Foraging for Wood Ear fungus

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Foraging for Wood Ear fungus

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Here's a common edible fungus that I have enjoyed collecting many times in the past.
It grows on Elder trees and can be picked at almost any time of the year - in drier months, it may be found as shrivelled, hard little pieces of material that look like plastic or dried rawhide - in wetter months, it can be found fully hydrated and looking often disturbingly ear-like

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@sebuls 5 жыл бұрын

These are the best videos. Such comfy, warm and down-to-earth feel in these videos so they are the perfect thing to watch with cup of coffee and a warm blanket while its -26°C and snowing outside.

@TehBudWhisperer 5 жыл бұрын

Spot on

@oldaccount537 5 жыл бұрын

Only - 8 in Edinburgh but the same thing

@TheBenSanders 5 жыл бұрын

That's pretty cool. I gotta say I'm loving your non-scambait content too!

@OtherWorldExplorers 5 жыл бұрын

Your shirt matches your tablecloth that's totally awesome!!

@sanazbani1427 5 жыл бұрын

Genuinely glued to the screen, who would have thought

@debidewt 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking me foraging with you :) Hope to go foraging for fungi one day.

@hermestrismegistus6421 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! One of the many reasons I love your channel. I've haven't foraged for these yet, but have enjoyed in Chinese buffet hot n' sour soup. Keep up the great work!

@ruesamz 3 жыл бұрын

I genuinely love all your content.. I must say I've been binge watching quite a few today alone lol.. Great work. Educational and entertaining Take care Mr Shrimp 😊

@HaphazardHomestead 5 жыл бұрын

Very nice! I found Wood Ears coming out the ends of Cottonwood logs in western Kansas this autumn. It's amazing how floppy they can look, lol. Your description of leather for the dried ones seems pretty right! It would be hard to mistake the Wood Ears for anything else! Happy mushroom hunting! :D

@AtomicShrimp 5 жыл бұрын

I've only ever seen them on Elder, but my books do say they grow on other broad leafed timber, (favouring elder)

@PeeJay7290 5 жыл бұрын

You know, that might be the breakthrough regarding me being a wimp in looking for mushrooms. Our local wood has a lot of elder, and the mushroom is very distinguishable

@AtomicShrimp 5 жыл бұрын

Could be. This fungus is unmistakable. You'll be in no doubt when you find it - fresh specimens feel like they are made from soft silicone

@MandrakeFernflower 5 жыл бұрын

All members of the genus Auricularia and Exidia are edible and sought after

@342wru89fsdfdssdf54e 4 жыл бұрын

Have you thought about making more mushroom foraging videos? I love these.

@MUSTASCH1O 3 жыл бұрын

I haven't eaten wood ear but the sound of you cutting it brought back memories of a jellyfish dish I ate in Shanghai. It had that crisp, jelly-like texture, except it was thicker giving it a reminiscence of cartilage.

@BrotherOats 5 жыл бұрын

Man do I love your channel! Please show the stir fry next time though, you seem like an excellent cook ;) Cheers!

@ace3091 4 жыл бұрын

"Jews ear" actually comes from people mis speaking the Latin name which was "Judas Ear" as they grey from the elder tree he hung himself from

@thisbitch2045 5 жыл бұрын

i love these awesome foraging videos!! keep up the good work!!

@PatrickDustman 5 жыл бұрын

What a great video, thx for uploading. SurvivalAustria

@MegadoseTheOutsiderArtist 5 жыл бұрын

I really really love your channel!

@fleetadmiralchompa 3 жыл бұрын

Hi! Sounds like something very similar to jellyfish 🤔 . . . Jellyfish of the woods? 🤣 I think I've had this almost regularly in a fried noodle dish (pancit) made by a family friend, adding a unique crunchy texture... Cool vids, love the channel!

@susanfarley1332 2 жыл бұрын

I am not sure I'm quite ready to savor this mushroom. But I am intrigued by it. Fungi are just full of surprises!

@sevenoctobers7471 2 жыл бұрын

These add a delightful texture to any stir-fry or soup 😋

@Arcaxon 5 жыл бұрын

Those are super interesting, I always was interested in picking mushrooms but never really did, it's a lot of research and the risk of getting sick always kinda put me off. The name of those is incredibly fitting too wow.

@steammachine3061 5 жыл бұрын

Wood ears are one of those fungus that it's next to. Impossible to mistake for anything else. At a glance possibly winter polypore could be mistaken. But those are lighter in colour and have pores on the underside. Plus there's no toxic polypore species in the UK. Plenty that are inedible but none that will kill you

@AtomicShrimp 5 жыл бұрын

Agreed - Wood ears have such a distinctive texture, shape, appearance and habit, I think they would be incredibly hard to mistake for something else

@Arcaxon 5 жыл бұрын

@@AtomicShrimp mhms! Maybe we have some like that here in Québec too, but I'd need to wait until there wasn't a few meters of snow everywhere to check for myself hahaha!

