Mushroom Hunting - For the first (and possibly the last) Time!

[xXStrWbrrYsToneXx]

Also make sure that you familiarize yourself with ALL poisonous mushrooms in your area. The deadly galerina is everywhere. O.O



[BarefootBotanist]

Just learning about mushrooms myself. May I suggest familiarising yourself with the various groups of mushrooms from the book ( maybe get a couple more books) before you go. Some other safe ones are Boletes and Chantarelles, both fairly easy to identify. But yes, definately harder than it looks. I think knowing what habitat and time of year to look will help me. (I am in Oz)

[Sharky2290]

first ones have psycobelin dont remember the name tho

[alextheskaterdude07]

Were any of these psilocybes?

[MikhailLifirenko]

@alextheskaterdude07 the first ones looked liked cyanesins. cant spell for shit.

[justinboy08]

Look for gold tops mushroom in cow shit

[rickvanman]

@justinboy08  Yummy! :o)

[xXStrWbrrYsToneXx]

@justinboy08 I hope you're not seriously eating every gold cap mushroom that grows in cow dung. 85-90% of those are not going to be psychoactive, you know. You'll end up getting sick/the dead that way.

[DogsBestFriend4Life]

@justinboy08 When I was training in Fort Hood Texas for a month in the field, I found a whole grove full of them. I could have filled my whole rucksack ten times over with fresh shrooms. They were extremely large and healthy specimens.

[Jamrock74]

Intresting yet uniformative thnks for posting its like a future vision of when i got to do it ill be back hopefully

[DarkSasuke61636]

dont go for the ones with red caps or really big white and ragged caps

[citizenpetroff]

There aren't too many around my part of the neighbourhood, but I still love looking :)

You should take a look at the National Audubon Society field guide. It's quite advanced for me, but very helpful. You might also want to look into a guide that includes dangerous look alikes.

[citizenpetroff]

There aren't too many around my part of the neighbourhood, but I still love looking :)

You should take a look at the National Audubon Society field guide. It's quite advanced for me, but very helpful. You might also want to look into a guide that includes dangerous look alikes.

[citizenpetroff]

God, I love England. It's so beautiful Captivating really..I live in the suburbs of Michigan in the United States...It's no where near as wonderful as there. Is mushrooming a popular thing to do in England? I'd assume that the countryside (where you appear to be) would be the perfect place for them to grow. In the woods, and in the hills with all the rain you get and what not. Mushrooming is my favourite pastime.

[bigkitten]

Puffballs, shaggy inkcaps (don't drink with these), and parasols....very easily identifiable. All eminently eatable, when fried in butter.

[nannersplz]

most parasols are poisonous! dont tell people to eat those!

[EarlRausch]

Dizzy

Where the heck do you live ? "Ruined the natural Beauty ?"

I live in Utah/New Mexico I can drive for almost an hour and never see another car, The beauty here in this part of the country is astounding,

As far as the history of GB I am with you on that although I have seen (watching programs from GB) that they hate to hear Americans go on about the great history of GB,

I enjoyed being in Dorset it was really nice there and hope to one day go back.

[dizzylizzy6]

ok , i whant to go back to England, i love the over cast and the trees, the history. :/ i dont like the USA as much as the other places i have been, we have prity much ruined the countries natural buty, at least the places i go. :/ ok well rick glad to see you alive! :P as always i realy enjoy your videos, and when you have your sister or kev in them it even makes them more entertaining, speaking about that, when are you and kev gana get back together and do collaboration videos again?

[rickvanman]

Hi Colin - long time no speak :o)

yes, England is still a green and pleasant land, despite the developments of most towns and cities.

There are whispers of the Camcorder Bandits channel being resurrected! so watch this space!

[dizzylizzy6]

yay! :D made my day :P

im gana try the clone trick in a bit :)

[johnny102marvin]

Rick, not only should start vines, bushes, and trees that have edible food growing all over your region where you live, but you should spread seeds of flowers that are edible. Flowers are often very mild to sweet and full of antioxidants. Some excellent flowers are daylilies, azaleas, violets, honeysuckle - flame azalea has so much nectar the flowers taste like Orange Crush. The base of flowers can be strong to bitter - it's better to break off petals and not eat the green material.

[rickvanman]

Thanks for the tips John - i'll have to look into it.

[johnny102marvin]

Rick, thanks for posting on my Desert Storm video. Another good plant to propagate in the fields, alleys, and unused areas in your neighborhood are BLACKBERRIES, RASPBERRIES. These plants are strong and grow very easily in the wild. While you are at it, plant some blueberries. Just break off a branch of a blackberry bush and put it in the ground and the rest is history.

[BrikDivit]

I love the final shot over your shoulder, nice wide angle of the countryside. Nice colors too.

[rickvanman]

LOL - I tried to stay out of this one! :o)

Some of us Brits (not many) still manage to reatin our sense of humor! It;s a question of survival! LOL!

