Will This Mushroom Make Me Sick? #4 - ID'ing Wild Forest Mushrooms

There are so many different kinds of mushrooms in a forest. Some of them are edible - and super delicious! But others contain poisons that are toxic to eat. Which kind of mushroom are these? Join me in another close up look at wild mushrooms -- and play the game "Will I Eat This or Not?"

Here's how the game goes. I will show some key features of these mushrooms that will allow you to mull over whether I will eat them or not. Then, I will go through the steps and thought process I use to identify the mushrooms and decide whether I will eat them or not.

To identify these mushrooms, I am using 2 different keys, which are great tools for focusing on specific features of a mushroom and making "either-or" decisions that ultimately lead to figuring out what kind it is. To find out the general type of mushroom I've got, I use the inside cover from the book, "All That The Rain Promises and More", by David Arora. And then I use the book, "Mushrooms Demystified", also by David Arora.
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Dyer's Polypore - Phaeolus schweinitzii

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The books I use in this video:
All That the Rain Promises and More, by David Arora. Ten Speed Press.
Mushrooms Demystified, by David Arora. Ten Speed Press.
I have an affiliate link to the second book through YouTube's experimental shopping program. The commission rate is 0% LOL!

The Mykoweb is a great resource for information about mushrooms and fungus! Check it out: http://www.mykoweb.com

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My playlist on Mushroom Identification is the Series, "Will I Eat This or Not?" -    • Wild Mushrooms - Deep Dive into Ident...  

Here's a playlist on a great Wild Edible Mushroom that is easy to identify - The Lobster Mushroom -    • Lobster Mushrooms - Hypomyces lactifl...  

If you want to improve your foraging skills, here's my playlist - Foraging: Real Food for Regular People -    • In the Garden  

If you want to eat what you forage, here are playlists about preparing your harvests:

Cooking Wild Greens -    • Wild Greens Recipes: You Can Cook Del...  

Wild Salads -    • Wild Salads: Foraging Wild Edible Pla...  

Here are my playlists about specific wild plants:

Dandelions -    • Dandelions: Foraging Wild Edible Plants  

Wild Mustard Plants -    • Wild Mustard Plants: Great Wild Edibl...  

Elderberry -    • Elderberry Bushes, Flowers and Berrie...  
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