I went mushroom foraging and what I found may surprise you because it certainly did surprise me!
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only in australia you can get bitten by ants
I don’t like mushrooms, but they say it’s a luxury, because there are a lot to forage around here in the forests and they are common in foods. There is a trained personell at the farmers market in my hometown who will inspect your foraged mushrooms and decide for you if they are safely edible.
Wild mushroom should only be harvested after rain.i was raised on a farm in Temora we would only go mushrooming after rain.never pick mushrooms growing near manure. Happy
Next time you get bitten by a bullant, pull up a fern and break the root and rub the sap into the bite. Or put a cube of ice on it. Mushies under pine trees should be avoided, but in the middle of the paddock ( with mauve colouring underneath, not yellow or white ) are fine. Chris S ( locked down Melbourne )
With those large field type mushrooms and portobellos, I've always found it's best to take the skin off them before cooking, otherwise you will end up a with pretty chewy meal. Sometimes it's like trying to eat a piece of leather.
Looks like it was the mushroom supplier getting a dodgy batch of morels from China and not the chef's fault at all. https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2020/01/case-closed-against-michelin-starred-restaurant-after-diner-death/
It adds weight to the grow your own or buy local movement anyway.
As for the bull ant, when I was in the army reserves many years ago, we were warned by our CO, "Do not f#ck with them, they will come looking for you". They really are something people have to see with their own eyes to believe.
I heard, looking underneath at the Gills, if it's brown chow on down down, if it's white you'l be dead tonight. Seams to have worked upto now
"IT came from the desert".
sounds like sound reasoning to me
Great video quality!! Love your show, thank you.
We in Russia every year collect mushrooms in the forest with 10 liter buckets)
Living in the icy northern USA, I was kind of envious of the weather. But after seeing the nasty bugs and hearing about the deadly snakes, I'm beginning to appreciate -25c kill everything weather!
2:18 how it really is to be a pokémon trainer
If you ever are in the US in CO or other states where you can find Chanterelle mushrooms and you can find some. I think you will find them delicious. Also small crimini mushrooms are as good if not better than button mushrooms.
That is a monster ant. Our ants I. Houston are much smaller.
Mushrooms grow near wet places usually
Well, you live in an awesome country but with lots of deadly animals – that's why I'm allways happy to live in Germany. The most poisonly animals are here: hornets, wasps, bees (some people get allergical reactions) … and in some areas adders or aspi vipers. But you will survive with medical help.
The right season mate is in the bathroom in the open box with something shading it… you're supposed to use a sprayer, but I'm a tightarse and just grab some rainwater in a shallow container, stick my fingers in it and flick water randomly (every few days) on the mixture and plastic bag bits above the mix that is holding it. I opened the box wrapper and use this like a sort of tent for the shade, making sure there's air getting in there. I have some pics but yet to upload them (Apr 2021) and I'm growing buttons – surprising how fast they grow from tiny to big, like 2 days from 1/4 inch to an inch!
The government treats us like mushrooms, they feed us sh*t and keep us in the dark.
The mushroom you picked at 9:05 is probably poisonous –
the Chlorophyllum molybdites type.
Chlorophyllum molybdites, which has the common names of false parasol, green-spored Lepiota and vomiter, is a widespread mushroom. Poisonous and producing severe gastrointestinal symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea, it is commonly confused with the shaggy parasol or shaggy mane, and is the most commonly consumed poisonous mushroom in North America.[1] Its large size and similarity to the edible parasol mushroom, as well as its habit of growing in areas near human habitation, are reasons cited for this. The nature of the poisoning is predominantly gastrointestinal.
The symptoms are predominantly gastrointestinal in nature, with vomiting, diarrhea and colic, often severe, occurring 1–3 hours after consumption.[3] Although these poisonings can be severe, none has yet resulted in death.
I think you're exactly right I'm going to do a lot of studying before I actually do anything with foraging mushrooms but I do think I am going to start with some kits
Hey Mark if you ever Come over to south-west France in septembre octobre, we shall take you and Nina foraging for really délicious mushrooms (no bitter after-taste) !
No bullet ants hère
Indeed you really need to bé careful those mushrooms your fatherinlaw picked are Pink on thé bottom when young ; thiuse you picked in your garden are white underneath probably deadly you shouldn't touche them and your dog shouldn't either… Thé problème is during thé digestive phase with your liver… There is no cure … Death incertain. Those mushrooms i pick are very différent there is no risk of making a mistake.
a few good rules of thumb I know from getting field mushrooms in rural/costal NSW
1. avoid mushrooms with grey/white gills, try to keep it to pinks and browns
2. they should smell like mushrooms, if there is any chemical/acetone smell ditch them (this takes practice)
3. look for holes, if it ticks the other boxes but you're still uncertain/inexperienced look for worm holes or signs animals have had a snack on them, I figure it is safer to eat them if other animals also eat them
as for flavour/texture if you dry (sun dry, dehydrate, or a low oven) them out they last longer, mellow out the flavour, and break down the texture so they can be crushed into a dish as almost a powder.
If you get the right logs, you can get spore plugs to drill in, and you will get mushrooms in the garden for years
One look like amanita and the another like lepiota, both not edible :c