I was diagnosed with a type of lung cancer last year, I had hundreds of nodules on my lungs. I took no medicine other than mushroom teas, with Chaga, reishi, Turkey tail, and artist conk. After 4 MRI'S my nodules were gone, and I was released back to work.. I swear by the power of mushrooms, and tell anyone willing to sit and let me tell them my story.. Thank you Adam for spreading your knowledge on all things nature! Prayers you stay blessed and continue your amazing work!!

Honestly, and I'm not exaggerating here, but this is one of the most underrated channels. You actually cover stuff in depth and it's extremely approachable whether you're a beginner or expert. I hope your channel gets more attention because you certainly deserve it. Also, are you trying to grow your hair out for the winter lol?

If you are not a college professor, you should be . You are one of the best teachers I have ever encountered anywhere . What vast knowledge you have . Thank you for your great channel.

I'm a two time breast cancer survivor. Wish I had seen this years ago. But am now just getting into my fun research of mushroom hunting, because I just recently purchased 14 acres (Southern Indiana), 4 acres in the woods and tons of mushrooms year round.

This, and Chaga are my 2 favorite mushrooms. I've been using them daily now for about 10 years to treat an autoimmune disease I suffer from. Initially, the doctors wanted to cut out most of my colon and put me on drug therapy for life. Thankfully that was not necessary after delving into the science behind these mushrooms.

Damn, this is one of those channels that should have several millions of subscribers but doesn't. Not only quality and concise information, but also in an easy-to-digest & professional presentation.

Thank you for stopping the music while you're talking. KZfaq suffers badly from amateur editing with annoying background music. Very difficult for those of us with concentrating problems. This video is just great, thanks!

Thanks for posting your videos. 10 years ago I got cancer, had surgery, was lined up for chemo, had one session and it gave me chronic clots so I pulled out of the treatment. Was told I'd a VERY POOR prognosis..I was resigned to whatever course my life was to take. Being a forager from childhood I went looking and researching for suitable medicinal plants to give my body an assist in recovering from cancer AND chemo and clots. I opted for turkeytail and birch polypore. I was loathe to start taking anything that involved alcohol as it is in itself a problem for the body. I dry both, and every few weeks make a batch. I blitz the turkeytail into a feathery powder and put a generous tablespoon on my breakfast every day. The Birch Polypore I dry in slices, then blitz it into a breadcrumb consistency, cook it in water, simmering for an hour, leave it overnight, warm it up the next day and drain it all through a sieve and reduce this to about a 1/3. I take about an egg-cup full in a glass of juice to mask the vile taste of it. So I'm still here but would be gratefull for any advice about the positive or negative implications of how I'm processing the plants. I was told I had to use alcohol to extract certain properties from the BP but I'm confident the human body is in itself a perfect extraction system.

You're a very well-spoken young man and your passion is evident. You'll go far friend :)

Psilocybin containing mushroom saved my life. The drastically reduced my benzodiazepine withdrawal allowing me to quite illicit pill addiction after three years of heavy daily use before it would had became medically dangerous to quit. it has also helped me to survive depression

Usually on the internet when I hear someone say here are the medicinal properties I sigh and roll my eyes ... because I know it's going to be a lot of pseudo-scientific bullshit that they scraped from random sites. But you actually provide information from reputable sources and the names of studies and hard data that we can look up. Thank you.

As a botanist and mushroom enthusiast, I find your videos so helpful. I am grateful to you for making them, for including the science behind mycological discoveries and for being straightforward in your presentations. I'm fast becoming a fan.

I'm getting my master's degree working with polypore taxonomy and loved the video. Funny thing: Those 3 species can be found in southeastern Brazil's deciduous forest, exactly the region I work in, and I have actually found Trametes, Trichaptum and Stereum here. It's awesome to this how passionate this guy is about the subject

You're great. So glad that there are young people following in Paul Stamet's footsteps. This knowledge needs to be kept alive for all to access. Thank you 🙏

Just starting my adventures into mycology, thoroughly enjoyed this video.

