I like them with diced chicken in a white cream sauce, over rice. They add a light crunchiness to the dish that way. I also put them in Oriental dish's like Chop Suey or Stir Fry's.
most all mushroom videos tell you big names people can hardly say right . and do not tell us any thing of real information like what one might look for to tell WTF it is bad or not .
@solvssod Latin names are used so people know exactly what mushroom is being discussed, even everywhere in the world. Slang names are confusing, say for instance, I found a beefsteak. ( The latin name is Gyromitra esculenta ) There are several mushrooms called beefsteaks, Fistulina hepatica is commonly called a beefsteak, Gyromitras are called beefsteaks , and of course a nice porterhouse is called a beefsteak. So people use Latin names so there is no room for error.It's a pain learning though.
@Dhragonfly You know what, you are correct ! I don't know what I was thinking . This year we have had a mushroom season like that year. It's been the best season since then. All the weather conditions have been really good. We had a small hot spell and then cool, wet weather. Perfact for mushrooms.
@grifola =D maybe there's some sort of pattern where, every 10 years there is a growth spurt of some sort (for mushrooms)..or the rate of decomposure of the forest in which you pick them from. anyways, Michigan isn't all that far from Ontario, in Canada..I wonder how the pickings are in this area. maybe we've got some good mushrooms north of the border too?
Could you do me a favor and type out the names of the mushrooms you showed at the end, I replayed a bunch of times but the audio isn't great on my computer and I could not catch them all!
@smukamanta I'm new at learning about mushrooms...So, if he would have cut them at the base, instead of pulling them out completely by the roots, you're saying he could have gone back again the next season (or whenever)? Seems logical.
Hi ! I live in Italy ! Those edulis are totally different fron our ones. They look more similar to our Boletus Pinicola. Are you sure they are not Boletus rex-veris ? The look like them. Anyway we have not Boletus rex-veris in Europe. The mushroom at 6.10 looks like a Boletus vulpinus.
@rideon77 I hear alot that they look different from Europe's Kings . Our's don't seem to have such bulbus stems as yours do. The ones at 6:10 are Leccinums ( Leccinum insigne ) Read the comment below, that tranrecked wrote. This is becomming more and more common here.
Man I would give my left you know what for a king spot! These are far superior to all wild mushrooms for having the most flavor! I much prefer these to morels, chanterelles, hens, etc! But for some reason I cant find them to save my life! Interesting that you found them in the middle of a deciduous situation!
@chupacabra312 Actually, I find them in both types of trees, but mainly in firs. I agree with you on the flavor. To me they have a sweet nutty flavor.
I agree completely that is the flavor I get! Its the best there is! Nothing better then these in a creme of mushroom soup (No I ain't talking cambels either). ;)
Okay so the six million dollar question have you found any this year yet? Was it cold out when you found these? Also was it pretty wet? Those moss beds are pretty amazing! I have never seen a moss bed that thick here in Southeast Michigan!
@chupacabra312 I haven't found any this year yet, but I haven't been out to look for them. The ones in the video were found in Sept. in Lapeer and Mio Michigan. Cool and wet weather. This past weekend I was at Houghton Lake and found lots of Rozites caperata and Lepiota procera. Battered the Lepiotas in Drakes and deep fried them. They tyaste like country fried steak !
I just read a news report out of new england area where an elderly man was one of three people experienced in collecting fall mushrooms and was hospitalized after eating two different species of boletes. The article reported that one of the shrooms was a 'king' and the other was a lettichen scaber. They mentioned that they think the stalk of the scaber was toxic to him..two others ate them and if I am correct one did not get ill, one other had gi symptoms. It look like aspen scaber, but not sure
I have found several different varieties of bolete in my area near grayling, mi. But have not found many kings, only a few. I do see a lot of aspen scaber, are they very tasty..haven't tried them. Are you finding them in hardwoods too or just in fir/hemlock and jackpine. Any thing you can tell me would be much appreciated. thanks
@trainrecked The Aspen scaber ( Leccinum insigne & Leccinum scabrum ) have both beem reported as toxic. I have ate L. insigne with no ill effects, but I won't touch them anymore after reading the article. Most of the Kings I found were in fir / hemlock too.
