I usually associate Lion’s Mane (Hericium erinaceus) with the colder months in Alabama so I was surprised when I came across a beautiful specimen on a very hot and humid day here! I can’t wait to cook this one. Have you found Lion’s Mane before? What months do you usually look for them? When I’m looking for a good Lion’s mane for eating, I want one with “hairs” that haven’t yellow that much, for meat that is firm and bouncy, not wet and waterlogged, and for it to have a pleasant aroma. This one checked all of those! Check out this video where I cook it! - kzread.info2sOHdeguheA

@raithneachdavisson6156

Жыл бұрын

Do you shake your mushrooms before leaving to spread their spores?

@FeralForaging

Жыл бұрын

@@raithneachdavisson6156 it's already spreading its spores whether I shake it or not

@andresdubon2608

Жыл бұрын

How is one supposed to eat these? I would love to see a quick vid showing how you preper mushrooms and other things you may collect.

@SheenaSpeaks

Жыл бұрын

​@andresdubon2608 OOH, these are just lovely. I like to slice, dry sear them, and finish with a bit of butter, maybe a lil herbs or something, taste before you salt if you use salted butter.

@deemushroomguy

Жыл бұрын

It seems like a good candidate for cloning because you found it in an unusual temperature range... Just saying...

That particular fungus is called "deer butt mushroom" in Korea. This is not a joke.

@FeralForaging

Жыл бұрын

😅 🦌

@EnjoysScritches

Жыл бұрын

​@@FeralForaging Yeeee....deer booty...😏

@jay-tl2un

Жыл бұрын

​@@EnjoysScritches 😮😂

@loadingsolate

Жыл бұрын

Also "monkey head mushroom" in Chinese, why.....

@KM-690

Жыл бұрын

So much cuter.

That’s not lion’s mane, that’s lion’s balls

@MaoWRLD

Жыл бұрын

Smells sweet, looks perfect 😏

@FeralForaging

Жыл бұрын

Lol, a delicacy!

@robertkillgo5570

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@FAQ_SiLv

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing 🤣

@thatoneguyonyoutube4897

Жыл бұрын

@@MaoWRLD plump & firm 🥵🥵

Lions mane mushroom supplement tablets are a daily booster for me. Actually just got a bottle today. For me its brain food and an anti inflamatory substance. Thanks for sharing, Ive never seen it up close.

@monkeyball9223

11 ай бұрын

From Amazon?

@MoonChild-po9du

11 ай бұрын

It helps with memory for seniors a few caps in my protein drink and I'm good to go

@miak6859

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for the information

@zarrowthehorse

9 ай бұрын

I thought it was hallucinogenic lol

@dylankoczwara137

8 ай бұрын

Careful, i took too much and remembered what i was always supposed to forget. Some doors dont close once they open

I love guys like this, knowledgeable of things that seem so unimportant to most people but knowledge like this may help you one day

@ncsludgefactory5445

11 ай бұрын

Laughs in NC accent

@bellaessencerainee1005

11 ай бұрын

My Grandfather knew stuff like this. He grew up poor but richly blessed in the mountains. The oldest in his family. His father died young due to a fall from their roof. He taught me to live off of our land. From crabbing with a chicken back, frying up a mess of bream after a day of fishing, to helping him and my own Dad gut and skin a buck. Mushrooms are fantastic to eat. Chiefs pay big money for one called chicken or hen of the woods. I only wish my Dad would have let my Grandpa teach me about mushrooms. Thank you all for sharing your thoughts on this video and content. Men who are excited over deer butt mushrooms are an inspiration for me. Keep on finding those fungi.

@MultiLisa10

9 ай бұрын

@@bellaessencerainee1005 I just came across your comment and thanks for sharing your story! Now you've got me googling Hen mushrooms!👍

@mont5584

8 ай бұрын

All childish kidding aside, if you had to use a supplement which brand would you use?

Just neutered that poor tree

@angelicareyes4183

Жыл бұрын

😅😅😅😅

@yejoonstech5112

Жыл бұрын

*I am groots in pain*

@mixed.babyy1

Жыл бұрын

Ain’t no wayy💀💀💀

@spookyslut77

Жыл бұрын

Omg lol😂

@doeunkim1769

Жыл бұрын

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ😂😂😂

Nature’s ballsack

@senilegoldsmith4112

Жыл бұрын

Nature’s ballsack is every teste bag on every animal, including yours

@morganlow1298

Жыл бұрын

no no no no noooooooo

@evidentlyredneck

Жыл бұрын

Nope... not looking to add a bit of Ballsack to any of my future meals I'll pass on that one.

