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when the Turkey tail is washed out like that is it still good to use ?
I personally only use fresh, still actively growing specimens.
I have mushrooms around our neighborhood that look like GIANT Turkeytails.. like 2 1/2 feet wide. Can they get the big? .. any advice would help.
If they are that big they are definitely not turkey tail. They would be one of the many other large polypore species.
Thank you. I love the patch of Solomon’s Seal that is thriving near my home
Thank you!
Is the false Turkey tail poisonous?
It is not poisonous, but doesn’t have any known benefits.
It’s just mixed in with my real Turkey tails and lions main mixture didn’t really want to throw it out. Thank you ❤
Just moved into a new home with this growing now looking into the benefits. Your videos a great help
Thank you so much for watching! I’m glad you enjoy my videos..
Ive got them here in indiana may 18 2024. Along a hedge row of pines, in a pasture.
Nice! They should be popping up here in WNC very soon.
Not sure how many videos I've seen about identifying Turkeytail, but if I had started with this one, it's all I would've needed. Cleared a thing or two up for me.
Thanks so much! I’m glad this was helpful to you.
@@RootAndEarth Thank you, sir.
Aesome i hope i can find some of these in south australia
Can I send you a picture?
Sure. If you have clear pictures of all sides of the specimen I’ll do my best to identify it for you. [email protected]
I'm in Ashville! Going out this week.
Nice! You should still have a shot at morels. Thanks for watching!
Lovely haul! Yummmmm
Thank you for watching!
Just found a nice flush on wood chips in SC today👍
Nice!!
VERY thorough and helpful! 💕
Thank you!
These are nice!!
Thanks!
Wow wow, mushrooms only have beautiful flowers.
Thank you for watching!
It is like gensang hunting go real slow and you find them
Yes. You find more sitting still than you do moving. Thanks for watching!
Great video once more. Here in Charlotte, NC, I find almost all of them in Privet groves, and like you say, if there happens to be an Ash tree or two amongst them, that is even better. I am up to 315 morels this season! (three forays) It's been a perfect weather season. I chuckled out loud when you mentioned having to get down on your belly sometimes... my son and I call it Belly - Worming! I have not had to do it for the past two seasons, but I found myself having to Belly - Worm 3 times this season... through Privet and Multi Flora Rose thickets and sometimes through Greenbriar canes. Greenbriar is my most feared plant in the woods. It seems to just grab you and by the time you realize, it has you entangled at so many spots! By the time the season is over, my legs are all tore up! And I love it! Another trend I have noticed over the years, is that I find a lot in places I call transition areas. Where the thick woods open up a bit, becoming "grassier", and even sunnier. These transition areas still need to have some kind of host tree. Here, it is Ash trees and Privet. I may go out one more time, as it is getting close to being over here. Keep on gettin' it!
Thank you for the continued support! You nailed it with the transitional zones. I sometimes call them marginal areas as in between the margins of two habitat types. Could not agree more on the green briar, or as they call it in my area “cat briar” I’ve often said that it is nature’s barbed wire and boy, if you unwittingly get tangled up in it it certainly is something you never forget. Hope you get some more good hunts in before it’s all over. Cheers!
Another good video, was wondering if you know of a good tick deterrent, like, maybe, a high garlic intake in your diet or something natural along those same lines.
Thank you! I wish I could tell you that I had a good suggestion for repellent, but I’ve never really found anything natural that works well. I personally shower and thoroughly check myself over as soon as I come in from the woods. Taking Astragalus extract on a daily basis can be good for not catching tick borne infection if you are bitten.
I love the fresh grays. Nice video….the point about slowing down cannot be stressed enough for the new to foraging people. I always say, “stop, drop and focus.” I am finally heading south for the eclipse next week. Going to be picking too.
Thank you! Yes learning the pace of foraging seems very hard for many people. You can definitely find more standing still than walking that’s for sure. Maybe you’ll have the opportunity to look at morels during the eclipse. That would truly be a once in a lifetime experience.
I hope so…there are plenty of parks near where I am headed!
Great year thus far. Picked a pound of beautiful blacks Thursday morning
Very nice! If so far weather my way suggests that it should be a good longish season here. I hope yours will draw out as well.
I live in Haywood County, buddy. If you ever want to meet up, we could do that.
Cool. I’m about an hour from there but if the opportunity ever pans out I would love that. Thank you for watching!
Awesome identification video. Thank you so much.
Thank you!
Yes, when I took my wild mushroom certification course last year the new thinking is exactly what you described. Morels feed off dead roots once the tree has died …they are very adaptable.
