I just wanna thank you for your tireless, thorough and quality efforts to educate the public on the Mycology all around us, and more. Your enthusiasm shows and is undisputedly contagious. Keep rockin dude.

Omg I like how this guy explain things, now he needs to come out with a book

Strangely, this is one that I found on my first-ever mushroom foraging trip. After identifying them and researching them, I decided to eat them. They were very tasty. Thanks for featuring them.

Found my first oyster mushroom yesterday while turkey hunting. Grew on a dead red maple stump. Found my first truly choice specimens of pheasant back several days ago while turkey hunting here in SW Ontario. Growing on a dead white ash log. Thanks again for giving me the confidence to properly identify more and more wild edibles each and every season (last fall it was my first maitake - almost 5 lbs!)

Cannot tell you how much your videos have helped me learn more about Fungi! Another great one. Thanks so much for all your efforts.

Adam, you are an outstandingly skillful educator and I thank you so much for providing one of the best explanations about the Angel Wing mushroom! Keep up the hard work!

Adam... So impressed with the knowledge you share. I’m a blacksmith, woodwright, sawyer, and miller for the DNR, in a Pioneer Village, at a state park in Indiana. I often go on nature walks for a break and harvest only 7 mushrooms I know; puff balls, indigo milk caps, coral fungus, oyster, hen of the woods, and of course morals. But, in the spring I’m excited to try to identify others from your YT videos, I’m 65 with arthritis and nerve issues. Especially interested in the medicinal mushrooms and plants you discuss. Thank you!

Great video - an excellent explanation of this topic. Your camera work is also outstanding!

During this incredibly wet (and fruitful) summer while walking in a predominantly coniferous area of a forest in eastern PA, I found, without exaggeration, probably 50 or more fresh, beautiful Pluerocybella porrigens growing out of multiple fallen hemlock. It was a sight to behold and my greedy mushroom hunter heart was aflutter! I have ID'd, harvested and eaten these mushrooms before in small amounts and they're delicious. Then I remembered the article about the poisonings in Japan, which I was only made aware of a few months ago for some reason, and decided they were better as a beautiful sight rather then a meal. I'm not sure if I would never eat one of these mushrooms again, but this time the poisonings in Japan were too fresh in my mind to not cause paranoia.

I never thought there would be a time when I'd like and appreciate a video about mushrooms. But now since I'm crazy about mushroom hunting, I honestly find your video's amazing. Really great quality information and presentation. Very helpful. Thank you very much!

The more I get into mushrooming, the more these videos fascinate me. They are beautiful and informative.

I have eaten “angel wings” for years. I live in S.E. Alaska. One of the few mushrooms I trust.

Boy howdy are your videos good. You are getting me to get out of my house and just look at plants and mushrooms more. Notice what makes each unique and what appears together. I went from a curiosity in plants and mushrooms (which lead me to your videos) to wanting this to be a significant part of my life. I'm lucky to live in an area that although suburban has large swaths of small forests surrounding neighborhoods and driving distance to large forests and the idea that i could form a lifelong relationship with those woods around my house, see and understand the changes overtime has me stoked and happy. Keep up the amazing work, you're so good at what you do. Will hopefully come out to some of your events!! PS. Found and foraged my first Lion's Mane this week. Delicious. And just discovered deeper in a cavity in the same tree an Hericium americanum.

I think with all the other wonderful mushrooms available I’ll just leave this one be! TFS! Always a pleasure to see your awesome videos. Thank you! Blessings always ~Lisa

Another Great VIDEO!!! Ya I mean its all based on the consumer to know what they are ingesting. Wish the medical field was as detailed as you are on their drugs that they say are 'safe' for us to consume. Thank you for being one of the many sources I go to for mushroom advice.

A lot of discussion about Pleurocybella porrigens in our local groups this year, but I think most people are more interested in looking at them than risking anything, safe or not. Great work!

Thank you for this video. I have seen lots of angels and a few oysters, but haven’t felt 100% about harvesting them yet. I did just get a DIY oyster mushroom kit that I started last night and can’t wait to see how it goes! You are always very helpful in expanding our knowledge, and I appreciate that! 🍄

Amazing information,as always, thanks Adam! This one was particularly interesting for me because the first mushroom I ever tried to ID to eat was an oyster, and I was so paranoid about getting mixed up with angel wings. Thank you!