@thexbigxgreen 3 жыл бұрын

Your foraging videos have awoken an interest in mushrooms in me, I'm going to try to take a course in identification in the new year!

@phileo_ss 2 жыл бұрын

These are very commonly used in Japan, often sold dried but sometimes fresh where available. I usually prefer to cut them into larger pieces or just tear them. I also like the massive thick version which is almost black on the upper side and white under.

@ariay8067 3 жыл бұрын

I love eating wood ear. My family most often cook them as whole in chicken soup and sometimes in braised pig trotter :)

@BlindBabeBeth 4 жыл бұрын

The sound the wood ear fungus makes when you cut into them reminds me of the sound of chopping aloe vera leaves. They have the same-ish smooth outside skin and the inside is like a jelly but a hard jelly. Super interesting!

@AtomicShrimp 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly so - coconut jelly is like that too - crisp, yet gelatinous

@remoschramm 3 жыл бұрын

this is my favorite kind of fungi. i dry them and soak them in a soy sauce / water mix before cooking you can buy them in supermarkets here in germany as mu err mushrooms for horrendous prices

@queermilkshake9990 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, Mike! I've recently read on a foraging group on Facebook that these wood ears make a nice Turkish delight-like desert!! Would you be able to give it a go next time you come across this versitile fungus, please?

@cherrystumbles3606 3 жыл бұрын

I picked some of these on a nature walk with my children! I left plenty of smaller ones so I can go back for more. Having a bit of trouble finding black garlic for hot and sour soup though so I've dried them.

@Weregus1 3 жыл бұрын

In Czech republic, we call it the "Judas' ear"

@seraaron 3 жыл бұрын

These might make a good vegetarian substitute for calamari...! Maybe try battering and frying them next time you find them?

@josephnguyen4701 5 жыл бұрын

Nice video

@Gundolf2056 3 жыл бұрын

That is one really interesting fungus. They remind me of... something from an Asian buffet I don´t remember the name of. But I did like it.

@leebumble 3 жыл бұрын

The missus turned me onto wood ear years ago, she's Chinese yah see. What it lacks in flavour it makes up for in texture, which is rubbery, with a satisfying resistance when you bite through it. It can also be dried and stored for years if done properly.

@avivion1782 5 жыл бұрын

Cool

@landan7626 5 жыл бұрын

When your friends ask what you can do in *ARK Survival Devolved*

@sarahstrong7174 4 жыл бұрын

The sound of the texture sounds a bit like seaweed. I think I have seen these but an orange/reddish colour, or would that have been something different?

@AtomicShrimp 4 жыл бұрын

The texture is a lot like seaweed. If you found something like this but a different colour, it's most likely some unrelated species - not really sure about what that might be

@ssi-ruuk9396 2 жыл бұрын

Despite having a lot of Elder trees near me i've never seen this, which is sad to me because its one of the only mushrooms id feel 100% comfortable about eating and picking.

@AtomicShrimp 2 жыл бұрын

Keep looking - check on older trees and those with dead or damaged wood in them

@ssi-ruuk9396 2 жыл бұрын

Good idea. I will do next time I am near some Elder trees

@AtomicShrimp 2 жыл бұрын

Also look all the way around the branches - they often grow only on one side, presumably due to prevailing sun/wind directions etc.

@ssi-ruuk9396 2 жыл бұрын

@@AtomicShrimp thank you for the advice. they apparently also only grow with the ear facing down and not upwards right?

@AtomicShrimp 2 жыл бұрын

@@ssi-ruuk9396 Correct (although on newly fallen branches, they might be facing any direction)

@willtoler6917 5 жыл бұрын

Would you mind doing a video on your philosophy of life?

@AtomicShrimp 5 жыл бұрын

Interesting idea. I wonder what sort of general reception that would get...

@willtoler6917 5 жыл бұрын

AtomicShrimp I would much enjoy a video as such

@AtomicShrimp 5 жыл бұрын

I'll give it some thought. I'm not altogether sure what my philosophy really is - I'm just making it up as I go along. Maybe that's it

@willtoler6917 5 жыл бұрын

AtomicShrimp surprisingly I understand that.

@twosix2052 3 жыл бұрын

these are best stir fried with carrots and shanyao yams.

