MushroomWonderland

In this episode of Mushroom Wonderland, Aaron Hilliard- VP of the Kitsap Peninsula Mycological Society and Creator of Mushroom Wonderland takes un on a foray in the forest of Western Washington to see what wild mushrooms are growing in the dead of winter, and helps to identify them and give any special facts about these shrooms. On our walk we encounter 2 types of common conch mushrooms in a conifer dominant forest- the "artists conch," Ganoderma applanatum and the "Red Belted Conch," Fomitopsis mounceae. We learn to decipher the two from one another. Then we come across a suprise flush of "Candy Caps," Lactarius rubidus- a sweet edible delicacy. We come across some mature "Decievers," Laccaria laccata group. We have a look at some beautiful "Rosy Conchs," Rhodofomes cajanderi. We coma across a large troop of "The Black Footed Polypore," Picipes badius. We also do a bit of a show and tell to reveal what he carries in his backpack while out foraging. This video is an attempt to make the video a bit more professional, shot in 4k with beautiful sweeping drone shots, amazing forest footage and improved sound quality. Hopefully it makes for a more enjoyable viewing experience. I am not endorsing any of the products in my pack. Thanks for watching and Mush-love!!

In this video Aaron Hilliard, Vice President and program director for Kitsap Peninsula Mycological Society and creator of Mushroom Wonderland takes us on a walk into the forests of Washington state to see and identify the types of wild mushrooms growing here in the middle of the winter. We talk about the tree conchs, some of the smaller fungi that are here helping out the ecosystem, and we find some wild edible mushrooms that we collect and take home to cook and eat. We will take a look at Galerina vittiformis, a small woodland mushroom known for taking heavy metals out of the soil and converting contaminated substrate and turning it into usable and safe soil in a process known as mycoremediation. We look at a very special mushroom that turns the dead wood that it grows on blue/green, and is known as Chlorociboria aeruginascens. Its bi-product stained wood can be used in amazinbg crafts. We look at some saprobic wood decaying pleurotoid mushrooms that can be confused for Oyster mushrooms which there isn't too mush literature based on, known as Scytinotus longinquus. We look up close at the false turkey tail and the features that differentiate it, its known as the Stereum ostrea. We look at the "birds nest fungi," of the family Nidulariaceae, a favorite of photographers. We find and collect a late winter yummy edible, which we collect and take home to cook and eat. Its a relative of the common and quite poisonous "Sulfur Tuft" Hypholoma fasciculare but has some differences that make it fairly easy to identify. It is known as Hypholoma capnoides or the "Conifer Tuft." Come along on a walk into Mushroom Wonderland with me to discover what's growing in the woods right now! Please hit the subscribe button and notification bell so you know when the next video is released. As well as give a thumbs up and leave a positive comment. Mush-love to you all!

In this video Aaron Hilliard, creator of Mushroom Wonderland, Vice President of the Kitsap Peninsula Mycological Society, and long time mushroom enthusiast takes us on a foray at North Kitsap Heritage Park in Kingston Washington, a town located on the northern part of the Kitsap Peninsula smack dab in the center of the Puget sound in Washington state in mid to late January. We come across a few interesting species of mushrooms/fungi- like Trametes versicolor or the Turkey Tail, a useful and sought after medicinal mushroom that loves growing on hardwood. Then we come across a voracious parasite commonly known as "Silver leaf," or Chrondostereum purpureum- a fungus dreaded by fruit farmers and the like for its propensity for killing trees, although it has a beautiful purple fruiting body. Then we talk about a mushroom that can be found around the world in winter, the "oyster mushroom," Pleurotus ostreatus, a delicious gourmet wild edible. Another mushroom discussed is the "Honey mushroom," or Armillaria- a common wild edible found the world over. Finally we come across some beautiful "Fairy parachutes," or Mirasmiellus candidus- a delicate hardwood loving saprotroph that can grow in large beautiful clusters. If you are new to the channel please check out some oif the other videos, as we are in the dead of winter it is typically the slowest time of the year to be finding mushrooms so the other foraging videos on the channel have a larger variety of mushrooms to look at and learn about. Thanks for watching and mush-love to you all!!