Great vid. One that needed to be done by someone who knows what they’re talking about LOL Personally, I will steer clear of it. But mainly due to the fact that I don’t like oyster mushrooms and already steer clear of those due to the taste. I’d imagine these are not much different - but someone correct me if I’m wrong! I wonder why all those poisonings in Japan happened in the same year.. wouldn’t we see it happening consistently over there? Or did a huge group of old, sick people with kidney problems get together and eat angel wings? Lol Anyways, thanks for another great vid!

Oh wow, I harvested a bunch of these this fall(thought they were oysters)and ate them with eggs every day with my 80-year old parents over a couple weeks. Our only side effect was delicious omelets!

I tell people to check out your channel on the regular, Adam.Things being as they are right now, I've noticed more folks getting interested in foraging. Thank you for being such a help!

I'm a fan of your videos, I laughed when I saw the title, I have been wondering about this mushroom since I started foraging. Feels like you taylor-made this for me. Thanks!

always so informative. I need to get my boots on and go looking. Thanks!

I'm a plant and tree nerd and I'd love to add mushrooms to my knowledge base. I have all the choice edibles down but videos like this will take me to that next level. This channel is awesome, your delivery is awesome and most importantly your knowledge is awesome! THANK YOU for all that you do!!!

Because of you, I recognize what is edible, non edible on my hikes in New England! Though, I never pick any, I just take pictures of our natural world with great appreciation. Thank you for making my hikes more knowledgeable!

Used this video years ago to confirm I had Oysters growing from a fallen Beech tree here in Maine. Harvested and enjoyed with small amount of butter, garlic, and salt. Since then, I haven't missed a video! I love how this is still recommended years later after being my initial recommended video of you via the YT algorithm. Back to your recent content!

I think I ate some angel wings mushrooms about 43 years ago. The reason I say this is I got the mushrooms in a conifer forest. I thought they were oyster mushrooms. At any rate the mushrooms were delicious sauteed in butter.

just getting into mushroom ID, and so glad to have found your channel. so informative, and this is by far the most informative and responsible video I've ever come across. thanks for all the work, info, and sharing.

Enjoyed every minute! Thanks Adam!

You Sir "Learn Your Land" are a tremendous teacher.. thorough and unrelenting.. thank you.

I think its funny that every time I talk a friend that I only get to chat with about once a month, we talk about mushrooms. This past time she actually brought the Angel Wing up when talking about Oysters, and I come home to find that one of my favorite Mushroom KZfaq channels has made a video about them. There has been several other times when this has happened. Keep up the great work, I love these videos. ^_^

What amazing wisdom you have to be able to trot out the full long Latin name. Thankyou for sharing luv n light x

You're a true genius with plants and mushrooms. I just wish you'd produce more videos. Would you ever consider making a video on psilocybe species? I'd love to see you head south and do a series on that subject!

I feel like I will still have ha hard time telling them appart. Tips for telling the type of wood when the stump is so decomposed?

This was extremely helpful, thank you! My field guide didn't emphasize the similarities between these two enough it seems!

Loving your videos... just started my mushroom hunting addiction two months ago, and I'm finding your videos full of terrific information. Thank you!! 😊🍄🍄

Thank you for the good information and wise counsel.

Maybe it's the chemo mixing with the mushrooms chemicals? I want to know what hospital is serving this fancy food! P.S. Good to see you back :)

6:21 I know you said "anise" but I still chuckled at it lol.

Great video, thank you for sharing your knowledge.

I think I found these thinking they were oysters. I didn't eat them.

Thank you!! Great work, the whole series! Cheers!

Every vid is an education. Learning soooo much!

I am so glad i ran across your page, thanks to you i have identified that i have over 20 "Ulmus americana" American Elm on our property after thinking they were all gone. Not to mention i can almost identify most of the mushrooms we have on our property.