@RandomUserOn

Жыл бұрын

💀

@JRNY63

Жыл бұрын

why is there a translation 💀

As soon as I heard “oooohhhhhh” I was expecting him to start singing “ I have all my fingers, knife goes Cho chop chop”😭😭😂

This type of mushroom is a delicacy for vegans in Taiwan. We call it “猴頭菇”, which means “monkey’s head mushroom”.

@mollyram2997

9 ай бұрын

It's becoming a popular meat substitute here in the States for us vegans as well. Just now picking up speed. One of my favorite Asian vegan spots cooks it up almost like chicken(fried)it's SOOOOOOOOOO insanely good & what turned me on to it. They put in in a GIANT bowl of Pho... so good.

“It’s too hot for lions mane this time of year” That’s why I shave mine in the spring

@tonybalongna

Жыл бұрын

this could mean many things

@Copium.i

Жыл бұрын

@@tonybalongnaBalls

@rickycochran7896

Жыл бұрын

😂

Bro was more excited than Mario finding a 1up mushroom when he was on his last life

"Oh look the fungus clapper"

Lion: where's my balls at?😭

@ShalamZaYan777

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@Jonyboy671

Жыл бұрын

Nah you didnt said that 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

@KyleEvra

11 ай бұрын

😂

@jeffreygarcia4926

3 ай бұрын

BRO GOT THEM BALLS

Looks like someone's family jewels

@robertkillgo5570

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@profanepropane

Жыл бұрын

A deformed family jewel

@stylisticsguy3746

Жыл бұрын

You mean balls?

@4myluh.r

Жыл бұрын

is that a reference from one piece☠️?

@Misyeli

Жыл бұрын

​@@stylisticsguy3746lol

I love that this man knows this stuff

I actually grew my own lionsmane last year, didn't know how to cook it well but it was great fun. It was interesting to watch how it grew.

BRO, I can’t imagine finding that, literal gold! Imagine finding some Reishi or Chaga, health freaks pay up to a 100 for supplements with those in them

@FeralForaging

Жыл бұрын

Nature's bounty :)

@buffveganyoda446

Жыл бұрын

Not that rare go for a hike 😂

@QuintonRC23

Жыл бұрын

Reishi is extremly common. I find them everytime I hunt. Still no Morels though 😢

@thomastuohy7688

Жыл бұрын

No proven benefits

@joespires6087

Жыл бұрын

It's very easy to grow fyi

Honestly wish I was content enough in life to be this happy about finding a mushroom😂

@starfighter1043

Жыл бұрын

😂

@garythompson8545

11 ай бұрын

Prolly like a 200 dollar mushroom

@JerryGarciaPOBox

11 ай бұрын

He's calm compared to me finding that. Even my 73yo father would be dancing in the woods if we found that while out foraging here in new England.

@JerryGarciaPOBox

11 ай бұрын

​@@garythompson8545not too far. Most in restaurants are farmed and not the same

@bellaessencerainee1005

11 ай бұрын

I can give a loud amen to that!!

Been watching too many bear videos. Was thinking a bear was gonna pop out at the end.

I love how the dude just grabs a sniffs natures balls like it's nothing

"Lions mane" I'd call that lion ballsack

@thijsbergman2424

Жыл бұрын

Lion's ballsack is also covered in mane

@tobiramasenju6290

Жыл бұрын

We all saw top comment you're not original.

@ArcticSnow930

Жыл бұрын

@@tobiramasenju6290 well I hadn't even seen the comment before but thanks for pointing it out When there are billions of people alive, some of them might have the same thought cross their minds 😅 If its any comfort, I've seen comments like yours before on other sites so you're definitely not original yourself 😘

@ArcticSnow930

Жыл бұрын

@@thijsbergman2424 welp, thats good to know I'm hoping there's gonna be a weird scenario where I can mention that

Careful of eating anything found close to roads, they usually have a ton of heavy metals from exhaust fumes

@gotcha9983

Жыл бұрын

❤

@coverup7428

Жыл бұрын

Id prob risk it with hard to find shrooms but thanks.

@theguythatknowssongsfromvi6619

Жыл бұрын

@@coverup7428 Hey sometimes you take a little damage in the name of good flavor I get it

@j.ballsdeep420

Жыл бұрын

😂

@hectorminator89

Жыл бұрын

Mushrooms grow super fast that mushroom has probably only been there for a week.