[johnny102marvin]

Here is a food survival idea I have never read about, but it makes sense. This is a long term strategy. Plant plum trees, apple trees, nut trees, and every edible food producing tree that will grow in your area.

Plant them in the woods, parks, hills, everywhere in your area. In other words, become a Johnny Apple seed. Then when bad time comes foraging for food will be a lot easier. Has anybody out there ever done this. I have !!!

[rickvanman]

What a great idea, I have a ton of plum tree seeds from my plum picking days - might have to take a walk in my area and start poking them into the ground :o)

[guineapiggypiggy]

We have several books describing wild food that you can eat but not a single one of them has a photograph of the item. They're all sketches and paintings. Have these publishers never heard of a camera? It would make identifying species a lot easier.

[rickvanman]

We have 3 mushroom books now only 1 of which has actual photos - but the similarities are so common between species that even with photos, it's still near-on impossible to get a positive identification :o(

[guineapiggypiggy]

So what would you suggest someone do with their time? Work four jobs just so they can pay the rent and their HMO? Lounge around on the couch watching TV? Feed their face with junk food? Oh hang on, that's most U.S. citizens...

[NuggetsOfTruths]

Shaggy Ink Caps grow in grass fields not woods :-)

[TheMeditationPlace]

oops - probably why we couldn't find any in the woods! LOL

[NuggetsOfTruths]

Rather you than me.

There are so few I can identify I just don't bother.

Jews Ear and Shaggy Ink Cap and i'm finished.

[RagingConflagration]

You had some nice shots of the mushrooms out of this though.

[TheMeditationPlace]

True - would have had some nice photos too if my camera batteried didn't die!

[lillith886]

i'm lucky enough to have a field with field mushrooms in it every year so this forraging is not hard for us. puff balls are easy to spot. going for a mushroom walk with an expert is the only way to identify edible mushrooms safely or marry a man who did his dissertation on fungi!!! clever giles!!

[mrfreeman1995]

planning a halloween vid this year?

[LostFoxeh]

next time get a list of mushrooms in your area of the world. go out pick 2-4 different species and get spore prints, and spend the rest of the day going threw books and other's research to try and id them. The list of what is in your area is just an tempt to narrow the search but by n o means absolute. Don't forget to take notes of what it was growing on and the climate of the last few days when you picked it. Happy hunting.

[LostFoxeh]

Your best bet is to grow your own, that way you know what they are and there is no risk. A lot of science stores sell kits with eatable mushrooms.

[Dan727]

Liked your video Rick, too bad you didn't find any tasty morsels to fry up.

That "deer" you saw was a wild pig LOL. Probably looking for mushrooms also.

Try the book "How to Identify Good Mushrooms from Poisonous Toadstools" By the late Dr. Fine :p

[jmessy007]

You're videos always keep me entertained

[emzirek]

From what I understand the mushrooms you get at the store(canned) grow in dark places like caves. If you find any that are growing in cow patties, they are the psychedelic kind. Any other ar possibly poisonous.

Have yo tried to google the images you found out there on your hike?

[rickvanman]

Thanks for the tips - actually I'm a little nervous about trusting any ID info I get from the net

The web is full of opinions and soundbites, but not so hot on imperical data. It might be useful for cross-reference but I wouldn't use it for final ID's

[j3pfilms]

Looks like you had some fun. Gotta say those sandwiches looked yummy :P

Also gotta say that I'm looking forward to more film making tutorials whenever those come although amazingly (considering some of the topics) your videos always manage to keep me hooked!

[rickvanman]

Thanks Jack - The bacon butties were fab!

Have to admit to being in a bit of a filmaking tutorial 'drout' at the moment, but was able to continue making vids on other subjects.

Hopefully I'll get back to the tuts soon but in the meanwhile enjoy the change of scenery!

Glad it's still coming across as interesting :o)

[FenderGibsonWashburn]

The only advice I was ever given about mushrooms is " If it looks like the ones you buy in the store don't eat it " I have never eaten any I've found.

[rickvanman]

Thanks for the tip Paul - after reading several books on the subject, I'm starting to draw to the same conclusion. The "normal" mushroom-looking ones are by far the most difficult to ID.

[rickvanman]

thanks - probably why we couldn't find any here in October! LOL

[rickvanman]

indeed :o)

[soogoonu]

great mush variety but saw no porcinis (boletus edulis) - do you know if there are in england? if you go for a second try and found some I could tell you a dozen of ways to cook that incredibly tasty mushroom - they really are worth a second check in your lovely countryside

[rickvanman]

Still getting to grips with the basics - not familiar with porcinis yet. We might go back when my other mushroom books arrive - watch this space :o)

[TexasHighDef]

Well glad you didn't eat any of those! But it did look like a nice walk in the woods!*****Duke

[rickvanman]

Thanks Duke - it was a lovely day, and we also found a load of sweet chestnuts, so it wasn't completely wasted :o)