@ronzon100 I just saute them in butter. They have a rich, nutty flavor. Most true boletes are very good, but the trick is to get them in their early stages, when the pores are not fully developed.
I walk to a neighbours lawn where inprevious years I have found shaggy manes and found a mushroom young and firm ...took them to a prof at UNBC ...he ID'd them to be the leccinum (pointed me to wikipedia) using images, proximity to a birch, stays the same when cut and/or bruised ...I think I've found Leccinum Scabrum ...I'm curious though when cooked the colour darkened only slightly and their location is close to a large birch yet much closer to two mountain ashes
Hello,im from Basque Country in north of spain,there are another Boletus better than Edulis,called Boletus Aereus..This Boletus is the real King of Boletus.Nice video,I see that you know well the mushrooms.Sorry for my bad english.
It begins the good season to go for mushrooms, I will begin with the search of the Cantharellus Cibarius, Marasmius Oreades, Agaricus Campestris, Agaricus Macrospora, Calocybe Gambosa, Leucopaxillus Candidus, Leucopaxillus Lepistoide, Coprinus Comatus... Good luck in your search and thank you for your response.
lol that's funny...we probably walked right past each other. not very familiar with salmon creek. are you getting any tanoaks up that way? i picked a bunch this last week and a couple of kings.
you should use a knife to cut them in the base in spite of pulling out them. When you do so you can waste the living veg, the micelium which provides you the mushrooms.
The one shown at 1:23 is definitely B. Edulis. It had the tell-tale fine netting on the upper stalk, and white spore surface that is indicative of young B. Edulis. The others are probably Leccinums. The one at 3:00, also B. edulis. @6:15 definitely orange Birch Bolete
My mistake, I have found no kings yet. All 71 I believe were bitter boletes. Bad taste raw and purplish caps on the younger ones. Didn't know they had such huge stalks too.
I found 71 tonight in a Minneapolis city park. First time ever finding them, didn't know they were so big. Most of them seemed a foot and a half wide and were around elms.
From the looks of your surroundngs, you were in my backyard! I harvested a few dozen of the Kings this past year in Massachusetts in identical-looking territory. In fact, the variety of boletes was amazing. (It was a bumper year for all the fall mushrooms thanks to the favorable conditions.)
Kind of sounds familiar, I was driving 170 miles from home, then went out in my back yard and found just as many. Looking forward to a good season this year. Morels are just a couple of months away.
@grifola ...I ran out of character space in my first comment ...I saw that you dry mushrooms and I'm curious to know if you freeze them ...this morning walking in my neighbourhood park and school yards, here in Prince George BC Canada
I felt like I hit pay dirt ! Yahoo! I first found 2 small perfect puffballs then one small firm puffball with a stem (this tells you that I'm a beginner) ...the prof ID'd the agaricus (the commercially grown variety) I usually find the shaggy manes first.
I'm not going to ask where you were filming but please tell me what month they fruited. I found exactly one edible one this year in N. California in late December. We also have a great little bolete out here called Zeller's that's mighty good fresh when young.
I found these in Mio & Lapeer, Michigan at the end of Aug. and early Sept. That was back in 2000. The weather was cool and wet all summer long . I haven't found them in that quantity since. Boletus Zelleri is typically from your area and is considered an excellent edible.
Thank you. The spore color to B. Edulis is olive brown. I think you're talking about Leccinum Insigne, which has black dots on its stem. When young and firm they are a very good edible, but they turn blackish when cooked. They don't look very good in a dish.There are many, many kinds of boletes. You want to stay away from the red pored and blue staining ones. Most are toxic.
i like youre mushroom vids. what coloor spore print do they have? and if there are any imitators what are the differences between them and the boletus edulis?