I seen Asian videos of people cultivating this small mushroom (pleurocibella ) and thinking of getting some to try but after this video I will think about…

Thx! I had a wheel barrow w/ half a bag of mulch in the garage since summer and is now full of what looks to me like oyster mushrooms. Spore print lavender grey. I am checking look-alikes. I enjoy wild mushrooms, but am not nervy about it. Thx so much for so much info, and wanted to tell you that your footage of the woods is lovely. Now have to consult some books.

Dude, so much good information. Especially with mushrooms people tend to miss so much. Thank you

Great advice! “Do yout own research” lol I love it!

Thank you for posting such educational videos! I live in Washington state and I recently took an interest in learning more about mushrooms and greenery to teach my future children. That way I don't have to worry when we're out and about and they run off somewhere.

Thank you so much, Adam! You’re an incredible expert to show your audience with a neutral and unbiased view on the two mushrooms. Your explanation is in very detailed and informational for beginners like me and others. Appreciate it!

Just the video I was looking for.

You are absolutely terrific! Your knowledge and communication style is unparalleled and, just simply your willingness to share this important information is so, so appreciated!! Thank you so much! On another note, since I'm a true neophyte I always take a spore print unless I'm completely sure but I have learned so much from you. Thank you again

Thanks so much for putting this video out. I enjoy your videos and youve helped me become a confident hunter of mushrooms. And now after many seasons Im confident to help others learn too. You've created a ripple effect. Have a fabulous day.

Great teaching video with quality images. I'm in the mixed conifer hardwoods of East Texas and mushrooms abound. One large white one does not seem to resemble either of those mentioned. I wish I could send a pic for your identification.

Thanks! Love it that you can say all the big words with such confidence. You have definitely studied this well.

One more awesome video. I stumbled on you a while back, and am truly impressed with your knowledge, and preparation of your videos. You're also someone who just has a likeable character, and your passion for the subject flows out of you. I ate my first chicken of the woods, and my first ever wild mushroom this week, largely thanks to you. The mushroom was over "ripe" and not a nice texture, but I ate it anyway, since it was in polenta. Only criticism I could have, is you speak just a little fast. You have so much information to give, and it's a lot to take in at high speed, but please don't stop making more. Love them, and you've inspired me.....I'm also pretty sure I know where to find some oyster mushrooms, and I'll be on the hunt in two days! Thanks!

This a great comparison between angel wings and oyster mushrooms! I brought home angel wings twice this season and after reading about the potential toxicity, I decided not to eat them either time. Thanks for increasing my knowledge, yet again, Adam 😊

I’ve eaten those thinking they were oysters. Delicious, oops. Thank you for the outstanding work.

I've eaten them, and the only reason I stopped collecting them was that I found them mediocre at best, and stopped bothering. And yes, this was BEFORE the year 2,000. Up until this video I was completely unaware of toxicity reports.

Sweet ! Thanks for doing this video!!

Great videos, probably the most concise videos out there on wild mushrooms. Glad i ran across your page

Eat them all the time.... delicious and NEVER been sick what so ever.... never.

Your videos are absolutely outstanding. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Thank you for your knowledge!! We had some for Memorial Day that we were sure were summer oysters but were unsure after hearing about angel wings, but obviously wasn’t harvested in fall, they were small bit had stems and were harvested off red alder!! Much appreciated!!!

You are Awsome I recently found you on KZfaq, I've been mushroom hunting for years. My family mushroom foraged for generations but I've only found a few that I actually know. Thank you, Im learning alot :p

I've eaten these,, I thought they were a oyster type...

I found some beautiful orange oyster mushrooms one time, and I took them home so I could positively identify them. I had to get them out of the house because they started to smell horrible after a few hours. Turns out it was not an oyster mushroom. I'm glad I didn't eat it.

