Early Spring Mushroom Hunting in PNW - Stalking the Split Gill, Spring Oyster, and True Turkey Tail

With March upon us, it's time to shift our focus to Spring Mushroom foraging! This week we'll walk the forests of Western Washington in search of wild edible and medicinal mushrooms. Super excited to encounter the Split Gill (Schizophyllum commune) this week - what a fascinating mushroom this one is!

Whether you're here in WA or in neighboring regions of the Pacific Northwest (mushroom hunting Oregon, Northern California, British Columbia, or Vancouver Island), you're likely to be seeing similar mushrooms fruiting in your local forest. And even if you're out east or overseas, there is something in this video for you! So settle in, and let's see what we see!

Here is a quick list of just a few of the things you'll see in this episode:

00:00 Intro
00:26 Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus genus)
02:42 False Turkey Tail (Stereum hirsutum)
04:16 True Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor)
07:40 Split Gill (Schizophyllum commune)
20:51 Fairy Parachute (Marasmiellus candidus)
23:00 Black Tailed Deer
24:30 Ambriguous stropharia (Stropharia ambigua)
26:19 Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)
29:25 Stereum Ochraceoflavum
30:20 Sticky Oysterling (Scytinotus longinquus)
31:50 Mystery Mushroom
33:36 West Coast Reishi (Ganoderma oregonense)
36:20 Mica Cap (Coprinellus micaceus)
38:52 Outro

Hope you all found this week's foray interesting ... can't wait to see you back here next week! Until then, Happy Trails!

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