Oyster Mushrooms 101 | How to Find, Identify & Preserve Your Wild Food AND How To Grow Your Own!

Learn how to find and identify wild oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) and see their toxic lookalikes, Oysterings and Angel wings!
I'll take you back to my kitchen to show you how to store and preserve your wild food, and I'll also show you how you can grow your own oyster mushrooms at home from the trimmings and offcuts!
Please remember to never eat any wild food, be it plant, fruit or fungi, unless you are 100% certain of its identity and always cross check your resources. Always do research before taking herbs internally, especially if you are pregnant, have severe allergies or a weakened immune system. Finally, remember to take only what you need from places of abundance, and always leave plenty for the wildlife too.
If you’d like to follow along for more foraging and forest garden content, you can join me over on all the socials @danniinthewild
Thanks for watching!

[@beccafirebird]

I really do love your videos. Gives me a smile and somewhere to chill. ❤

[@danniinthewild]

Oh thank you so much for watching and for taking the time to comment! 🫶🏾🫶🏾

[@geminirhythmspirit2573]

I'm going to go out into blean woods tomorrow before work, to see what I can find ❤

[@danniinthewild]

In Herne bay? I’m from Kent and know those woods well 😍

[@FrancisHatton]

Love the Amenita muscaria chime.

[@danniinthewild]

Thank you, it’s a bird feeder! A cute gift many years ago 🍄❤️

[@Generalleeawesome]

very nice work mush ❤

[@danniinthewild]

🫶🏾🫶🏾 thank you!

[@kmt-c3h]

Thanks for these great videos. I would love to grow some mushrooms in my garden. Could I use shop bought oyster mushrooms? And does your tub have holes or does it need to be airtight?

[@MikeMac1980]

Definitely want to add some shroom to the garden, thanks Danni. What’s the dehydrator you use? I like to prep some what and see all theses massive and expensive dehydrators that cost the earth on these channels that most of us can’t afford, I am more about realistic, simple and minimal power needed kind of guy.

[@danniinthewild]

Mines a cheap one from eBay, ‘aicok’ it says on the front, I’ve had mine for about 8 years but a quick google tells me they are still £30, though it looks like you can get better ones for a little more. This one has a smaller footprint than some others so easy for me to store in my tiny house 😄

[@MikeMac1980]

@@danniinthewild cool, thanks Danni🤘🏻