This is probably the most iconic of all mushrooms. Recognized the world over for its bright red cap with white spots, this member of the Amanita family grows all around the world and has been used for ages for its psychoactive properties as well as prepared as an edible, although most field guides will classify it as a toxic mushroom. This mushroom comes from a family that contains the most deadly mushrooms in the world, although this isn't one of them. Amanitas are in the class of ectomycorrhizal mushrooms that require a tree association to create a fruiting body, in the case of these particular specimens it happens to be Aspen, a tree not native to Washington state, although seeming to grow very well around the courthouse! The effects of using this mushroom as a psychotropic or deliriant are said to be so unpleasant that most people never do it twice. That's also probably the reason they are not illegal. The young fruiting body erupts out of the first stage of its life as an egg-like structure, and when the cap separates from the volva (egg like sack) it leaves small patches of the remaining 'universal veil' or volva chunks on its cap, making the distinct white "warts" that are so easily recognized. This is a short and not super involved ID, but is one in many individual mushroom ID videos that we are trying to upload to Mushroom Wonderland to make it easy to look in the playlist section to find videos of your favorite mushrooms. Please hit subscribe and give the video a thumbs up if you like this kind of content! #mushlove

This video is the January monthly meeting for KPMS with the guest being yours truly, Aaron Hilliard, from Mushroom Wonderland talking about the channel, how I got into mushrooms, what it took to start a YouTube channel as well as the future of the channel. So mush-love to all the subscribers and supporters of me and the channel and my attempt to shine a little light on the mushroom world here in the Pacific Northwest of Washington state, and hopefully the whole world!!

This is a video about what wild mushrooms are growing in the suburban conifer forest of the Pacific Northwest. Aaron Hilliard, creator of Mushroom Wonderland and VP of the Kitsap Peninsula Mycological Society takes us on a walk in the woods of Western Washington to identify what kind of wild fungi is growing in January. This is not typically a time of year when a lot of wild mushrooms are growing, and given the recent snowfall it is surprising to see all the variety of mushies in the forest! We come across Trichaptum abeitinum, a fan like conifer decomposer sometimes mistaken for the turkey tail mushroom. Hygrocybe miniata, a beautiful woodland waxcap that is cold weather resistant. The fairly popular Panther Cap, or Amanita pantheranoides. A common booger-like fungi growing all over the logs this time of the year- witches butter, or orange jelly fungus, Dacrymyces chrysospermus. The Deciever, Laccaria laccata. The dyers polypore, phaeolus schweinitzii. The late fall oyster, Sarcomyxa serotina. Trametes hirsuta, a turkey tail relative. Fomitopsis mounceae, the common red-belted conch. Inocybe pallidicremea, a common winter woodland mushroom here. Helvella vespertina, the black elfin saddle. As well as a couple more. Please kick back and enjoy as we take you on a guided walk through Mushroom Wonderland!

This is a fairly common mushroom here in the Pacific Northwest, commonly known as the "shrimp mushroom," or "shrimp Russula," it is one species and a fairly large genus of mushrooms that are ectomycorrhizal. some characteristic features are going to be the very brittle stem (stipe), often blushing or pinkish bruising on the stem, White gills, deep purple cap, mild flavor, shrimpy or seafood like scent. I've heard it said when they are cooked down they can take on the taste of French onion soup. Definitely worth a try if you run across these, and they tend to grow in large abundance when they find habitat they like.