I'd always wanted to know what you thought of these Angel Wings! Personally have tried them, nothing went wrong in my case. I have a tentative theory that whatever toxicity Angel Wings can have is dependent on environment--with the mushrooms soaking up nearby contaminants and so compromised people might be ill even though they're technically non-poisonous. I remember hearing that even oyster mushrooms from areas that have been contaminated with heavy metals are extremely unsafe to eat, so it may be something like that (if not a conditional toxin or a subvariety only in Asia).

maybe there was something on the mushroom, infecting it. what you describe almost sounds like a bacterial disease. But there's a more interesting possibility. This was in japan, an island, and things living on islands frequently mutate to be more vicious and/or more clever because the resource pool available to them is smaller. Natural history is full of creatures evolving strangely on islands, even such odd things as dwarf elephants and people, finches with strange beaks and giant lizards or tortoises. this was before fukushima, so the reactor can't be to blame. but if these mushrooms were found near Hiroshima or Nagasaki they could be the product of a mutation that took decades to become noticable. even if they were in the countryside, the fallout could have blown into the soil where their mycelium/spores were or metabolized into the tree and because mushrooms are very long lived things that spread slowly its only now showing itself.

very good Adam.. thanks for this! I'm still trying to identify a mushroom that appears to be an oyster mushroom in a forest full of Hemlock however, there are other deciduous trees in this forest as well... it is huge ( size of my hand) with gills and a stem.. beautiful white, but slightly fuzzy cap.. I'm still deliberating on what this mushroom is.. there were a few growing out of this tree ( I didn't identify the tree will go back tomorrow); the mushrooms were gorgeous.. I later harvested massive reishi mushrooms.. incredible.. I'm in Haliburton Highlands btw

I’ve eaten it several times in the last 30 years all picked in the PNW western Washington. Never had a problem.

I want to add some supplementals about the poisoning case in Japan for your interest. It is said that the outbreak in 2004 in Japan can be linked to the amendment of the Infectional Diseases Control Law in 2003, where acute encephalitis would newly be regarded as the specific disease which must be reported to the central government. (It was to deal with the threat of SARS and Bacillus anthracis terrorism, which were increasing threats in those days). Some researchers therefore think that the mushroom had been having poison and causing encephalitis patients also before 2004 but have been unnoticed, rather than think that the mushrooms in the area were together mutated to have poisons in 2004. To make it clear whether the poisoning trait of Pleurocybella porrigens is only specific to Japan or not, I think that the identification of the toxic substances will be essential. It seems that the research of the mode of action of the poisoning still continues in a Japanese university, according to the research grant database. I hope the mushroom will come out to be safe and can be consumed without any concern outside Japan in the future.

I would like to thank you other people have tried to explain things about mushrooms and they hesitate I think it's because they don't know what they're talkin about however you get into it really good God bless your heart I'm glad you explained it well

I heard about this when I first started with oyster mushrooms. This is great video, I wish I had found it back then.

Fascinating. I found what I think are oyster mushrooms on a dying magnolia tree here in florida. Ive not collected or eaten wild mushrooms before, so Im doing my due diligence to ID it properly. I do not see any lookalike poisonous mushrooms in florida that grow on magnolia as yet. I have performed a rub test on inside arm, lip test, tongue test, w/ no adverse reaction. Smells, well, mushroomy, no anise, very mild sweet, woodsy. Gills run cap down stem, short fat stem on some, off center. Off white to yellowish cap. Found in clusters. Cap not completely round, oyster shape, irregular bubbly fringe. Spore print, I havent done yet. I think this would be a good hobby for me. Will have poison control on speed dial. Wouldnt mind learning how to grow muchrooms on logs by inoculation.

here's several things you can try select the best variety - there are lots available. grow them in the best conditions - some eg oyster muchrooms like cool humid areas and can be put outdoors (I read these and the reasons they work from Gregs Mushroom Grower website )

Great video ~ Thanks for taking us into the forest with you!

I'm in the Scottish highlands. I used to eat these by the bucket load, particularly with pasta. I moved about 50 miles away and didn't see them again until yesterday. Rather than checking my book I looked online and was surprised to read they were now listed as deadly. I guess the responsible thing to do in light of the research is not to eat them. Great video by the way. I will be subscribing.

Awesome, engaging video.

I’ve eaten it plenty of times. Growing on deciduous fallen trees. I’m going to tell my biologist guide I go foraging with about these differences with angel wings. He’s a good teacher.

Alm your videos are absolutely amazing. You explain in simple ways, so that beginners can actually understand. Iv learnt alot fro. You, please dont stop making videos. Cheers!!!!