Hey Buddy! Impressive assortment of fungi. I didn't realize Michigan had so similar boletus mushrooms as we do in the Pacific Northwest! Are Lobsters also common? The video makes me anxious for the Spring Kings we will be getting this Spring up in the mountains, while looking for Morels. We had a really bad fall, weather-wise, for the production of Kings-I didn't find a single one. Luckily, I have a nice stash from last year to tide me over this winter. Take care.
Hello Myco! Thanks for watching and commenting. We have Lobster mushrooms up the ying yang here in Michigan. Very common. Darn hard to clean because they seem to grow in sandy soil. I like to slice them and fry them in butter and then sprinkle brown sugar over them. Then make Macaroni Salad. Kind of tastes like a lobster salad with the texture and sweetness. I hear ya about not being able to wait for the start of the "Mushroom Season" again. Thanks again & take care!
Great film. They look so fresh and healthy. In many old, russian child-story movies you could see similar ones (but fake) as a part of scenography.I know you have few other species than we have in Europe.
Thank you my friend!! I haven't found them like that since 2000. The weather was perfect that year, cool and wet late summer and early fall. They have such a sweet, nutty flavor. I ended up drying about 5 gallons of them to enjoy over the cold winter.
I like them with diced chicken in a white cream sauce, over rice. They add a light crunchiness to the dish that way. I also put them in Oriental dish's like Chop Suey or Stir Fry's.
grifola 3 months ago
Nice video! How do you prepare your L. Thyinos? I have a huge patch in my woods but I've never cooked any of them.
thedamnedapostle 3 months ago
boletus campestreis
picaticatara 5 months ago
most all mushroom videos tell you big names people can hardly say right . and do not tell us any thing of real information like what one might look for to tell WTF it is bad or not .
solvssod 5 months ago
@solvssod Latin names are used so people know exactly what mushroom is being discussed, even everywhere in the world. Slang names are confusing, say for instance, I found a beefsteak. ( The latin name is Gyromitra esculenta ) There are several mushrooms called beefsteaks, Fistulina hepatica is commonly called a beefsteak, Gyromitras are called beefsteaks , and of course a nice porterhouse is called a beefsteak. So people use Latin names so there is no room for error.It's a pain learning though.
grifola 5 months ago
@grifola thanks for your information and time . I think , I need to get a field guide .
solvssod 5 months ago
this video is exactly eleven years old, today~!
Dhragonfly 5 months ago
@Dhragonfly Where did you come up with that ? I published it on Jan. 9, 2009 I filmed it earlier in the fall of 08
grifola 5 months ago
@grifola @ 3:39 the footage itself; the dating on the camera says 'Sept. 9, 2000'
Dhragonfly 5 months ago
@Dhragonfly You know what, you are correct ! I don't know what I was thinking . This year we have had a mushroom season like that year. It's been the best season since then. All the weather conditions have been really good. We had a small hot spell and then cool, wet weather. Perfact for mushrooms.
grifola 5 months ago
@grifola =D maybe there's some sort of pattern where, every 10 years there is a growth spurt of some sort (for mushrooms)..or the rate of decomposure of the forest in which you pick them from. anyways, Michigan isn't all that far from Ontario, in Canada..I wonder how the pickings are in this area. maybe we've got some good mushrooms north of the border too?
Dhragonfly 5 months ago
Could you do me a favor and type out the names of the mushrooms you showed at the end, I replayed a bunch of times but the audio isn't great on my computer and I could not catch them all!
1anomaly2few 6 months ago
@1anomaly2few Boletus edulis, Rozites caperata, Lactarius thyinos, Hypomyces lactifluorum, Lepiota procera, and Armillariella mellea.
grifola 6 months ago
@grifola Thanks!
1anomaly2few 5 months ago
OH MAN, F$#*ING SWEET!
Do you still find them like that?
