Find and Identify the Matsutake Mushroom - Pine Mushroom - S2E8
Matsutake! We are on the hunt for the Western White Matsutake in the Cascade Mountains, a similar species to the prized Japanese Matsutake. A gilled, white mushroom that is popular worldwide, fetches a high price at markets but also has toxic look alike species (which we cover in this video!). Follow along with us as we show you how to identify this mushroom and read the signs of the Washington, Oregon and Pacific Northwest forests in order to find it.
Whether you know it as the Pine Mushroom, the Matsutake or some other name-this sensational mushroom is unlike any other.
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She doesn't actually eat her mushrooms she just takes them home and smells them some more. 😜 But we still love her.
@zachzoller
4 жыл бұрын
I'm kidding
@YellowElanor
4 жыл бұрын
@@zachzoller I do take them home and smell the more...but then I eat them.
@myoutdoorlife3833
3 жыл бұрын
Lol ! Too funny!😂
@divadelatorre
3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@heatherkaye8653
3 жыл бұрын
If ever you are blessed to find one of these its hard not to keep sniffing it. Its such a different, but good smell!
Although I wish you made more videos, I can appreciate that they are like the mushrooms themselves - growing by season on their own time, showing themselves when they are ready to be seen.
@YellowElanor
4 жыл бұрын
Good analogy, and thank you, I wish I could get videos out more frequently as well.
I really enjoy your carefree attitude when tramping around in the forest. I think why I am subscribing is not only that I love to hunt for mushrooms, but I have an acute sense of smell. Very few channels describe things smell like you do, so I can identify so much easier to what you are seeing. Not this really matters for me to say, but when I was in geology in college, I developed a smell test for over 50 different rocks and gems. I could get half the answers correct on a 100 piece test just by smelling. Thanks for wonderful content. :)
I miss seeing you on KZread. I hope you are having the best adventure of your life.
We need more yellow Eleanor!! Thank you for the education. I still come back to these videos and they mean a lot to me
Love your videos! More please! I live in the eastern US but always like to learn about all mushrooms. Also love seeing your forests. Beautiful!
@YellowElanor
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
Soo happy to see another video. Ive missed them! ty so much!
@YellowElanor
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Glad you're so excited about it!
Another great video. Nice that you explain things so well. Waiting for the next one you have ready to release!!
Wow the visuals are incredible! I haven't found this mushroom, but it looks wonderful.
@YellowElanor
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Yeah, Zach did amazing on some of those visuals! So helpful for looking at the identification characteristics.
Thanks Rachel and Zach, I was really glad to see a new video. Great production and beautiful shrooms!
@YellowElanor
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
Enthusiasm and intelligence makes people more appealing--thanks for displaying both while roaming the PNW forests that I love so much!
Thanks for the video! My wife and I get so excited when you upload something new to watch!
@YellowElanor
4 жыл бұрын
Yay! Glad to know you enjoy them together :)
I am not an outdoorsy person for a lot of reasons, but I love watching your videos and learning about mushrooms and getting the experience of being out in the wild without actually having to go out! I just think mushrooms are such neat little things that grows on our planet, so I do a lot of researching just to learn more about them! Plus your videos are super relaxing, so happy to see another pop up on my subs today!
@YellowElanor
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I appreciate hearing that, so glad to help take you on a relaxing indoor/outdoor adventure.
What a great video ... You had me giggling and getting teary-eyed! Laughing at your brother's spottings while following you, the findings on the "way back to the car" (happens EVERY time!) and teary-eyed at just the PURE excitement/joy of it all - The interactions between the two of you ... the Pines... AND the Bear's head you found there, SO GOOD ✨
@YellowElanor
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! And yes, he's always having to prove on camera that he finds things too-we have a lot of fun together!
Great video Rachel! You have a great way of explaining each mushroom! I hope more videos are coming soon!
@YellowElanor
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! And for the first time we actually have another one fully edited and in the docket ready to go.
