Simple Guide to Mushroom Foraging for Beginners

This is a simple guide to learning to forage mushrooms. There's a lot to be said about wild mushroom foraging but some of it can be pretty boring, so in this video I tried my best to chop it down to the essentials that you need to know before you go out and hunt for wild mushrooms. Lots of people are taking an interest in their natural world and the outdoors and forging mushrooms is such a good reason to get out there and explore, discover, and even find food and medicine. My name is Aaron Hilliard and I teach mycology classes at Olympic College in Bremerton Washington, have held vice president of the local mycological Society for a number of years, and am the creator of Mushroom Wonderland. I also host private forays. I just plain love making videos and teaching about mushrooms. I hope you enjoy this video and get some value out of it and share it with your friends.
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If you’d like to dive a little deeper you can sign up for the 3 part intro to mycology course at the Olympic College in Bremerton. This is a non-credit class for personal enrichment. Aaron instructs the class in person, which covers what fungi is, how it grows, and its relationship to the world around it. The second class covers introduction to wild mushrooms and mushroom identification, and the third class goes over fungi cultivation and the history of mycological sciences and taxonomy. There is usually a foray into the woods for students who have attended the 3 classes. The classes are only offered in person right now, but they may be made into an online version soon. To learn more or to enroll for classes follow the link below.
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We will not accept any responsibility for negligence or accidental ingestion of poisonous mushrooms or plants. These videos are not intended to be a definitive field guide, but rather a starting point to become familiar with habitat, everyone is encouraged to do their own studies, acquire literature or internet resources to safely and confidently identify wild foods before they eat them. When eating a new wild mushroom, it is advised to start with only a small amount, and make sure that it is fresh and that it is cooked thoroughly. Some mushrooms do not agree with certain individuals, and this is typically discovered on a case-by-case basis. All the ideas expressed in the comments should be taken with a large grain of salt. I don’t think there is any other field of study or science that has more misinformation being shared so freely and boldly. Mushroom Wonderland and Aaron himself have no opinion and neither encourage nor discourage the use of mushrooms containing mind-altering compounds. These mushrooms contain powerful chemicals and should be treated with a high level of responsibility. Any video topics on the habitat, natural distribution, and morphological features of psychoactive mushrooms portrayed on this channel are purely for scientific and educational purposes.
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