MrJrodarod 7 months ago
@MrJrodarod I sure hope to, come this September. They sure are great eating, even by themselves !! Thanks for watching .
grifola 7 months ago
haven't yoy heared of using knife?
smukamanta 11 months ago
@smukamanta I'm new at learning about mushrooms...So, if he would have cut them at the base, instead of pulling them out completely by the roots, you're saying he could have gone back again the next season (or whenever)? Seems logical.
wanoslogos 10 months ago
Hi ! I live in Italy ! Those edulis are totally different fron our ones. They look more similar to our Boletus Pinicola. Are you sure they are not Boletus rex-veris ? The look like them. Anyway we have not Boletus rex-veris in Europe. The mushroom at 6.10 looks like a Boletus vulpinus.
rideon77 1 year ago
@rideon77 I hear alot that they look different from Europe's Kings . Our's don't seem to have such bulbus stems as yours do. The ones at 6:10 are Leccinums ( Leccinum insigne ) Read the comment below, that tranrecked wrote. This is becomming more and more common here.
grifola 1 year ago
anyone know anything about edible mushrooms in th yukon/alaska? shaggy maines and morels are all i know
tommytrout99 1 year ago
Man I would give my left you know what for a king spot! These are far superior to all wild mushrooms for having the most flavor! I much prefer these to morels, chanterelles, hens, etc! But for some reason I cant find them to save my life! Interesting that you found them in the middle of a deciduous situation!
chupacabra312 1 year ago
@chupacabra312 Actually, I find them in both types of trees, but mainly in firs. I agree with you on the flavor. To me they have a sweet nutty flavor.
grifola 1 year ago
@grifola
I agree completely that is the flavor I get! Its the best there is! Nothing better then these in a creme of mushroom soup (No I ain't talking cambels either). ;)
Okay so the six million dollar question have you found any this year yet? Was it cold out when you found these? Also was it pretty wet? Those moss beds are pretty amazing! I have never seen a moss bed that thick here in Southeast Michigan!
chupacabra312 1 year ago
@chupacabra312 I haven't found any this year yet, but I haven't been out to look for them. The ones in the video were found in Sept. in Lapeer and Mio Michigan. Cool and wet weather. This past weekend I was at Houghton Lake and found lots of Rozites caperata and Lepiota procera. Battered the Lepiotas in Drakes and deep fried them. They tyaste like country fried steak !
grifola 1 year ago
I just read a news report out of new england area where an elderly man was one of three people experienced in collecting fall mushrooms and was hospitalized after eating two different species of boletes. The article reported that one of the shrooms was a 'king' and the other was a lettichen scaber. They mentioned that they think the stalk of the scaber was toxic to him..two others ate them and if I am correct one did not get ill, one other had gi symptoms. It look like aspen scaber, but not sure
trainrecked 1 year ago
I have found several different varieties of bolete in my area near grayling, mi. But have not found many kings, only a few. I do see a lot of aspen scaber, are they very tasty..haven't tried them. Are you finding them in hardwoods too or just in fir/hemlock and jackpine. Any thing you can tell me would be much appreciated. thanks
trainrecked 1 year ago
@trainrecked The Aspen scaber ( Leccinum insigne & Leccinum scabrum ) have both beem reported as toxic. I have ate L. insigne with no ill effects, but I won't touch them anymore after reading the article. Most of the Kings I found were in fir / hemlock too.
grifola 1 year ago
Hi,how do you cook these? and i have heard that almost all varieties of boletus are ok too eat but some dont taste so good, any insight to this?
ronzon100 1 year ago
@ronzon100 I just saute them in butter. They have a rich, nutty flavor. Most true boletes are very good, but the trick is to get them in their early stages, when the pores are not fully developed.
grifola 1 year ago
I walk to a neighbours lawn where inprevious years I have found shaggy manes and found a mushroom young and firm ...took them to a prof at UNBC ...he ID'd them to be the leccinum (pointed me to wikipedia) using images, proximity to a birch, stays the same when cut and/or bruised ...I think I've found Leccinum Scabrum ...I'm curious though when cooked the colour darkened only slightly and their location is close to a large birch yet much closer to two mountain ashes
thanks for sharing
gaiagale 1 year ago
you do know your suposed to carry a knife with you to harvest fungi, right?