@kevinyuan5343 4 жыл бұрын

I LOVE WOOD EAR

@nenben8759 3 жыл бұрын

Looks similar to "Black fungus" aka cloud ear Whitch ive had in curries and soups I may have also had wood ear but I am not sure

@TheCotzi 4 жыл бұрын

I love woodear in soups that are sweet and sour like chinense ones

@azavo2502 3 жыл бұрын

i eat these a lot at home, but i cant say i enjoy them that much lol

@AtomicShrimp 3 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean. For me, they are... 'interesting' - not especially nice, certainly not nasty; just interesting

@cobalt2257 4 жыл бұрын

Wood ears are delicious!

@cecilsmith76 5 жыл бұрын

**grabs axe**

@getyerspn 5 жыл бұрын

I've seen that about and have been told its edible but until now I've not seen anyone eat it....interesting.

@LanHikari 4 жыл бұрын

im learning :)

@wolflamb632 Жыл бұрын

Sounds like cartilage when you chop it up.

@AtomicShrimp Жыл бұрын

It's very similar in texture to the cartilage in pigs ears

@Snapmare_ 5 жыл бұрын

*_"I'm playing Minecraft!"_*

@bruhreport9220 5 жыл бұрын

you *_stickler_*

@paulgibbons2320 4 жыл бұрын

Tried eating these. Easy to identify. You can ushually harvest plenty but they taste a bit crap to be honest. The texture is a bit love it or hate it. Only the Chinese know how to make em tasty.

@AtomicShrimp 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed on every point

@sugameplay9737 5 жыл бұрын

Wouldn’t it be easier to just get them from your local Chinatown?

@Eueueyw 4 жыл бұрын

You can find these pretty much everywhere so not really

@tri99er_ 4 жыл бұрын

ASMR

@GrandadsOtherChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Nice day for ear picking, could have been worse 😜

@RoachDoggJr. 5 жыл бұрын

It's called *anhydrobiosis*

@AtomicShrimp 5 жыл бұрын

It's Anhydrobiosis - survival during dessication

@LiveModz 5 жыл бұрын

Hey is their anyway I can contact you? Your fucking awesome!!!

@AtomicShrimp 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! There's a contact link in the 'about' page of the channel (or via Instagram @the_atomic_Shrimp)

@gabriellls1145 4 жыл бұрын

I would love to poke one of these but I don't think I could stomach holding/eating one. 🤢

@debbiefoad1688 5 жыл бұрын

Is it from the same family as chaga

@steammachine3061 5 жыл бұрын

I think chaga is a polypore. You won't find any massively south UK. They tend to grow on birch further north.

@debbiefoad1688 5 жыл бұрын

SteamMachine yes I get mine fro cold places. And take it every day in the hope it wil Prevent anything. Are these mushrooms beneficial

@steammachine3061 5 жыл бұрын

@@debbiefoad1688 don't think these are considered particularly medicinal. But someone somewhere has probably called them a super food. I don't often forage medicinally but I know velvet shanks (should be in season) and. Turkey tail have reputed medicinal. Qualities. Mostly immunity boosting I believe

@debbiefoad1688 5 жыл бұрын

SteamMachine yes you are rite. Chaga can shrink any tumas etc. God for bid But we can live in hope. I’m in the south east to. So where do you find your mushrooms and what are they called. I’d like to check them out. And thank you for the video

@steammachine3061 5 жыл бұрын

@@debbiefoad1688 I'm south east UK so. My foraging is all there. I'm not rely up. On the sciencey Latin names lol. But I'm. More field and hedgerow (occasionally garden as well) so. I don't often come across the woodland varietys. Although I'm. Lucky enough to still come across dozens of edible species. Prince's and St George's being particular faves...... Oh ps its not my vid lol. I'm just an avid forager like. Atomic shrimp

@Condemn-Focus 3 жыл бұрын

Elder Tree he think he's fetching a elder bow in Runescape hahahaha. He has 99.

@gibbo9089 5 жыл бұрын

Survived the haggis then?

@AtomicShrimp 5 жыл бұрын

It made me stronger!

@ezridax5809 5 жыл бұрын

@blueeyedblondhairedo5879 5 жыл бұрын

@tomthomas334 4 жыл бұрын

these were growing out of my sink drain in the bathroom, and out of the wall by the water heater. My friend seed them and called them ear of the woods lol I already knew.

@Smellyoldgoat 5 жыл бұрын

Have you tried old military MRE,s. They came in cans. Could you?

@AtomicShrimp 5 жыл бұрын

If I can find something that is interesting, I might give it a go. One of the MRE channels I follow opened up a can that contained a sleeping bag - that would have been a pretty cool item for Weird Stuff In A Can