Fuzzy butt mushroom 😂😂

Hell the way he said it. I was like shi what big foot 😂😂 😂😂 it's a damn mushroom

That looks like something you see in a what not to eat book 😂 It’s so fuzzy

A pair of tree balls

I was fully prepared for dawg to take a bite

Everyone gangsta until u pick out the wrong mushroom

Legend has it this guy is still out in those woods looking for something plump and firm🤣🤣

@nancydkeating8829

Жыл бұрын

Thank you...... 🤔 I'm still laughing

Lions mane has changed my life in such a short time i dont shake anymore my memorys back concentration best has been ever really thankful and amazed of this magical mushroom

“It smells sweet, it’s really plump and firm.” BRO? 💀

What an amazing find! Just hanging out right there waiting for someone or something that truly appreciated it.

dried up tree nut

Lucky you ,i keep checking my spot ,not yet 😢

I love Lionsmane.I ingest some of it along with a little of 6 other wildcrafted mushrooms every day.🎉

That fungus is THICC

@FeralForaging

Жыл бұрын

u know

@chrisbeck4397

Жыл бұрын

@@FeralForaging 🤣

@j.ballsdeep420

Жыл бұрын

They can actually get much larger, like Lizzo sized

Awesome find brother!

@FeralForaging

Жыл бұрын

I was very excited!

“Why they call it lions mane?” *starts seeing lions*

Super cool that you’re in north Alabama! Where at? I live in the Northeast part of Alabama so I probably know where it’s at!

mushrooms are amazing,

@lizamay722

11 ай бұрын

And delicious

The butt mushroom! Love it!

I was not expecting that either. Nor was I prepared

It looks like a freshly cooked roll from Texas Roadhouse

We find the big puffy one's my mother in law usually collects them all. I'll have to look into the different types because that looks like a puff ball mushroom to me just smaller.

@FeralForaging

Жыл бұрын

Yes, this one has the "pom-pom" like hairs which puffballs won't have present.

@bryanmuncy3900

Жыл бұрын

​@@FeralForaging I put my glasses on and can see it now, I've never seen that before. I'm in Delaware Ohio and we get a few different ones growing in the yard. I don't really know much but I have Google and Nana lol. Appreciate the content and response.

@andreaknisley154

Жыл бұрын

​@@FeralForaging ok, so... this isn't related to the lionsmane... and please don't shame me, bc idk the answer to this question. I've only been to Alabama twice, and it wasn't to hunt mushrooms. 😂😂😂. But anyways........ do yall have morels down there???

@j.ballsdeep420

Жыл бұрын

​@@andreaknisley154- Dude, look at an ag map

Always a treat to find! Here in Northern California im usually seeing them in December and January after some good rains. One day I found so much on an oak log i couldn't carry it all home. Was actually a bears head (hericium abietis) but very similar

@crystalceja1445

Жыл бұрын

What is that kind of mushroom is it to eat?? Is it like a shrooms and fuk's u up? Scuse my potty mouth!

Mushroom: BRO WHAT U DOING BUD YOU PULLING OFF ME

Damn, I was almost sure he would take a bite out of the mushroom at the end there.

@FeralForaging

Жыл бұрын

I ate it later! 😄

Can you imagine if it was one of those spore cloud ones... *Picks the wrong cluster*... Instantly wake up in the ER

Don't bite it...don't bite it...don't-

lions mane are INCREDIBLY good for you, it rebuilds nerve connections

At first glance I thought it was a sleeping eagle that got beheaded by this man 😅

Hairy fluffster :3

Not me thinking the guy found the squirrel's "nuts"

I can't stand mushrooms, but I'm glad this guy is happy he found it.

Beautiful mushroom!

Wow great find, man!!

That’s lion balls !!!!

@user-ne8rs2sf4d

Жыл бұрын

This had me 😂😂😂

He can’t stop looking at it😂

Sometimes the perfect mushroom will pop out of nowhere. In california when on a walk, we found a lone mushroom and decided to take it home and identify it. We successfully identified without a doubt that it was safe to eat, so we made a soup out of it! (we also used wild onion, wild rosemary, and the meat of some tiny mussels from the ocean) and it was delicious!

@jeffbaker2740

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome man a couple days ago I found a chicken of the woods on my property right out right outside where my goat pen is

@mysmirandam.6618

Жыл бұрын

I want some!!

