And it's the best mushroom for mushroom salad. At least for the Finnish style.

Thank you for your comment! I wasn't sure what he meant in terms of edibility. A spicy mushroom to a mushroom salad or soup would be great!

I agree! Atleast in Finland this mushroom (Lactarius rufus) is considered an edible mushroom after boiling, though it doesn't seem to be picked by too many, since i tend to find the forest full of these even when there are signs of fresh foraging. To prepare them I have simply boiled them once in plenty of water for about 7-8 min. I suppose this leaves a tad more of the peppery kick in the mushroom, but i wouldn't call it hot per se. I suppose it is some what a matter of personal prefference how many times and for how long you wish to boil the mushrooms, I would however recommend to boil them atleast once for 5-10min in plenty of water, since untreated mushrooms can cause nasty gastrointestinal symptoms. Love it in a cream sauce and is very well suited for pickling. And as always remember to do your own research!

Is it spicy like a pepper, or spicy like mustard?

In Russia it's commonly eaten pickled (after a round of boiling of course) with sour cream on top, I love it!!

I'll blame auto correct for that! 🙂

@@zeezaweth6088 first time you've ever seen auto replace work it's grammatical magic, too eh?

@@ScottWConvid19 He doesn't know he's wrong.lol

You're welcome, thanks for watching!

Me too.🤠🕵️,🍄🧐👅🤗🤪😰🤢🤮😁

Hi, Luq! Adam is a wonderful resource, but we can find a wealth of information and people who have the same interests almost wherever we are in the world. In Québec, try this site: www.mycoquebec.org/bienvenue.php I hope you find some local people to learn with; it's fun to study nature with friends.

I'd hang out with Adam in the Outaouais anyday.

Shrimp of the woods? Is that a midget version of Old man of the woods? 😅

Maybe you mean the lobster mushroom, Hypomyces lactifluorum?

rideswithscissors I think you're right.

@@tolget4684 you guys must be new to mushroom hunting. No he's talking about shrimp mushrooms. Look it up.

@@ASMRGRATITUDE no, we're old to mushroom hunting, we learned from books,not the internet. They are called lobster mushrooms in books. Shrimp mushroom is a term I've only seen online

He didn't say "of the universe", he just said, "the grand mystery, perfectly manifested within the fungal kingdom". Not trying to be a jerk, just accurate. ✌

@@Madskills-hw2ox lol. Yeah, I've always been a little bit of a perfectionist or "Finicky". I purposely left my profile name all lower case. Should I change my profile name to, mike finicky? Ha

Thanks Mike, I was gonna replay to get his words right, but I didn’t, so thanks for the correction. You are right. Adam’s enthusiasm and love for nature is fun and fuels his wonderful videos.

Thanks Mike, I was gonna replay to get his words right, but I didn’t, so thanks for the correction. You are right. Adam’s enthusiasm and love for nature is fun and fuels his wonderful videos.

@@flickermaple No problem. Absolutely, I love his videos. Thanks to him and his videos, I have the knowledge and confidence to hunt and harvest most of the mushrooms I go forage for.

Thank you!

You're welcome, thanks for watching!

@@LearnYourLand My girlfriend and I frequent a county park, and have for many years. Mushroom hunting really helped to give the park a new life!

Thanks!

Thanks Diana!

Thanks!

There are 100s of species of "milk mushrooms"

@@kennyrupert1402 that's very interesting!

Smh

I can't imagine that Adam wouldn't enjoy a month in the rainforest of the U.S. It's almost a mycologist's "wet" dream. 😳

@@ScottWConvid19 Indeed it is lol

I can only speak for myself, but I have collected, studied and researched fungi for 35 years and I am still learning. There are still many species out there that are unidentified and unknown to science.

What might it be, please help

It sounds like a healthy fear to have. Use that to generate a great desire to continue to study to learn how to properly identify mushrooms and you should have a safe, fun and educational road ahead of you!

I've been practicing by going out and taking lots of pictures of mushrooms, tops, bottoms break it take another picture, and try going home and identifying them :) it's really hard but it's good practice and you're not at risk because you're taking pictures not bites haha

@@ScottWConvid19 your right about that thank you!

@@queensaladini6731 actually that's a great idea!! That's a great way to learn without risk🤗thank you!

@@lovejuliet4969 You can also look for a naturalist group in your area that you can join to go on field trips. That's how I started 25 years ago, and it's been a wonderful retirement hobby.

Sounds fun haha

Nah, placebo affect

No sir. I've eaten plenty of mushrooms that I could not specifically identify, because I *was* able to be certain they were not a deadly poisonous one. There would have been no reason for a placebo effect simply because it had an unexpected spicy quality. I sampled an unknown Russula mushroom once which was unexpectedly spicy, and experienced no strange effects. I dont, of course, recommend sampling unknown mushrooms, it's a personal risk I occasionally take when I feel that I can be certain it's not going to kill me or cause any potentially permanent organ damage. Now, with the mystery bolete, I'm uncertain if it was actually specifically psychoactive, or if it was mildly toxic, and the effects were caused by sublingual absorbtion, or swallowing a small amount of material/moisture that had mixed with my saliva, and I was experiencing mild toxicosis. This was many years ago, no I'll effects after the flying sensation wore off.