tooslyfouryou 1 year ago
@tooslyfouryou Yes I do know that. I carry a 9mm too !! Ha , Ha.
grifola 1 year ago
Hello,im from Basque Country in north of spain,there are another Boletus better than Edulis,called Boletus Aereus..This Boletus is the real King of Boletus.Nice video,I see that you know well the mushrooms.Sorry for my bad english.
palabrisas 1 year ago
@palabrisas That grows around here too, but I've never found it yet . Thanks for watching !!
grifola 1 year ago
It begins the good season to go for mushrooms, I will begin with the search of the Cantharellus Cibarius, Marasmius Oreades, Agaricus Campestris, Agaricus Macrospora, Calocybe Gambosa, Leucopaxillus Candidus, Leucopaxillus Lepistoide, Coprinus Comatus... Good luck in your search and thank you for your response.
palabrisas 1 year ago
@palabrisas Sounds like your season is going good. I just had some Marasmius oreades in a cream sauce, over biscuts, for lunch. One of my favorites.
grifola 1 year ago
They are supposed to grow here in Colorado. I plan to look for them this summer.
ConnerPlainLiving 2 years ago
Yes they do ! I hear they have quit a variety of Boletes there. Hope you find some, they are great eating !!
grifola 2 years ago
the kings not dead , but you picked 99% of what was left...lol. thanks for sharing!!
snowangl989 2 years ago
Glad to hear you did good. I had a great season on Honey mushrooms and Morels.
grifola 2 years ago
I am very envious! We got a bunch two years ago. Have not started looking yet here in Northern CA.
zeze40video 2 years ago
I didn't get very many this year, but it was because I didn't get out very much. Thanks for watching and good luck picking.
grifola 2 years ago
go look i live in Humboldt county CA and there poping
kpshc707 2 years ago
my spots are winding down. are you still getting quite a bit?
are you part of the mycological society?
mbray59612 2 years ago
they are just winding down over here on the coast. where abouts are you at?
mbray59612 2 years ago
palo alto you mean in mendacino they are already done?
zeze40video 2 years ago
they are winding down up here in humboldt area. i picked 3 yesterday and bunches last week and the week before. just not coming up like they were.
mbray59612 2 years ago
no i not part of the mycological society. went to the fair tho was fun put packed full of people. i live out in the salmon creek area
kpshc707 2 years ago
lol that's funny...we probably walked right past each other. not very familiar with salmon creek. are you getting any tanoaks up that way? i picked a bunch this last week and a couple of kings.
mbray59612 2 years ago
Nice video. In France, Boletus Edulis is called "cèpe".
Biscuitmoi 2 years ago
Most people here call them Kings. Thanks for watching and commenting. I didn't get very many of them this year.
grifola 2 years ago
you should use a knife to cut them in the base in spite of pulling out them. When you do so you can waste the living veg, the micelium which provides you the mushrooms.
polocu23 2 years ago
The one shown at 1:23 is definitely B. Edulis. It had the tell-tale fine netting on the upper stalk, and white spore surface that is indicative of young B. Edulis. The others are probably Leccinums. The one at 3:00, also B. edulis. @6:15 definitely orange Birch Bolete
Blueveiner 2 years ago
You are correct, as all were B. edulis except at 6:15, which was Leccinums. Thanks for watching and commenting.
grifola 2 years ago
My mistake, I have found no kings yet. All 71 I believe were bitter boletes. Bad taste raw and purplish caps on the younger ones. Didn't know they had such huge stalks too.
jensonmin 2 years ago
Ya, you probably found Tylopilus Rubrobrunneus. Way too bitter to eat, but a very beautiful mushroom though !
grifola 2 years ago
I found 71 tonight in a Minneapolis city park. First time ever finding them, didn't know they were so big. Most of them seemed a foot and a half wide and were around elms.