This was an awesome video. Very well done and very informative. I'll be looking forward to hunting some up.
Great video Rachel and Zach. Thank you for sharing.
I just found this channel and I am loving it. Thank you for your content on mushrooms as I have just begun learning about local mushrooms. Liked and Subscribed. 😋😋😋
So informative, relaxing music, great editing…Love love LOVE!!! Thank you Rachel and Zach!
@YellowElanor
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you thank you! I enjoyed the relaxing music as well 💚
I just love your videos. I feel so intrigued about mushrooms, and you have made my intrest spike even more. My scream out voice, i want to do this!
Love the way you film! Thank you for this.
Such a good video. I just found my first matsutakes and was able to ID them immediately after watching this video and another video from Mushroom Wonderland. Thanks!
Awesome information. Thanks for the tour and video. Be Well and Good Journey Richie
Thank you Yellow Elanor! I've been interested in mushrooms for decades but haven't been brave enough to try eating most I've found. You're a great teacher! Thank you again.
Thank you so very much Rachel. I love your videos, and the enthusiasm you have.
@YellowElanor
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Loved ur video...learned a lot and appreciate the palpable, sensorial mushroom love. Will def watch more. Mahalo!
Impressive water crossing. Sweet finds on your forage!
Great video. i am excited for mushroom season now after watching.
The Columbia River Gorge is a beautiful place. And, it looks like a successful adventure. Thank you for taking us along. Oh, and I missed you....
Hello and thank you. Your grace and joy bring your knowledge to us each so pleasantly. I enjoy learning from you. Smiling, George.
Thanks soooo much for your videos :) you are the mushroom guru :) you've inspired me to return to the woods here in Ireland x
Thank you for the video it's super enjoyable to hear you talk!
Your videos are such a joy to watch
Thank you for sharing your passion
Brilliant video, so happy to see you again and the wonderful Matsutake showplaced here! Alas I must buy them here in the south, but what exotic dishes they make! I hope to pick some in the PNW evenually....Thanks for this:)
One of the best videos yet! So good to see you again! When are you coming back to Michigan for a visit? Zach, the shots you got here are amazing!!!
Really enjoy your videos Rachel. Keep up the great work
I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS. Gonna watch every one of them!!
I just found your channel today, and I'm absolutely in heaven!
Finally! Welcome back!
Thanks for the information it's really helped me find more mushrooms.
I came across your channel about a week ago and LOVED it. I’m 16 and mushroom hunting has been one of my favorite hobbies for a few years. I was sad because I thought you stopped posting for a while but I’m happy you posted another good video!
@YellowElanor
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Yeah, sometimes we go a while without posting, but I'm glad you're enjoying the videos so much! I'm so happy to know we've got some young mushroom lovers out there too!
@sonofammonite1714
4 жыл бұрын
Yellow Elanor Thanks!
This is so well made. awesome mushroom shots
Just received my shirt (pain/decompose) from your Etsy store. Love your channel! My kids found their first matsutake here in Bend this Fall, thanks to this video. Hope you and your brother keep producing these great videos! Happy holidays from Central Oregon!
I really enjoyed watching you out in these woods!! Matsutake is new for me. I haven't found any myself yet but have been generously been gifted some and they are wonderful!
Wow always interesting, thanks for such a great vidéo again!
Very fun and educational .Thank you Rachel .
Awesome video! Great explanations! Just found your channel and glad I did! 👍
Thanks so much for your contribution to the adventure of life and natures garden and treasures
Really informative! Great video and what a nice little siblings excursion. Many thanks
I like your channel so much, you teach me to understand what grows on this land better
Wow really like that video. Just subscribed and gonna watch ypur previous ones and look forward for more. Thank you for sharing. xx
Nice work! Keep it up. We all thank you
This is my first comment on any channel, so feel honored! I live in Oregon on the coast and I still haven't chanced upon Matsutake, would you make a video on tree identification and possibly talk about the age of the forest being a factor in finding certain mushrooms. I also hear that places that have recently burned or been logged could be good places to look for certain types. My biggest interest though is being able to positively ID the trees I come across. I love the amount of knowledge that you share you are my new favorite go to channel for when I get that shroomy feeling lol. PS your brother does a great job with the camera and sound!