Man, your brain must be a fascinating place to live. You are amazing. Thanks for helping me identify false turkey tail. I found a log right inside my treeline today that is covered with them. Now, I can go out and be able to identify the actual Turkey Tail on or close to the same log, hopefully. On Christmas Eve, right beside that log, I found a huge colony of Oyster mushrooms. I used your knowledge and others on KZfaq and Google images to identify those as edible. So yummy! I'm really excited to see what else I can find. I'm almost certain I'll find Chaga somewhere on all of my trees surrounding my home! That and Turkey Tail will be my prizes. Wish me luck. Thank you and God bless!

And yet oncologist will almost certainly not recommend this to their patients. I helped my girlfriends mom make a full remission using a mix of Turkey Tail and Cannabis oil, with her chemotherapy. She almost entirely attributed her survival to the medicine that we gave her, as her chances with the chemotherapy were 10%. She takes the oil and Turkey tail daily now. Great content as always! Make your own medicine!

Hey Adam, I absolutely love your videos. You are an awesome teacher I can tell by watching your videos and seeing your expressions how totally you are in awe with our mother earth. You give me renewed faith in humanity. I had all but given up on the millennial generation until you came along. It's nice to see a young fella so much in love with the earth as me, keep up the great work and I'll keep watching. Your friend Roy.

A friend of mine from New Hampshire drove all the way down there to take your class, and she still raves . I'm in CT, where the tree evolution seems to be pretty complex, tons of reds, but I know where a few ancient whites still endure. (not counting the Charter Oak). It's such precious food and medecine, and lately I've found it burns great. (downed wood only please!). Please keep posting these , many botanists are hiding now, this helps our sanity!

my mom had chemo and is having radiotherapy, i'm really thankful i'm gonna try to find some for her , merci beaucoup!

I appreciate all your info. I love mushrooms and need to learn more. One thing I need to say there is a God and He created a world full of wonderful medicinal substances including mushrooms. The universe was created by God and you were created by God. One day we will all see Him and maybe sooner than later but anyway thanks again and I will add you to my prayers.

These videos have inspired me to begin foraging. The way Adam talks just makes me smile and his passion is so evident. Thanks for sharing this knowledge with us!

You have to be one of the most articulate and knowledgeable shroomers on youtube. If you are ever interested in hunting in northern Cali. I live in sanat cruz and we have a huge community here. Can't wait to watch more of your videos. Do the black puffball fungus grow there? Sorry I need to look up the latin name. It has powerful anti bacterial properties. Daldinia concentrica. I have tested it. ;]

So cool, I went out after watching this and found and identified all three! Now time for turkey tail tea!!

Found some older turkey tail and was able to positively identify it from this video. Can't wait until it rains again. I've been out every day and this drought it really making it hard to find fresh mushrooms. Fantastic video. I'm subscribed now.

I really appreciate your channel! My grandfather was extremely knowledgeable on everything in nature... Mushrooms, plants, trees, animals... Sadly, when I was 12, he suffered a stroke that seriously impaired his speech and mobility. So, I missed out on a lot of time and knowledge with him. My dad taught me a good bit, though. And I'm learning more on my own. I had a question though. Do you ever use Turkey Tail that has been dried in the woods? I come across a lot that is perfectly dried and preserved on logs.

I'd like to see the undersides of the true & false side-by-side, and know how turkey tails are prepared for consumption

You are awesome dude. Your knowledge and willingness to share what you have learnt inspires me and continues to keep me interested in all of your content. You are my most watched videos on KZfaq. I can't say enough how much i appreciate what your doing here.

I started making tea with the Turkey tails and I can say that it helps me to feel better/less inflammation. I need to go harvest more! I just started a tincture by adding everclear to a mason jar half filled with a ground up blend of Turkey tails and reishi. I'm going to let it sit for 2 months and then strain it out through a cheesecloth

that video is just like being there, crystal clear!!

thanks adam! great video! I'm out in eastern PA, but if you ever need a buddy to meet in the middle for camping and mushroom hunting, I'm your woman! i'm going camping tomorrow and I am on the lookout for turkey tails. They have been calling to me. I send you joy!

Im 10000000.0000000 % sure im watching the best reference on u tube . thank you for another great video adam haritan !

You have some of the BEST videos on youtube. Thank you!

