It seems like educational mushroom KZfaqrs fall into one of two camps, either they pretend that active species do not exist or it is their only focus (usually to the detriment of much usable information). Thank you for creating videos that shed light on all types of fungi!

Do you ever smell them before you have spotted them? The other day when I was hunting, I started smelling them. I stopped, looked around and immediately found some! I was able to cook them up with some venison tenderloins from my deer that same afternoon. Pretty darn good hunting day! Once you have smelled them, its unforgettable.

Matsutakes are tough to find if you don't already know areas where to look. Even if you know the plants they associate with, they won't necessarily be in the area, because they also require that podzolic soil you always find on the tip of the stipe. So, whenever you're exploring a new area, pack a garden trowel so you can dig down to see if the podzolic soil exists there. If it doesn't, then you're wasting your time looking for them. If it's there, then great. Look around for Kinnickinnick, aka Bear berry, Evergreen Huckleberry (5:09- this plant), and Prince's Pine.

Beautiful mushrooms. I'm glad you had such a good day's foraging.

Such a wonderful way to get a little exercise and spend time in the natural world.

OMG… I nearly fainted when you found the naturals button motherlode! Totally looking forward to reuniting with family members as well as investing in a place to retire whilst I join up with family in the PNW Thank you for sharing the love. Humboldt Honey

Love these videos! Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge 🍄

It's been on my bucket list to hunt in the PNW for awhile now.

Glad you are in th PNW. Some videos are great but from another part of the country and the environment is not the same. Only found these one time. Not so easy in my mind. Digging off trail makes a big difference. Thank you. Great close ups and identifying characteristics

This really helped in showing me the difference with the False Matsutake I have found in the past.

Wow. They’re beauteous.

Really valuable video for those of us that are earlier in the process. Great ID information as well as narrowing the environment down. Almost gets me off the couch on this rainy day.

Great video. Very helpful and generous with your knowledge

Thank you for sharing I’m uploading videos to show Japan everyday as possible as I can. Your videos are one of the motivation to make videos for me. Thank you so much for uploading

Yay! Looks like I get another mushroom to look for. I just started looking for mushrooms the second week in October. Thanks!

I cannot find a reliable matsutake patch! Found a few stragglers here n there. Beautiful looking forest there

Informative!

I had heard that where you find candystick/red and white fungus in late spring or summer go back in the fall and look for Matsutake . I did just that and found some great specimens!

Great video! I found my first 2 this last week with the help of a friend that’s a pro. So much fun!

Really enjoyed your video. ❤❤

Thank you so much. I learned something today by watching your video !

Amazing videos! I really appreciate all the details on the environment and the close-up shots for identification, thanks so much for sharing your 🍄 knowledge

love this channel!

I have just found wonderful and find your videos so helpful. I am always so excited to get out and forage.

Awesome Bro!! You make it look so simple and effortless… I just need to find my first one so that I know what to look for! Now I have a much better idea of that picture! Thank you 🙏

Nice ID video.

very nicely done

Great job.

Absolutely gorgeous buttons! That one button is so big! Outstanding! Thank you so much!

Amazing finds thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. In Whatcom County just north of you foraging as well

Nice video. I have been wanting to learn more about matsutake picking. I go get the chanterelles and have seen some of those I think. Now I know what to look for. Thank you!!

Off to do some hunting today!! Hope I get lucky!!! First time for me

nice one,, here in finland matsutake mostly dark or light brown color

Great video keep up the good work! Looking for a better mushroom season in 2023.

Great footage near the end, finding those clusters but can i ask for future vids that you pan the camera around just to get a sense of landscape and foliage where they're growing.

Love finding a vein of Matsutake. Fun to peel and clean and I love to cook in a noodle soup with homemade stock. Don’t forget to follow that line!!!

Another Awesome Video Thank You!! I have a lil mushroom spot that's on my way home from work, for the last month or so it has blessed me with Bolete,🍄, Russula and then today on my lunch I scored some truffles!!!

Another great video! Thank you for answering my question from the previous video and elaborating more on finding these. Makes me excited to go out and on my time off and find my first one(s)!

We found some a few weeks back and we thought they were delicious.

I'm glad to see your video for the first time today. It didn't snow on the trail there. I want to go there to pick matsutake mushrooms. I live in Seattle.

Thanks

thanks, very helpful

This was very useful - we found a bunch of mushrooms today and were pretty sure they were matsutakes... but wanted to be absolutely sure. Your video was very helpful, thank you!

Awesome!!! Thank you so much for your vid’s!! There real, full of information and daaaamn, those shrooms!! Man oh man, wish I could go out on a hunting expedition with you!!!

Thank you for video. Could you please show how to cook matsutake.

WOW thanks for the information :-)

Thank you for the excellent description and video, no mistaking this mushroom after watching this video. One thing that I'm curious about, one of the other channels described the smell as cinnamon, does that fit with your description? I think you mentioned wet socks or something, I'll have to watch again.

Wow cool!

Wouldn't it be important show the differences between poisonous Amanitas??

Is there a way to do a meet up to do a beginner's mushroom hunt? Love ur content! Thx for sharing ur knowledge.

very good support fully you👍👍👍

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It's nice and rainy out there. Looks like fantastic mushrooms. And beautiful woods. How would you describe the smell??

Do you know about tinctures and how to make them? Been looking at making some but I thought it would be a cool video idea.

Thank you for getting wet. Just wondering, as an add on could you show us how to prepare them. Not every video. You say they are good to eat, show us. Again thanks for your hard work

Awesome video I try matsutake's one time they're so good, it's a specific place or trees where you can found them?

I wish i was closer to the kitsap area i wanna join your mushroom society but im in bellingham

Nice job :)

🙏🏻💞

Where do you sell fine specimens of matsutake mushrooms? Or morels,reshii ? I always find them but have no idea where to sell them!?!?

Awesome information thanks bro. How to you cook them?

Can you do some tree identification vids too?

Just found some today in grass in Michigan. Thank you for help identifying. I had some perfect #1's ; the gills were pink. Is this correct?

A slight black licorice?

Ah yes, the delicious Lightbulb of the Woods

Where do you sell these at?

Most people love Matsutake. Be forewarned though. A few of us absolutely detest them and cannot even tolerate having them in the house.

I want to go look for these, could I find them on the east side of the cascades?

Is stuff getting pretty water logged? I was thinking of making a trip over but I hope I'm not too late.

Noice!

Nice haul! How do you clean these?

Wondering why your not cutting the bottoms off and leaving them in there natural bed. On the coast we always bring a knife to cut the mushrooms rather than picking them and destroying the bed. It's actually a law... I cringe everytime he pulls the root out of the ground.?

Why did you pick so many of them? Do you dry or freeze them.?

Can you please help me ID some mushrooms?

Idaho?

They taste strange.