Yes indeed. Seems like a lot of species are way more adaptable than the strict boxes that we like to place them in. Thanks so much for watching Granny!
Flooded areas with privet…and good trees seem to be the ticket down south. Nice hunting! In the beginning I thought I saw a big morel you missed…just for a second right hand bottom of the screen as you were panning around. Hard to wait up north here but heading south in a week or so.
It’s so hard to wait when the morel dreams start setting in. I hope you have some great foraging this season. We had rain the last two days. I’m heading out in the morning with high hopes.
how about getting a knife so you dont have dirt covered morels? i dont get it.
I have a knife and brush. All were cleaned before going in the basket. It’s just easier to film this way and clean off camera.
another wacky late winter, early spring here in eastern ky....hopefully this beautiful week with rain coming tomorrow pops these guys out and I can locate some...thanks for sharing info
I hope you have a great season. Thanks for watching!
For me is harder to see them in the end of the season when the thickets are so dense and full of weeds and sting nettles 😢
Yes. There is never a time when they’re easy. Thanks for watching!
That was a very nice first day 🎉❤❤
Yes indeed. I try to savor days like that.
Beautiful! Picked 1.25lbs yesterday. Fairly dry but about to storm now and through the night. Should be amazing in 5 days or so
Very nice! I hope you have a great season!
@@RootAndEarth thank you. You as well!
what state if I may ask
@@woodboogerfarm western North Carolina.
I like your channel, it seems to be one of the most informative. May I ask.. What duration of 50 degrees or more, steady temps did you have before this find; and did you get much of a winter season where you are located?
Thank you so much. We had a fairly normal winter here with plenty of sub freezing temps, although all winter precipitation was in the form of rain this year with several heavy floods. I started looking after the first spell of around 10 days of 50 degrees-ish lows and it was another week to ten days after starting to look that I found my first. I find that the temps can dip below 50 but a somewhat stable week or two of warmer temps is the key. Stability of environment plays a huge role in my opinion.
@@RootAndEarth great precise information, thank you so much for generously sharing. Even if I don't find much this year, I'll enjoy watching your videos. Blessings!
@@RootAndEarth good questions and answers...I find most vids on this subject dont share that.
Nice foray! Great tip on always looking from a different direction. I live and hunt near Charlotte, NC and have never seen a correlation with Poplar trees here. I find all mine near Ash trees and of course, Privet stands. So far this year, I have found 244 morels, with one spot producing 105! It has been a perfect season for them... no real hard frosts and a good rain every three or four days. I alos found some Withches Butter and Wolf Milk Slime Balls (Not edible, just beautiful). Looking forward to more of your videos!
Thank you so much for watching! I also find them around Ash as well, but in my area Ash is just much fewer and farther between. My personal view is that there are a wide range of potential associates and in a particular region there will be a dominant species that is preferred by the genetics of the colonies of mycelium in the area. If a blight were to impact the primary associate they may switch to a secondary species. I love learning about diversity in different areas. I hope your season continues to be excellent!
It won't be long before our Ash trees will be few and far between. The Green Ash Borer is killing them fast. I have lost entire honey holes due to flooding and silt deposition. Between that and housing development, it is high time I scout for some new honey holes. @@RootAndEarth
We never eat mushrooms ( they are too valuable ) We dry them, put them in glass jars and place them around our home with the lids on, but loose to allow the healthiest molecules on the planet to escape. We breathe KZillions of molecules every breath might as well be healthy ones. The bedroom is the best place to have jars so you get healthier while you sleep. Best kept secret on the globe.
So much to unpack here. When you crack open jars of dried mushrooms the humidity in the air immediately begins to be absorbed by the dried specimens. Eventually they will soak up enough water to become anaerobic and bacteria as well as molds will start to proliferate in the jar. The mold will eventually sporulate sending millions of spores into the air. Breathing spores is actually quite unhealthy and can in fact lead to severe health issues. Yeah… horrible advice.
This was supremely helpful. Thank you. The look-alikes are they poisonous? Thank you. Can I pay you to look at some photographs and help me along?
Hey, thanks so much. I’m happy that this was helpful to you. You can send pictures to [email protected] and I’ll be happy to help if I can. Clear pictures of top and bottom of the mushrooms are necessary. There should be a donate button on my page and any monetary help is very appreciated.
I'd like to have a couple Pounds Morales mushrooms different kinds. So I can make slurries out.
I’ve poured slurries in some good habitat around my house a few years back. Time will tell if they have taken hold. Thanks for watching!
I laugh at the association of morels to trees although popular elm and ash do tend be I find them in higher numbers in briars bull thistle and fallow fields where the dead grass is real thick
It’s definitely all about the tight thickets and honestly they seem to associate with privet and wild rose, but the poplar or ash are always the main canopy above these thickets so who knows. Thanks for watching!