Im pretty sure I saw all three species today on a few fallen logs, some were birch, others oak. The strange thing was that I am almost positive there were both Turkey tail and violet toothed polypores on the same log, they seemed to be competing and I didn't realize how closely all three species grew in relationship with one another. Thank you for the great video from NE Ohio:)

Dude, There Aren’t near enough channels like this on the KZfaq. Thank you

Thank you, Adam, for helping me identify Trametes versicolor. I live in central PA. Yes, you are articulate and cogent. I appreciate that. If you ever used Trametes versicolor as a supplement, or know somebody who does, would you consider making a video showing how to turn the fungus from its natural state into something you can eat or drink ? Nice job, Adam.

Thank you Adam for being so thorough with identification differences. Great close up shots of the fungi from top view. More visuals of the undersides would have made the video perfect.

I saw what I think is Turkey tail on a rotting log outside- so excited to go see if it true or not! Thanks so much for your excellent intelligent informative work!

I live in South West Kansas and see very few mushrooms. This year 2023 i was walking around my Mom's farm when i looked down to seee a post on the ground covered with turkey tail mushrooms. I watched several videos to make sure that's what I found and sure enough! It was turkey tail. Usually it's way too dry here for most mushrooms to grow but this year there was more rain than usual (some one said it was because of the wild fires in Canada) these wonderful organisms were able to grow.

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. You have helped us identify the turkey tail that is abundant on our wooded land. Your channel has become one of our favorites to follow.

I've watched a few videos on this and i have seen them often but i went out today and found a lot of them. I found some true turkey tails and some with teeth. I havent used for medicine yet. Im just getting to that now. You are very, very informative. Thank you! I love it!

You’re by far the most informative about mushrooms. Others are smart as well. But, you’re by far the best I’ve seen. Im very new to learning about mushrooms. I’ve watched a lot of videos on mushrooms. You and Paul Stamets are the best. Keep doing what you do. And make more videos😎

Sorry if this was already mentioned (among the 712 comments so far!) - It would have been great if you also talked about the medicinal values or risks of the look-alike mushrooms. So, if I were to accidentally pick the wrong one while looking for turkey tail, would it be simply different or would it be dangerous?

The knowledge and passion exuberating from this young man is contagious and exciting!!! He delivers like a well read book with a smile!!! What's NOT to like about a person offering this kind of insight. Much Love for you, my friend!! Thank You for sharing and caring!!! Positive Vibrations...

I appreciate how you repeat the description and distinctions. It helps to embed and differentiate your information. Very mature approach .

Goodness...so informative and relatable! I love how very thoroughly you cover everything from identification to its medicinal properties and studies done.

I'm in South Mississippi, and after seeing a vid on Turkey Tail shrooms, I noticed them EVERYWHERE in woods behind my apartment. Gonna study this video to make sure they're not a look alike, .....and are safe. Thanks!!

I've been overly cautious identifying mushrooms since I am self researching at this point. I appreciate the look-alike information because that is what I am wary about. I think through this video and other reaearch I am confident that I have found some true Turkey Tail here in Salem, Oregon.

you have the best mushroom and plant identifying vids out here... You are my go to mushroom and wild plant identifier, thanks for your knowledge.

Have been seeing TT in Australia 🇦🇺 and Europe 🇪🇺, but only recently heard of the benefits.

Dude when I heard ayla for your theme for this. I'm in the right place. I needed that. Thank you. Wish we were closer brother. One love

Hi I really enjoy watching your video 🙂. My family escaped from Cambodia and live in the jungle for quite some time. But through those times is what has taught me so much about nature. I’m just shocked how much similar plants that we actually have here in the US and I’ve been foraging since I was 7yrs and I am 46yrs now! 🤗

Excellent video! Really enjoy learning about the field identification features of these mushrooms but also the ecological and medicinal significance.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge, you really do cover it so well in identification ways and I love how you show them so clearly on the logs as they would be found, especially when you held up the log with turkey tail on,, it helped so much in checking it out real time - much appreciated xoxoxo

DUDE KEEP THEM COMING!!!!! YOUR ATTENTION TO DETAIL IS ASTRONOMICAL

love all of your videos. my husband has prostate cancer, that we are dealing with as holistically as possible. we love foraging for medicinal mushrooms to help him on his journey to recovered health. thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.

