Wax Caps and Winter Mushrooms Jan 2025

[@mymalinoisadventures2252]

Another great video. I have learned so much from watching Mushroom Wonderland. Thanks Aaron keep em coming.

[@timmynormand8082]

I have also learned from this channel thanks Aaron

[@JohnCox1026]

Another great video. . . And WoW, Aaron, the Parrot Waxy Caps are BEAUTIFUL!! Definitely worthy of a bucket list! ❤🍄‍🟫🍄❤️

[@p3co_]

You da man, Aaron. Your vids always inspire me to go out into the woods and try to find what you found. I’m identifying new species all the time thanks to you! 🤙

[@yrutrynme]

Just finished walking my dog at the park doing my own little foray.. get to come home to another excellent presentation from Aaron. Mush love!

[@mushroomwonderland1]

Thanks!

[@Julia-y2n4q]

thank you so much for these videos, im considered the “mushroom expert” in my family and ive learned a lot from this channel😁😁they’re also super fun and interesting to watch every time

[@northernwildharvest]

Really cool to see those parrot wax caps

[@bordercollielover9360]

Daaaaaaaaaaam nice find, that green is amazing!!!!!!!!

[@lisacassells3828]

Aaron, great video as always. Learning a lot. Thank you. 😊

[@meplant-man634]

We have quite the hygrocybe/waxy cap diversity here in some of my favorite foraging spots. I do miss them this time of the year when they are buried in ice and snow ❄️! Those parrot wax caps look awesome.

[@shanegillilandklein3866]

I have been a novice mushroom hunter for a long time and I really have learned so much from your videos. It's renewed my interest and excitement. I love how excited you were when you found the parrot!! Such a thrill. I found my first reishi in the Columbia River gorge the other day. I was also excited like a kid. Thanks Aaron for all your videos!!

[@RyleeGassin]

Thanks Aaron! Im excited to move out to Shelton later this year :) much love from Idaho!

[@ethanzapach]

It's always a fantastic day when Aaron uploads!🍄

[@jolieharding8482]

Thats so cool you found those!

[@jessicapatton7862]

I saw the hair ice on your iNat this weekend. Cool stuff!

[@GuardianAngelWatcher]

Thank you for the amazing still shots of the parrot waxy cap! I snagged a few screenshots to use as reference images to paint them! Green is my favorite color!

[@schwiftyoliver77]

Haha the jazz had me cracking up! Great vid

[@DoubleADay]

It was good to see you back

[@Snappy-ut4bj]

Super cool and fun. I am into species but mushrooms evade me to a certain extent. Thanks for opening the door!

[@dontwatch1227]

Incredible colors considering the materials they grow from.

[@redrider5832]

love the video

[@Ashoffungi]

I love these videos! Its always so fun to compare whats growing there and where i live!!

[@KokoraLife]

They are so beautiful! Thank you!

[@gardengatesopen]

VERY Nice, indeed!! ❤ 👍

[@andyvonbourske6405]

i just love mushrooms ! especially the cubes !

[@jamesm2889]

17:50 perfect description!

[@1DNGJR]

Ditto here, keep up the great post.

[@sunshinewtwodollasigns100]

Congratulations on finding parrot waxy caps!

[@mushroomwonderland1]

Thanks, they're amazing!

[@momsmushroomsjodyfoster5786]

Wow those are special! Never saw the bicolor ones❤

[@momsmushroomsjodyfoster5786]

Hair Ice! Way cool

[@jonsnpthere82]

🍄❤️

[@GuruEthereal369]

🤙✌️🖖

[@kapstersmusic]

I have seen "hair ice" squeezing right out of mud around here. Not sure if it has anything to do with fungi.

[@davidfix444]

3:26pm i would love to go out and pick mushrooms but that i have never done it because I don't know what can be edible I'm afraid to pick any . Thank you

[@dustin860]

Click on this hoping to see if you found the similar red ones that I've been fighting around my area. First ones you pick up are the cherry red wax caps, and I have been finding those all over! Unfortunately it's the only ones that I've found so far. I had misidentified them as Scarlet waxy caps

[@foxmulder7616]

Nice. Only winter mushrooms you can find around here are dried shaggy mane, it hasn't rained in over six months lol 😞

[@mushroomwonderland1]

@@foxmulder7616 dang, where are you?

[@foxmulder7616]

@mushroomwonderland1 southern Arizona lol Phoenix area. I've only seen a handful of mushrooms, and 99% were shaggy manne, once , I saw a bolete, that was living in a median, that had irrigation and mulch. It's slim pickins lol

[@demonrosario5398]

Never seen a green mushroom

[@jerryscroggins7669]

I want your book if you do 1

[@ChriFux]

great video! alot of nice finds. the camera sounds you edited in for the pictures are kinda offputting to me tbh... loved the spore measurements tho ❤

[@mushroomwonderland1]

@@ChriFux Yeah I could see that but little embellishments kind of spice up a video that might be boring otherwise. IDK. Hard to please everyone! 🍄🤙

[@momsmushroomsjodyfoster5786]

There’s too much snow ❄️ here in Michigan right now to enter the woods

[@mushroomwonderland1]

@@momsmushroomsjodyfoster5786 that sucks. Hang in there and keep watching my videos!

[@karmareed3598]

18:48 random person walking the trail rounds corner finds MW rolling around in the mud with a fancy camera, getting pictures of beautiful mushrooms. Has that ever happened??

[@mushroomwonderland1]

@@karmareed3598 Yeah it happens pretty often actually haha 😄

[@jsb937]

Do you ever have group guided forages?

[@mushroomwonderland1]

I do! We held a dozen foray groups last fall. Not too sure about spring forays but there will definitely be more next fall. You can find details at mushroomwonderland.com. I also teach classes at Olympic College, and there will be spring sessions and they're every affordable! Check the links in the description of this video for more info. Mush Love!

[@jeffb4612]

If they aren't mycorrhizal, why would they usually be found around the cedar and maple.

[@mushroomwonderland1]

I think it's the way that the soil gets conditioned from the debris from the leaves/scales. Also, those trees tend to thrive in certain high-moisture habitats. So I think mainly it's environmental conditions like moisture and nutrients.

[@djwhiteflour]

Tip on the microscopy: only measure the spores with the apiculus is in focus and on one of the corners of the spore all the margin should be sharp focus then and it will be the largest and possible Qvalue aka what you want to measure

[@realnutteruk1]

All mushrooms are edible... some are edible only once.