jensonmin 2 years ago
I found a couple yesterday, but it's early here yet.
grifola 2 years ago
From the looks of your surroundngs, you were in my backyard! I harvested a few dozen of the Kings this past year in Massachusetts in identical-looking territory. In fact, the variety of boletes was amazing. (It was a bumper year for all the fall mushrooms thanks to the favorable conditions.)
sprROINGG 3 years ago
Kind of sounds familiar, I was driving 170 miles from home, then went out in my back yard and found just as many. Looking forward to a good season this year. Morels are just a couple of months away.
grifola 3 years ago
@grifola ...I ran out of character space in my first comment ...I saw that you dry mushrooms and I'm curious to know if you freeze them ...this morning walking in my neighbourhood park and school yards, here in Prince George BC Canada
I felt like I hit pay dirt ! Yahoo! I first found 2 small perfect puffballs then one small firm puffball with a stem (this tells you that I'm a beginner) ...the prof ID'd the agaricus (the commercially grown variety) I usually find the shaggy manes first.
gaiagale 1 year ago
I'm not going to ask where you were filming but please tell me what month they fruited. I found exactly one edible one this year in N. California in late December. We also have a great little bolete out here called Zeller's that's mighty good fresh when young.
MrEdyoulis 3 years ago
I found these in Mio & Lapeer, Michigan at the end of Aug. and early Sept. That was back in 2000. The weather was cool and wet all summer long . I haven't found them in that quantity since. Boletus Zelleri is typically from your area and is considered an excellent edible.
grifola 3 years ago
we should have some coming in soon as thats been the weather in Mi. this summer 2009.
triflind 2 years ago
Those are some big mushrooms. It reminded me of that little guy in Mario Brothers.
5 Stars.
Fishnwithjoe
Fishnwithjoe 3 years ago
They taste somewhat like a sweet, hickory nutty flavor. Great with a prime steak or all by themselves.
grifola 3 years ago
any imitators besides the one, im not sure what you called it, that is. and are the other ones you found that you didnt pick edible?
lemonchaos17 3 years ago
Thank you. The spore color to B. Edulis is olive brown. I think you're talking about Leccinum Insigne, which has black dots on its stem. When young and firm they are a very good edible, but they turn blackish when cooked. They don't look very good in a dish.There are many, many kinds of boletes. You want to stay away from the red pored and blue staining ones. Most are toxic.
grifola 3 years ago
i like youre mushroom vids. what coloor spore print do they have? and if there are any imitators what are the differences between them and the boletus edulis?
lemonchaos17 3 years ago
Hey Buddy! Impressive assortment of fungi. I didn't realize Michigan had so similar boletus mushrooms as we do in the Pacific Northwest! Are Lobsters also common? The video makes me anxious for the Spring Kings we will be getting this Spring up in the mountains, while looking for Morels. We had a really bad fall, weather-wise, for the production of Kings-I didn't find a single one. Luckily, I have a nice stash from last year to tide me over this winter. Take care.
mycoexist 3 years ago
Hello Myco! Thanks for watching and commenting. We have Lobster mushrooms up the ying yang here in Michigan. Very common. Darn hard to clean because they seem to grow in sandy soil. I like to slice them and fry them in butter and then sprinkle brown sugar over them. Then make Macaroni Salad. Kind of tastes like a lobster salad with the texture and sweetness. I hear ya about not being able to wait for the start of the "Mushroom Season" again. Thanks again & take care!
grifola 3 years ago
Great film. They look so fresh and healthy. In many old, russian child-story movies you could see similar ones (but fake) as a part of scenography.I know you have few other species than we have in Europe.
voyo1 3 years ago
Thank you my friend!! I haven't found them like that since 2000. The weather was perfect that year, cool and wet late summer and early fall. They have such a sweet, nutty flavor. I ended up drying about 5 gallons of them to enjoy over the cold winter.
grifola 3 years ago