How do you harvest turkey tail You’re an amazing teacher. Thank you for your work in putting these videos together. They are always so interesting.

Your videos are great! I just found some honey mushrooms today (in Western Washington) and watched your video to verify my ID. I have been watching some others you made, and now feel confident ID'ing several species that grow around here. Thanks and hope you keep making more :)

I really appreciate this channel, as I've learned quite a bit from Adam. I watched this video while eating a salad of young dandelion leaves and flowers, red clover, and ramps. I found some mushrooms on a piece of old cordwood in my yard.. They look like turkey tail but the top part is just several shades of gray and white and the underside is tan and brown. They do have a fuzziness to them. I guess that since this is April these would be old mushrooms from last year? Anyway, since they don't have any real color to them I'm not going to attempt to make a tea or ingest them in anyway but I'll keep an eye on that log for new growth later in the season. Thanks again Adam for a first class mushroom class.

Thank you Adam T.T a most important species in this crazy world for this sick world and those sick from this world. Great video brother blessings and Aloha from west Michigan.

Man this video is so cool. I learned a lot from it. I feel much more confident in my ID's. Thanks a lot. Big thumbs up 👌

you never fail to amaze me, you are quite knowledgeable and gifted. creator placed you on this earth for a special purpose . may you always be blessed. much love.

thank you for putting this information out there. its very important for people to be able to find sources like this. it means a lot. truely.

Most Excellent! If the rest of your videos are this informative... I can't wait to watch them all.

Love this! I was just able to explain to one of my forum friends who wanted to culture a turkey tail that he had trichaptum biforme. I sent him your video too. Ever since I watched this I have never had an issue identifying turkey tail. I tend to go for fresh specimens since I find them to be the easiest to identify. I've even found trachaptum biforme and trametes versicolor on the same logs. Hopefully that saves him a lot of hassle and he goes out and finds some real turkey tail.

Thank you for your wonderful clear information... I live in an area in Australia where I have many of these mushrooms and fungi growing You have certainly added a clear explanation to my search.

Hey!! Thanks for the super informative video. We moved to PA last Fall and my boys brought home a bowl of what appears to be Turkey Tail! There were some old violet poly mixed in - they were green on top and had the teeth on bottom, same beautiful hombre coloring like a Turkey's tail. I was totally mortified and your video brought me much peace and clarity. I have dehydrated them and will grind them up to add to my homemade Chai tea! I'm going to follow your channel to learn more about the mushrooms in our state!

After watching this video, I found all three in my firewood pile. Thanks for your hard work and diligence.

Any videos of the preparation of the turkey tail from foraging to ingesting? Thanks Adam!

Adam, my husband and I really appreciate, respect and trust your knowledge...this particular video in particular Im pretty sure we've viewed over 100 times 😜 we always second guess ourselves when it comes to TT 🤣 I have a handful of foragers I trust on you tube and you... you're one of the top ones. So...thank you for all you do...when are you going to come out with a regular (greens and such) type of foraging course...we purchased your mushroom course...blessings to you Adam thank you again 😁

Thank you for the awesome explanation on the difference between the mushrooms. I’m new to the mushroom finding world and have heard lots about turkey tail so I’m really hoping to find some one day.

Just got into mushroom foraging and because of this video I positively IDed my first Turkey Tail!

Off to look for turkey tails now. Thanks for the video!

Great vid, we love turkey tail, my wife has got a real eye for spotting it when we go out. Really informative video, a fascinating subject. Very much appreciated. Regards shane

Adam, I love the way you structure your vids. I have no internet out here in the woods where I live, so I screenshot your pictures on my ipad and take it with me when I’m trying to ID mushrooms. Combined with your excellent descriptions I can confidently say I’m learning much more than from the books I’ve read. Thank you,Thank you, Thank you!

i've had immunity problems all my life, and i may be willing to try this in my medicinal journey

Hey! thanks for another great video. I found my first lobster mushrooms of the year today! The mushroom hunting is amazing in PA this year.

