scottsmith8546]

Nice video Adam! Keep up the great work and beautiful scenery in the forests.

[@JasonSam7]

Awesome video with great balance between forest content and scientific explanations!

[@LearnYourLand]

Thanks!

[@mushroomsofnewengland5946]

Always helpful videos from you Adam. Thank you. Here in CT/MASS as of now it's raining all week, I'm making plans to go hiking again next week. Hopeful for some nice findings.

[@biddydibdab9180]

I really love your videos for the great information you provide but also because you are a very nice man.

[@jamieleonard5098]

Always appreciate your videos, very informative, keep it up. Kudos for being a good steward and talking about it.

[@careyjamesmajeski3203]

So grateful for you, dude. Thanks for all the great videos.

[@dawnrusso2621]

Excellent gesture Rob!!!

[@ShaglusZ]

love your vids... we found a nice hen of the woods in NC this year. thanks for what you do.

[@paavoviuhko7250]

I was happy to hear you conclude with the word "sacred". That constitutes the meaning for my habit of practicing the woodlands. Recently I've picked up chanterelles and hedgehogs and lactarius and boletus edulis. A new one for me was Suillus cavipes--(grows under larch) didn't know that it's a choice edible.

[@dr.michelleevamorholt1538]

Excellent! Thanks for being you!

[@LearnYourLand]

You're welcome, and thank you for watching!

[@emilywheelwright3381]

Hi Adam! Thanks for the video! 🍄

[@ildiko1vt]

WOW! what a cool gift to receive!!! But definitely worth the lead! Never realized that hens grow on other trees as well. Thanks for that tip. I am surrounded by birches and beeches and will keep my eyes open. I see that the leaves of the sugar maple also have holes in them, like the ones here in Ripton, VT. Our sugar maples have become brown prematurely due to the insect that has been ravaging the maples. Any idea what those insects are that create holes in the maple leaves? When you find the actual hole that came out of the leaf, there is a worm like insect inside. Thanks for explaining the Hericum species. On our mushroom page, there have been confusion about the three. Thanks for the plug on cleaning up the woods!

[@jeanneamato8278]

Now I have a new favorite nature page to subscribe to! Yayyy.

[@karenjones2655]

You must of rocked school.. I admire you can remember all you do and even say their names...

[@boboala1]

Well done, lad! You are a natural teacher and a true mycorrhizal man! (Nice knife! I wish I knew how to keep a blade honed sharp like that!)

[@Gypsy-lq1xh]

i just found your channel a few days ago ! I plan on watching ALL of your excellent videos ! I LOVE Maitake mushrooms....i get the Maitake mushroom ramen every time i go to this yummy Japanese restaurant in my area...(in the Mid-West ) Thank you Adam I LOVE your vids !!!!!!!

[@LearnYourLand]

Thanks for watching!

[@sapelesteve]

Yet another awesome video Adam! Your knowledge of Mushrooms & tree species is really impressive. How you remember all of those genus & species names is beyond me. I really liked that coral look alike mushroom. Next time I am out in the woods I will be looking for mushrooms............ :)

[@LearnYourLand]

Awesome, hope you find some!

[@MrDustin713]

I've had a decent year for foraging. I only pick from lions mane(Hericeum) family, puffballs, COW, lobsters and chantrelles. Haven't found any of the last 2 yet but the last two months i've found quite a few of the others.

[@MichaelCarolina]

Enjoy watching your channel. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@1975Jdonov]

Up in Maine it has been wet and very cold at night. Most mushrooms seem to melt overnight. I am curious as we continue to lose ash trees are there any mushrooms in danger of disappearing as the trees die off.

[@LearnYourLand]

Some people say that the Ash Tree Bolete may be at risk.

[@thomasreto2997]

Respect the land for sure. Thank you for sharia your knowledge freely with others. Salmon creek road real nice by Marienville. Sons and I love camping there🍄🌈😃🤙

[@lauracromartie413]

Great! Love seeing someone get excited about what they find like me :) love the trash encouragement as well, I am inspired.. it's a good use for the plastic bags I get. Great Video and knowledge share!

[@OwenEDell]

You are a master. Thank you for all your great work.

[@LearnYourLand]

Thanks for watching!

[@eternalacademy88]

Adam, you make picking mushrooms FUN! Ank you for all your videos. Great energy. Love from Belarus.

[@LearnYourLand]

Thanks!