@StevoSwiss

Жыл бұрын

That sounds like a true forager meal!

Who else thought he was going to take a bite out of it

I like how mushrooms are the perfect consistancy to grab and pop off at the perfect spot

Gorgeous! What a find ❤

Very nice harvest

One of the best shrooms to try and heal your brain

@j.ballsdeep420

Жыл бұрын

Citation or cap

he held them like a solid pair of balls

nice find. ive got an old maple in my yard that makes them every year

If I remember correctly, lion's mane can be made into delicious mock crab cakes, and be completely vegan, too.

@DrawContent

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. I take it in capsule form for enhanced memory and cognitivity; absolute god-send.

@marilynbaer4310

Жыл бұрын

Edible?

@chirya_786

Жыл бұрын

@@marilynbaer4310 Yes, they’re safe for consumption. Please don’t just go around eating wild mushrooms, though.

So like.... Is it edible? How would you prepare it???

@FeralForaging

Жыл бұрын

I cut it up, "dry sautee" to let the water escape and then finish with oil to crisp up!

@ressamarieg

Жыл бұрын

@@FeralForaging Amazing! Thank you! I love mushrooms, so I'm always curious about different species and their edibility (texture, and flavor). Can I assume the smell and taste are proportionate to each other? If that makes sense?

@FeralForaging

Жыл бұрын

@@ressamarieg to a degree, yes in this case!

Ahhh yes!! The world famous "Ballsack Fungi!"

lol people are saying its balls😂😂 got me laughing hard

Beautiful

Man finally got the chance to grow and was immedietly yoinked

"Plump and firm".......I could have a good time with that remark

Lions main is so pretty I love those but usually we don't find those in Michigan sadly they are kinda hard to find

balls

"Surprise lion mane" is coincidentally what 1970s male, adult actors said upon first meeting their female colleagues on set.

Completely unrelated, but I love all the moss on the tree behind the mushroom lol.

"Wow this Lion's mane is growing in hot weather and is remarkably hardy!" *Plucks it*

wow

This year is insane with preseason mushrooms. I'm seeing fall mushrooms 🍄 right now

@KlingonCaptain

11 ай бұрын

It's going to be a cold winter...

“This one is looking perfect”

I was scared it was gunna be spider eggs haha

When picking mushrooms(and foraging anything in general) its good to leave it if there won't be any left after you take some. In this case it would have been better to leave this alone as there was only the one. Someone also mentioned that mushrooms found near roads can also potentially contaminated with exhaust fumes and heavy metals.

Make a note of that location or poach that log for your garden!

@sophiarazberry6508

Жыл бұрын

Hey friend, I really recommend that if you wanted to to grow it in your garden you order spawn, it's really important to leave this log to do its job in it's local ecosystem. It's important to remember the respectful harvest, which means not harvesting everything you come across leaving some for other foragers as well as the forest itself. It's important to maintain perspective and remember that wild food is a gift and a resource that we must share and protect

You foud a fuzzybutt in the wild. Very good find.

Bro took the Tree's Boys. Poor tree, that must've hurt like hell for em.

i have never even heard of this kind before. but its beautiful

Why take it if your not gonna eat it?

@FernandoRojas-vt8fh

Жыл бұрын

He said he was gonna cook it idiot

@actsismmljcorrectlyobeyed6190

Жыл бұрын

Goooood point!

@v3lta622

Жыл бұрын

Yeah?...

@RobbieNguyen

Жыл бұрын

He's going to eat it.

@actsismmljcorrectlyobeyed6190

Жыл бұрын

@Robbie Nguyen Ahh ok.

I was half expecting him to take a bite out of it.

The urge to take a huge bite out of it is unreal😭😭😭

I lived in northern Alabama for over 30 years and never saw one of those. How cool!

That tree: MA BAAAAALLS

That mushroom has a whole bakery back there 💀💀💀

@evangelistbecca6968

10 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂u like bakery or cake

Bro knows what his doing

Behind the scenes : “Ah yeah let’s just glue this here Jimmy, nice and perfect. Start filming on my mark” 😎

@FeralForaging

11 ай бұрын

This ain’t Man vs Wild. 😅

Rad find!!!! :)

I was expecting him to bite it like it was an apple

Looks more like a “lions” sack

Literally thought, that's an animal stuck in the tree 💀

You’re not gonna eat, are you?😂😂😂😂