Thanks Yellow, That clears up the mushroom species I have seen for years. Grows in pine forest floors in the northeast. Noticed this mushroom many times following deer tracks to a mushroom stump leaving crumbs on the pine needles. Of course am thinking it must be edible. Never dared to try it... Now I know... thank you! Please keep sharing your knowledge.
I had some of this at a NewMexicoMyco foray some years ago. The chef prepared a nice broth and floated some thin slices of this on top. It was a very unusual experience. Good Video as well.
Wow great video! Makes me wanna go forage. I've only foraged for "special" mushrooms back in college, but I love chanterelles and matsutakes! I think I'm gonna give it a try!
Great video, thank you for sharing your passion!
Interesting about the photosynthesis work around regarding that beautiful plant.
Foraging and growing mushrooms is so rewarding. In the winter when I cant forage for them I grow them. Building your own lab equipment is farley easy so is cloning. Great video. Keep up the good work.
@foleydave26
2 жыл бұрын
@Morgan_drugz on instagram no thanks. I like sobriety I dont even drink. Life is to short to not remember it. Good luck with your life's travels buddy.
Man I love KZread..strange thing to say...yes...but every now and then you come across someone who really has a great deal of knowledge to share and a fine expertise and ability to convey it to you. You are amazing Elanor. What an incredibly enjoyable video. Your knowledge base and experience are superior.....liked and subscribed...Blackbart99
Thank you for the excellent videos. I am learning so much, so fast. I really want to go sing with the mycelium and the trees!
Great Video! Been following a long time on insta, first time watching a video! Wanted to learn a bit about Matsutake for autumn in MN - mission accomplished
Thank you, I look forward to your videos! Love from Australia :)
@YellowElanor
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 💚
Great video! I've been reading up on how to differentiate a Matsutake for a few months, but finally identified one only a couple days after watching your video. So... thanks!!! And now I know what people mean about the smell of cinnamon and spices! 👍💝
@YellowElanor
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Kayla! Yes, once you get a good whiff of it, it all seems to come together, so glad you found some!
This was so cool
Glad i found you guys! Thanks very much
Really nice production.
I follow you from Spain! Looking forward to see more mushroom foraging trips in the beautiful pacific Northwest! :)
@YellowElanor
4 жыл бұрын
Hi! Thanks for following along and I'm glad you enjoy the videos!
Thank-you. you have put out the best matsutake video out there. they are the absolute best tasting and smelling wild mushroom. the only better looking thing in the video other than the mushrooms is you.
You always show love for the tiny mushrooms❤️
Great video! I picked some the other day, and by the time I finished the video, I was 100% sure they were matsutake:)
Fabulous video, thank you for sharing. I have been nervous to hunt for matsutake as they have so many I'd similarities to the animita, but I will try this weekend with your guidance. Thanks again!
Incredible photography!!!
Thank you. I learned so much.
These are delicious! I enjoyed them a few times this fall with rice. Just rice and these mushrooms. No salt or other spices/seasonings.
I love your videos!