@@RootAndEarth I'm talking no trees just grass bull thistles and briars in hugh fallow fields black morels like forest fires greys like bare dirt spots and rocks blondes like the bases of bull thistles and the fleshy color dry land fish like dense growth vegetation plants I see in the woods they like are may apple fiddle head ferns and elm trees especially when it dies and the bark is starting to slip off they grow thick as thieves. I started picking morels when I was 4 I'm 60 now and here in the hills of Ky geography plays a roll too southern exposure first and the north face last
Im from SW PA i find alot in multiflora rose areas along wooded edges.
@@chriswilson5203 yes. Same here. Mature poplar with Rosa multi flora and privet.
Im in Raeford, but I havent found any poplar or hickory areas near me. Im originally from Michigan and we used to go hunting for Morels every year as a family outing.
Sycamore may be near creeks and rivers in your area. This is another potential associate. Mixed hardwood forest of any kind could potentially harbor them and if poplar and hickory are absent they will likely be present and associated with other suitable species. Thank you for watching!
@@RootAndEarthYou find them near redwoods in CA.
@@mariatorres9789 yes. Many kinds of mushrooms that associate with conifers on the west coast associate with hardwoods in the east.
@RootAndEarth That's good to know, since I'm in the S/E now. Is there a book about the similar associations? 🤔 I've found so many varieties out here, and I'm like, well....I should just leave that alone. Is there a mushroom guy out here I could take things to for id? I'm Deep South, east.
@@mariatorres9789 you should look up the closest mycological society or group to you. Best resource.
I have lost good spots by flooding... but it seems like it has to be severe and leave behind a lot of silt to kill the morels. I lost a good spot about four years ago, after the winter floods. That spot produced about 100 mushrooms each season for years for me!
This last flood definitely deposited a lot of silt, but it is patchy and hopefully will just shift the fruitings accordingly. Time will tell.
"The Entangled Life" I'm in Charlotte. Found my first fruits March 8th. We are still both, early on. More to come. Good to see you again.
Great to be back, and to hear from you again. Hope you have an excellent season!
Great to see some fresh morels of the new season, thank you for sharing :)
Thank you for watching!
Awesome! Went looking yesterday here in southern Illinois. A tad early at one spot. Will check another in the am
Thank you and good luck!
Wishing you a happy and plentiful morel season!! Thanks for the inspiration to get out and start looking.
Thank you! You too!
Thanks!
My pleasure. Thank you for tuning in!
Is that under a holly trees??
There are holly trees in the area but i believe they are associated with the poplars that dominate the area.
Our Morel season in Idaho for 2022 was excellent. However 2023’s weather was not conducive for morels. Huckleberries and Boletes were great though! I like your video. I’m excited to see what 2024 brings
Thanks so much for watching. Glad you enjoyed. I hope 2024 is an excellent season for you out there. 2023 was great for morels in my area but the weather turned dry as they wound down and stayed dry right through the fall. Rains have been really good recently so my fingers are crossed for a great start.
Hope you are bringing the morel videos back
Definitely going to. I love having you all share my adventures. I expect to start seeing morels in the next couple weeks! Thanks so much for watching!
Great video!!! I got your 3 kinds. The underneath, makes all the difference!
Thanks for watching!
I hear dozens of people say they picked hundreds in an area then go back to that area next year and found only a few. No one ever mentions it might take more time for the mycelium to recover from such heavy picking? Am I way off base here?
There was a 30 year study to test this very question. Areas were marked and over the test period some were lightly harvested, some with medium picking, and in some every mushroom was picked. It made absolutely zero difference. And there is anecdotal evidence that the heaviest picked areas actually produce more. When mycelium is damaged it only creates more inoculation points. If you pick every apple off of a tree the tree doesn’t care. The mushrooms are simply the fruit of the organism. That being said, this is always a contentious issue and to each their own. I have been picking these spots for years and it has had no impact that I have seen. Thanks for watching!
I have the several types of Turkey tail look alike on my property. They really are easy to see the differences if you just look at the bottom. This video I am saving for my nest guest. Thank you for your concise descriptions, beautiful finds, and delightful delivery. Well Done I agree yours is the best I have seen too. Many failures till yours.
Thank you so much for the kind words. I’m glad you found it be useful. And thanks for watching!
I thought I found these last year but then I discovered they were lobsters! Hey, I'm new to this don't judge! Good find! 🎉
Lobsters are a great find too!
Did you have a good meal that day?
Definitely. Always a great meal when there is an abundance of mushies!