The Mushroom That Tastes JUST Like Crab | Lion's Mane Foraging

Join me as I show you how to find and identify the Lion's Mane mushroom!
The species highlighted in this video are:
Lion's Mane (Hericium erinaceus)
Edibility: Choice edible, often times compared to crab
Berkeley's Polypore (Bondarzewia berkeleyi)
Edibility: Edible
The gear I use:
-Opinel Foraging Knife: www.amazon.com/Opinel-OP01252...
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[@sonofabear]

Nice finds! I found a massive lion's mane lodged in a fallen tree like that and now I always check hollows in logs.

[@glieseonlife]

Thanks! Lion's mane can definitely be pretty sneaky

[@barnbrat7732]

"We eatin' dirt tonight." 😆 Thanks for posting, I love watching the process from dirt to table!

[@ludvigafklercker7722]

Love that we get to follow the foraging all the way into the kitchen! Looking forward to more videos!

[@johnnywallace8123]

I am just learning how to do this and I am amazed at how fast they grow. Thank you for the information.

[@glieseonlife]

Glad it was helpful!

[@garrettmazziotti3389]

Love the outtake at the end. Looked like Katie enjoyed the heat🤣

[@theunclejesusshow8260]

Nice, I never had it, but I just got Chicken of The Woods justc3hours ago, Pennsylvania 👍

[@glieseonlife]

Awesome! Hopefully you can find a Lion's Mane next time!

[@theunclejesusshow8260]

Thanks, Yeah, we've been doing wild edible greens for 20years, but we're new at mushrooms. You can see our new upload from Today if you want see our enthusiasm 😀 👍

[@glieseonlife]

Very nice, we just enjoyed some Hen of the Woods tonight as well! I will be uploading a video about it very soon

[@theunclejesusshow8260]

@@glieseonlife Yep, we pack away a bunch in the freezer too

[@theunclejesusshow8260]

Wow ,Yeah, that next porous mushroom really does look like a Pale Chicken of The Woods

[@glieseonlife]

For sure!

[@16azz]

Thought you meant to tap the mushrooms before picking the so spores are released and more grow???

[@tracy2762]

when did you forage? i am learning and knowing their time helps. i hear lions mane is hard to find. is it mainly found in a few states or the whole east of the mississippi?

[@glieseonlife]

These were foraged a few weeks ago, but they are certainly still fruiting here in NC. It took me a few years before I was able to find one that was in reach, so yes, definitely a hard mushroom to forage. There are several Herecium species that fruit in North America which also include the bears head tooth and the coral tooth fungus. I am not sure how many states it can be found in, but I have personally found it in both MD and NC.

[@melindahawk8540]

You can replant the scallion roots .They will grow more green tops.

[@HollerHunter]

What a haul. Awesome find. I know you mentioned oaks for the hens, but do you find the lion's mane only on particular species as well?

[@glieseonlife]

Thanks! Lion’s mane can be found growing on dead or decaying hardwood trees. A lot of the trees that I find mine on are too decayed to properly identify, so I’ve never really taken note of specific tree species

[@joelwhite3591]

Benjidelics store is where I can recommend you to order it from

[@joelwhite3591]

It's on Instagram

[@CreepstarASMR]

I also live in the Piedmont of nc I have found so many great amanitas in my yard this season as well as several other mushrooms. I am so interested in finding a foraging group around Franklin county. Do you have any groups that you’ve studied with or have any resources in the area for experienced informative instruction?! I am going crazy not having enough information!

[@glieseonlife]

I do not know of any specific foraging groups in Franklin County, but there are several great Facebook groups that are very helpful when it comes to learning and asking about mushroom identification. I have also been fortunate enough to have a mentor which has helped me to learn about foraged foods in our area at an accelerated rate. My recommendation would be to join some of the Facebook groups and start trying to identify the things people post using the resources that you have, such as the internet and books (I recommend the Bessette's book "A field guide to mushrooms of the Carolinas"). And then of course my number one recommendation is to continue spending time in the woods observing as many plants and mushrooms as you can. The more things you know (such as trees and terrain), the easier it will be to locate specific types of wild foods. Building confidence is key, and being a forager requires us to constantly be learning new things which I think is one of the things that makes it so exciting! It seems like there are quite a few of my viewers that are based out of NC so I am thinking about the possibility of arranging a few foraging trips to help teach people how to get started. I am also thinking about posting a video with the steps and methods that I use to locate and identify wild foods. Let me know if you think that either of these things would be helpful, I really appreciate the feedback from all of my viewers and want to help as many of you as I can!

[@CreepstarASMR]

@@glieseonlife yes I think that the Piedmont area of NC must be super diverse in means of temperature and humidity as well as so many different plants and substrates in general that makes the area so hospitable for fungi! And I agree there’s definitely nothing that compares to hands on experience but I would SO benefit from having a mentor and community to collaborate with! Please let me know if you plan on having any sort of group hands on sessions I really think that this area is in dire need of some instruction and an idea of learning new things! I tend to feel peoples opinion on mushrooms in this area is that they are afraid to learn more! But this hasn’t stopped me and I’m on the look out for some hands on experience! I’m lucky to have acres of woods in my own back yard here and have found so many new specimens!

[@Lulu-uh1fr]

Definitely interested in a foraging trip! @@glieseonlife

[@JR-playlists]

Say your welcome boy....

[@Expressmel1]

Pretty sure those are green onions, not scallions. Cool video though.

[@cindyli8568]

In China, it is called the monkey's head

[@nifur444]

lol the highlight of this vid is that pepper

[@katherineberkowitz1580]

It was the worst part for me 🥵

[@katherineberkowitz1580]

(it’s me in the video if that was not clear)

[@nifur444]

@@katherineberkowitz1580 ahahah but was it good fun to taste a whole fresh pepper🤣? minus the spicy bit

[@katherineberkowitz1580]

It was very fresh and tasty!

[@TheMaxthesis]

but what baout CHICKEN OF THE WOODS?

[@glieseonlife]

Chicken of the woods is wonderful, but I think our season for it is pretty much done here in NC! I have a separate video on chicken of the woods if you are interested in checking it out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4SmkJqVgLaWg6s

[@danziger9996]

Why do you put sugar in your fridge? 🤯

[@glieseonlife]

That’s actually my pantry!