I wish I could go hunting with you. You’re a great teacher
You, Yarrow Willard and Paul Staments....gifts to the world🍄
@YellowElanor
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you 💚
@interestandfun9190
4 жыл бұрын
Don’t forget Adam
Awesome video thanks
I am a cultivator, not exactly impossible to grow them. What I do for the hard to cultivate mushrooms, clone a fresh picked mushroom to agar plates in a lab/flow hood, clean it up in a few transfers. Make lots and lots of liquid culture. Then go out in the forest where looks like they would do good with the liquid culture in a super soaker squirt gun and start spraying it around the trees etc. Then come back the next time they are in season and walla.
very good.. I live in WHistler B. C. and I'm looking for this mushroom now.. lots of white short stemmed Russela 's but I'm having a hard time finding the matsutake..now I have a better idea of what I'm looking for.. very excited! thank-you for all the great info!
awesome video, thanks for the knowledge and enthusiasm! the snow is on the ground up here in Alberta but I am already looking forward to the next foraging season. I guess I do have chaga hunting to hold me over for the winter.
@YellowElanor
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! Enjoy the chaga over the winter :)
Wonderful!
So nice to see you on here again 🙂 not so many year round specie's here in Indiana, been finding oyster mushrooms here (they smell amazing too)
@YellowElanor
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! And yes, oysters are quite lovely to smell!
had my suspicions and told friends to stay by the pines at the edge of the fields. then years later i learned on your channel about the Mycorrhizal thingy. just wanted to say Thanks i learned and confirmed a bunch of stuffs thanks to your channel 💚🍄✌️ ps nice basket ;D
@YellowElanor
4 жыл бұрын
That's awesome! Good natural instinct. And you're welcome, glad you enjoy the videos so much :)
Nice vid! Great mushroom teacher, thank you🍄✨😗😊😀. My goodness, I know what I'm taking my future wife to do! Hope she's into long hikes, mushrooms, and my tart humour. Thanks for the idea. Stay safe and good health to you.✨
the floating mushroom is so good
Its been to long! Watching your videos is like doing yoga or a pleasant 20 mile run. Glad your back. 😀👍
@YellowElanor
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! Thanks for watching and getting excited!
I was going to say: There looks like possibly another Bear's Head on a downed log in the background when Zach found the first one (behind Rach, just right of a standing dead). But, you found ALL of them, of course! Great trip, guys! 👍
@YellowElanor
4 жыл бұрын
The area was covered in them!
Hi🤗 I was so excited to see you post a new video...Thanks! I found my 1st Pine last week...the smell really is distinct...strangely there was just the one though.
@YellowElanor
4 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you found at least one though! Could be more hiding in the duff nearby.
Thanks for the info. You mentioned 3 trees, Fir - something I never heard of - Ponderosa.
Thank you!!!! For such a nice video o
What a beautiful video :)
Mmmmm... Matsutake ! Yummy 😋
Most informative!
@YellowElanor
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
This episode was awesome. Loved the editing!!
@YellowElanor
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Zach did an incredible job with the editing and the magical floating mushrooms--great for seeing the ID characteristics!
@owenwilliams3285
4 жыл бұрын
@@YellowElanor I totally agree, i especially appreciate the floating mushroom sequence. great for seeing features and also very very cool. loved the little spore dust too hahahaha
@frithar
4 жыл бұрын
Owen Williams Editing, yes. Music, yes.
Hellow Yellow, : ) I had a really good day and picked a few wonderful pounds of our local ( southeastern North Carolina) oyster mushrooms...well, as we all are used to, there are a few little mushroom beetles in among the gills...Guess what?!!! smiling...If I hold the mushrooms up to a light, especially in an otherwise dark room, I can see right through the cap! Yep, I found each hiding bug, picked them out, gave them the deluxe trip to my compost pile and now I have unquestionably bug-less oyster mushrooms! whoo-hoo! As much as I enjoy your kindred spirit I had to share this simple evolution of my mushrooming. Smiling, George.
@YellowElanor
4 жыл бұрын
That's great! Thanks for sharing!
@mikelancaster2892
4 жыл бұрын
s the Pine Mushroom here in NC
Great content! Thank you!🙏 that candy cane plant is wow😂 could you some day do a video on mushroom leather? Would love to hear you talk about it🙏💛💚
Mushroom hunting in the PNW, kinda like hunting for soybeans in So. Illinois. Love your channel!