I harvested over 40 pounds of lobster mushrooms this fall. I found a secret treasure trove that were in an isolated section of Douglas fir & western hemlock forest at sea level. I live in Western Washington. It's like going on an orange Easter egg hunt.

Love your mushroom videos, this time you mixed up identifying salal ( smooth) and Oregon grape ( pokey) Keep up the great fun!

Thanks for this awesome video! Great knowledge 💚

great video, what a haul dude!

Thanks for sharing. ✌

I love your videos! So inspiring . We are out here at the coast clamming today so now tomorrow we are going to go to the forest and pick up some mushrooms too!

I spent 20 years commercially harvesting mushrooms out of Coos Bay, Oregon. You have a good patch there. Lobsters were my favorites. The best ones are most always “hidden”, like boletes and pines (matsutakes). They also are often found in people’s lawns, and they usually don’t know anything about them and consider them a nuisance (because they smell bad-like cat piss) when they rot. They are also a very firm, heavy mushroom. I sauté lobster “steaks” in garlic butter. They are very good. Not as good as hedgehogs or black trumpets in my opinion, but damn close. Oh-boletes (aka “cepes” or “porcini”) are also very, very good. Surprisingly, I’m not a fan of chanterelles, though they smell by far the best of any mycorrhizal (?) mushroom I have collected. Very fruity, like apricots. They taste somewhat spicy raw. Morels- I can’t stand the smell or taste of them, but they’re so fun to forage for. Can be very profitable too, especially the 2nd year after a wildfire. Or wherever the forests have been disturbed, such as logging operations that stir up the soil.

Amazing video! learned a lot! Going to check it out and see if I can find some!

I love waching your video 👍

Thank you!!! So excited to head out! I’ve been wanting to forage forever and now have a pretty good idea of where I want to go and what to look for! By the way where did you get your awesome bags?

Hello from BC!! (North Cascades) I followed your advice and discovered my own lobster patch this past weekend! Thanks for the great content shroom dad 👌🏻

Nice video, thanks for sharing On what areas you can find the lobster mushrooms? I haven't eat it since to many years

What’s the season for lobster mushrooms?

😮I’m incredibly envious! I’m curious how long about do they take to reach a good harvesting age and when you prepare them, do they cook down in size quite a bit? Thanks!!

Another great video, thank you!!! Question, are they considered mushrooms even though Lobsters are considered geophagus Fungus? Just wondering about the limits, if any, are?? Thank you!!

What are the devices you are using and what are they for?

Im a new mushroom hunter, ive found morel, chicken of the woods, maitake but ive never found lobster 🦞 mushroom. I ask my self if that mushroom doesn't pop in my area, i would like to go hunt for lobster in another state. Where do you recommend me to look and in what season,thank you

What type of Gun do you have?

How can I get started mushroom hunting o I t there

What gear do you carry? Is that a cell phone and gps on your backpack straps?

Identify the tree species if you want to teach .

Why do you put the stumps back