You just saved me from cooking what I thought were centrals but now watching your video I'm learning that they look just like Jack-o-lantern fungus.. I found them growing in my yard and from doing central hunting before I'll hunting before obviously it's been too long and I forgot that they have smooth underside and I made a mistake and almost cooked them for dinner so I am so grateful for your video because I don't know what might have happened if me and my family ate them so thank you and I appreciate your videos because they're pretty awesome so keep making more!

@natureatyourdoor

2 жыл бұрын

Oh my Gosh Ashley.... i dont know what to say. Of course please be careful. I try to say that in every mushroom video I do and I wasnt sure if i need to but this confirms I should keep doing that. Thanks for share. Glad everything turn out all right. Have you seen my friend and nieghbor's youtube channel "Wild Meat Let's Eat?" Another excellent resource o ID and specifics on how to harvest clean and cook. So glad everything turned out okay. Next week watch for my video on winter Amber Jelly Roll!

Thank you so much for posting this video!! I found some jack-o-lanters in my yard this year but I had such trouble identifying them as they are in the rotting phase and of course, "big stinky mushroom" is not the best phrase for a google search. I look forward to watching the other videos on your channel and again thank you for sharing.

@natureatyourdoor

10 ай бұрын

Lol! Big stinky mushroom! Right? Glad you discovered my channel!

Good think I did my research. Found what I thought was a nice patch of Chanterelle but after watching this I know they are toxic Jack-o-lanterns. I was already suspisious as they were growing on a dead log instead of the ground and I already knew that Chanterelles need symbiotic contact with other plants.

@natureatyourdoor

2 жыл бұрын

You got it TimBerry. Lots of people at first think they hit the jack pot...only to see the differences as they get up close! yes..always do your research! Glad you found my channel. Did you see this weeks episode on "Stump Mushrooms"?

I've just started learning. Found a whole bunch of these but didn't know wat I had got. I got a spot! Turning into a pretty good forager. It makes ya feel good to know..

@natureatyourdoor

3 жыл бұрын

Congratulations! I hope you have a "go to" friend and fungi-person to help out with ID .. I am really just learning too! Be overly cautious ! Lots of look alikes! Thanks for sharing with me and NAYD community! Keep me up dated!

Thank you for doing this video identifying the poisonous fungi. I was lucky to find a BIG Puffball this summer. It weighed almost 4 pounds😂 I wouldn't try my luck with anything else!😊 LEARNING from your VIDS!🎉

@natureatyourdoor

10 ай бұрын

4 lb puffball! Wow! Glad you are enjoying my videos! Thanks for sharing with me!

Hi! I would love to hear from you and tell me if you have found either of these near you and what state and county you are in!

Great content keep the edible mushroom videos coming.. ❤️

@natureatyourdoor

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you ...a little out of my area of expertise but sometimes it is easier to teach about something as you learn. The chanterelles here are just popping now as of July 15. ! Thanks for your feed back and encouragement.

Great explanation! Thank you! Greetings from Spain

@natureatyourdoor

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you David! And welcome Spain! I actually have family that operate a winery in Valencia...going back to our great great grandfather in the 1800's..still run by direct descendants!

Thank goodness I found this. I would’ve been dead by now 😂

@natureatyourdoor

2 жыл бұрын

Oh gosh! Glad is was helpful!

@minaashido2955

2 жыл бұрын

:)

Local state park built a frisbee golf course in my mushroom hunting woods last year. I was and still am furious, BUT the disturbance of the ground caused huge flushes of these this year, and I have to say in pretty excited lol

@natureatyourdoor

3 жыл бұрын

Oh no! And oh yeah! Must have stirred up the spores! Funny story thanks for share!

Tons of these in the woods on my farm in middle Georgia

@natureatyourdoor

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Tracy Holder! Thanks for share! Both species? I have both popping out now in southwest VA too!

This is great, but would have been even better if you had compared to mid-life, and young, jack-o-lanterns, (not just end-of-life like these), because the younger ones look very different, and much more like Chanterelles. In fact, very young j-o-l look more like honey-mushrooms in general shape, with a beautiful well-defined cap.

@natureatyourdoor

11 ай бұрын

Ha! Very true! Thanks for sharing excellent observations!

I’ve always wanted to learn more about mushroom hunting.

@natureatyourdoor

3 жыл бұрын

This is an amazing time to see and find mushrooms in southwest VA... I have come across edible speices including, chicken of the woods, oyster mushroom, the smooth chanterelles of course, a group of coveted black trumpets and little red cinnibars! It si really a new part of my natural history knowledge! 2300 species here...big learning curve for me! so cool...that as one of my first students...when I started teaching... I find you again in my "classroom" ! special and humbling and amazing! Thanks for taking time to comment! I will look for comments in the future....If you are interested check out my "fungi playlist". You are always welcome to explore with me here in person of course!!!! :-)

Thanks for the information,i picked the Jack O Lantern...though...

@natureatyourdoor

10 ай бұрын

🙂👌

I'm a new mushroom person and I want to hunt for these mushrooms for research purposes. Do these come up in the summer ?

@natureatyourdoor

Жыл бұрын

Yes...in my area ..early summer tied to warm temp and rains.

This cane at a perfect time because we have Chanterelles coming up all over our woods here in Floyd too!

@natureatyourdoor

4 жыл бұрын

Perfect! And yes..my goal is to present things that folks are likely to see As they go outside! I am following the season's! Thanks for commenting! Keep me posted!

@natureatyourdoor

3 жыл бұрын

Let me know of your successful gathering! Thanks for checking in! Appreciate being interactive!!

@natureatyourdoor

3 жыл бұрын

@Drama Tube I think I will print out this comment! Thanks for sharing with me and other viewers! Lol...i should have talked to you BEFORE I made video! Thanks for clarifying so concisely and filling gaps in my presentation! I was just so excited to find both...a new area of my natural history knowledge! Thank you!

@natureatyourdoor

3 жыл бұрын

@Drama Tube Thank you drama tube and your contribution to making this channel INTERACTIVE!