I enjoy every mushroom video you do...thanks for such good info...much appreciated

You're a really good teacher. :) Thank you! :)

Good one Adam! Shared with my Mushrooms in the Wilds of VT page.

I went out picking up mushroom yesterday and came across the same mushroom, it looked beautiful but didnt pick it up since i knew it was the angel wing

I love the way you present your information. Thanks for the knowledge!

The question of regionality is a good one. I enjoy a mushroom which is lethal east of the Rockies. (This isn`t one I share with my friends.) Cute mushrooms, cute fellow! 40 years a mushroom forager, Willi B. in Canada.

Well said Adam, well said. I thank you for your time and patience. Thumbs up to you.

God I wish there were like 4 adam haritans in every state and province. I have a more local channel in my province, but he's only one guy. I still find myself wanting to learn more than one guy can sum up in naturalist videos. Not that your videos aren't useful, but I really have to take the seasons with a grain of salt with most channels. About 2 weeks ago, I found some buggy angel wings, found some fresher ones yesterday. So basically, early june, they were too old, late june they were fresh, and come october when you find yours, they'll probably be dead an gone here. People act like identification is hard, but I swear the hardest part about mycology is knowing when to look for things. I missed reishi season because I didn't realize how early they grew here too :P

Well done again as usual. Can you please give me some secrets about plants what can help kidney functions, thank you

Awesome job Adam, this was as if you read my mind, I did a video this summer picking early oysters but on my instagram page people were saying angel wings, and From my knowledge and studies I dug up they were the oysters which stinks because I threw out the entire batch lol. Thank you again for another amazing video.

You know so much about these things, I'm curious what you actually do for a living.

I found my fist common oyster mushroom yesterday and this video helped me to id it. You are wonderful!

Very cool, thanks. I, for one, am a tyro at shrooming.. I tend to stick with those shrooms that I find in my work environment. Usually, they are boletes. This year I found some real good chicken mushrooms and Lion`s Mane. My favorites are the small puffballs. I avoid the gilled species for now.

Incredible to find this vid actually! The only time I ever got poisoning(besides a short, embarrassing bout of pinworms from fresh liberty caps). Camping near Epping Forest in the UK 12 years ago. I specifically, without a doubt! remember picking this mushroom, found on rotting wood.(actually every part of your description fits to a T) At the time, it appeared so innocent to me. I don't believe I saw it identified negatively in the edition of Roger's Mushrooms that I had. I consumed no more than a few small specimens. Pan fried in oil. Flavor was good, not unlike oysters. Had maybe a drink and maybe a smoke...went to bed as usual. Just after falling asleep, I woke in the middle of the night and ran to the toilets. The nausea was full body, similar to a migraine attack. I don't remember how I felt the next day. Learned my lesson 100%

I am in Calvert Co Md. Its mid Dec. I jut found a beautiful flush of Oyster. With this video I am confident. BTW I live in the Philippines and there is a small pink type of oyster there I have found and eaten. Your videos are the very best around. TY

Your videos are always on point! Yep, I'd stay clear of Angel Wings myself... no point in taking a risk with your life. Seems strange it was all sick people with compromised systems that consumed this. I wonder if it was a hospital or nursing home or what the situation was?

The banjo tune reminded me of the the song Silent Lucidity by Queensryche.

Great information and love the music. Keep up the good work

A quick question , recently while hunting i found a mushroom i have never seen before . It grows on a tree in a small cluster , in this cluster there were 4 mushrooms . Its color is white and creamy when i left it , after some time it became a bit brownish . Its shape resembles a young agaricus or a young amanita , without a ring. the weird part is that it was growing horizontaly and did not twist upwards . It has gills under that a white to a little pinkish. I have not done a spore print yet but i will update the comment once i do. It was growing on a dead tree. Not sure what else to add , if anyone knows a mushroom that fits this description can you point me to its name so that i can check out if it truly is that one. Also it was a bit spongy and tough , on the cut it also turned a bit brown in the middle the rest remained white. Also i forgot to mention that it does have a stem xD From a far it looked like it was a puffball and the feeling of the mushroom (spongy) feeling resembles one also.