Just wondering how many takes you usually do because your delivery is impeccable

5 year anniversary of foraging mushrooms! and a looooot of online friends I have from björk twitter are super interested in learning more about fungi since her album fossora came out. in the song allow, my favorite, she literally says fossilized in salt and crust! (fungus) (: it is soooo freeing to learn about polypores because so many climates support them. i'm so excited to see mushroom pictures from my online friends soon! especially if they live in different biomes. and to process all these mushrooms i've been collecting finally. thanks so much, adam!

I was in McConnell Mills yesterday looking at the Turkey Tail fungus that is still peeking out. Always fun to go looking for mushies, even in the cold months.

Really enjoy your videos. Thank you for the time you put into them.

Hello Adam, Thanks for posting this video. I just heard these mushrooms on my local farmers' market today. I need to have some other alternatives beside my medications. So I thought I give a try by making some teas out out this mushroom. Would you think they would be growing in Southern California climate? You knowledgement is blowing my mind away and you represented your self amazingly. Well done job and thanks so much .

I really like Adam and his videos. Sure wish I lived in Western PA to walk the woods with his group of good folk!

Been wondering about these for a while... I see them everywhere, but knowing what to look for now I may finally forage some!

Great video! Really impressed at the quality of your content. Big thanks!

I absolutely love watching and learning from you!!!

I've gained so much from your videos over the years. Thanks for helping me have a better understanding of the world around me 🙏🏼

I am grateful that God sparked my interest to learn about mushrooms

Best info and delivery on schrooms , thank you!

Great video Adam!! Thanks for sharing this knowledge with us!

The former owner of our house was a sculpture. He made a table that looks like a giant mushroom with chairs that arr all different strains of mushrooms. Recently I started to notice different plots of 🍄 on our property in different areas. Our property is adjacent to a horse coral, thoes mushrooms definitely look different...lol I do not know enough about them to even touch them. However have started a regiment of turkey tail due to a history if cancer in my family.. Be well all and listen to your planet....

You are amazing. I am watching all of these videos and its making me so happy and excited for fall and living in the PNW!

Thank you so much, Adam, It's interesting. I have been learned a lot.

Excellent information as always! I was wondering if the look-a-likes of the turkey tail are poisonous? Just curious as it’s one I really want to find this year. TFS! Hope all is well with you. Blessings ~Lisa

I just bought some turkey tail tincture to add to my pharmacy of mushroom and herbal tinctures. Thanks to you, I have learned more about these wonderful mushrooms and herbs that you address in your videos. I live in Texas so mushrooms may be hard to find. About 30 years ago I began my studies in TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) and studied a small amount of homeopathy. I had many occasions to buy Ling Zhi and other herbs in L.A.'s Chinatown. Many of the herb shops had barrels of ling zhi. Lately, however, I am finding a great deal of benefit from tinctures. Also, you introduced me to Ghost Pipe which has been very beneficial to me. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge. It is so appreciated.

Thank you Adam, I am a big fan and a student of your online course. Hoping to learn more and become as knowledgeable as you. Thank you and keep up the good work from thr sunshine coaster!

I am REALLY glad that you are keeping alive what is almost a lost art. I am glad I have two or thee stalks of wild asparagus. There are a whole bunch more down the street, but they grow in a ditch next to a former auto dealership/gas station. Pretty sure they are toxic

Thank you for sharing! I learn so much from you. Going back and rewatching all your videos. I'm going to do some research on the turkey tail & see if it holds any help for me.

Very good video, most people would like to know first how to 'eat' this anticancer mushroom and why you want to compare the three mushrooms. It would be good to address such questions first, then your talks. I searched internet and found how to 'eat' it: Turkey Tail and Turmeric Tea INGREDIENTS: 1 cup chopped turkey tail mushroom 5 cups purified water 2.5 teaspoons ground turmeric ½ teaspoon local honey 1 drop lemon essential oil DIRECTIONS: Chop the turkey tail mushroom into small pieces and add to a large pot of water on the stove. Bring the water to a boil, then simmer for an hour. Strain the mixture through a colander. Add a ½ teaspoon of fresh ground turmeric and the honey and stir. Add the lemon essential oil and stir again. That’s it - time to drink! If you’d like to add additional flavor, almond milk, one drop of cinnamon, ginger or lemon essential oil, or stevia are good options.

I have never watched a video of yours that I didn't like . You explain it' so we'll . It's always a great experience watching your videos . Thanks for all you do .