This is another foraging video brought to you by KPMS vice president and creator of Mushroom Wonderland, Aaron Hilliard. We take a look at several wild mushrooms that you can find growing in the winter months here in the beautiful Pacific Northwest of the USA. I can not say as to whether they may or may not be growing in your neck of the woods, as the world is a big place and who knows where you are, haha. The main highlight of this video in my opinion has got to be a beautiful patch of Hydnum oregonense or maybe they are Hydnum umbilicatum, older field guides and generic European taxonomy would probably call them Hydnum repandum. These is a good chance that these are none of the above and could perhaps be a rare or un-described species, as these "hedgehog mushrooms" have not been studied too well here in the Pnw. Regardless, it has got to be one of my favorite wild edibles because of its meaty texture that hold up well to a good cooking, its sweet earthy flavor(earning it another common name-the 'Sweet tooth). This mushroom demands high prices at the market, and had virtually no look alikes, all mushrooms in the hydnum genus are edible and excellent. We also look at some potentially dangerous Gyromitra influa, a toxic ascomycete growing here in the NW in winter on new construction sites and disturbed soil. We also run across some Pleurotus Ostreatus, a cosmopolitan tree loving mushroom that is also a great and choice edible when fresh. Commonly known as the "Oyster Mushroom," these handsome saprotrophs deserve a welcome place at the dinner table. Another mushroom we take a look at and collect is the "Winter Chanterelle," or Craterellus tubaeformis. A delicious woodland edible, a mycorrhizal conifer forest loving delight with a bright yellow base- earning it another common name, the "yellow-foot." I want to thank all of the Subscribers and fand, and ask that you keep commenting and hitting the like button on my videos as it helps the channel to grow. Mush Love to you all!! Aaron Hilliard Mushroom Wonderland ahilliardmedia@gmail.com

In this video Aaron Hilliard, creator of Mushroom Wonderland on YouTube and Instagram takes you on a walk in the pacific northwest to look at wild mushrooms that grow in the conifer forests of western Washington. We only cover about a quarter mile of woods on our mushroom walk today but get to look at and learn about 13 different unique species of wild mushrooms, some edible and some not. We will talk about Russula brevipes, Leucopaxillus, Cats Tongue or Pseudohydnum gelatinosum, Laccaria laccata group, deadly Galerina marginata, enokitake or Flammulina velutipes, coral fungi, or Ramaria fungus,toxic Inocybe pallidecremea, Pacific Golden Chanterelle or Cantharellus formosus, the Red Belted Conch or Fomitopsis mounceae, the Shrimp Mushroom or Russula xerampelina, the Northwest Panther cap or Amanita pantheranoides, and the beautiful Elfin Saddle or Helvella vespertina. Please hit like and leave a nice comment to give a suggestion about what kind of mushroom video you would like to see. And of course hit that subscribe button! Thanks, Aaron Hilliard- Mushroom Wonderland

I want to say THANK YOU so much to the fans and subscribers of the channel, we just hit 10,000 subscribers and have no intention of slowing down. I never really thought it would go this crazy. I started the page in June of 2020 and it kind of bumped along for almost a year and wasn't growing at all, but then i started to take it a bit more seriously, because why not!? My then soon to be wife and I were driving home from a fairly successful morel hunt in the Cascade mountains of Washington state when the idea popped in my head to start a YouTube channel solely dedicated to mushrooms here in the PNW, because although I watched a few mushrooming channels from other parts of the country and world, there just didn't seem to be a good channel for the Pacific northwest. The name Mushroom Wonderland just came out of my mouth so smoothly I had to see if the name was available and to my surprise it was! So a channel was born and the rest is history. Haha, not really. I uploaded a few videos in the summer of 2020 and they didn't seem to get any traction. I didn't understand the youtube algorithm, and felt discouraged. I started watching a youtube mentorship/motivational channel called @official_tesla_us and it inspired and motivated me to get on my grind. The numbers started going through the roof. Also the appearance of Alan Rockefeller and a couple videos going kind of viral, the subscribership is 10X what it was a few months ago. So anyways, just want to thank you all for helping make my little dream come to life. Aaron Hilliard

Back at it again with another foraging video! On this video, Aaron Hilliard, Mushroom wonderland creator and Vice President of the Kitsap Peninsula Mycological Society, takes you on a walk in a conifer rich forest in the Pacific Northwest of Washington state to find and identify over a dozen mushrooms, some good edibles, a few poisonous ones and a couple, well- you'll just have to watch to find out. I first come across probably the most recognizable toadstool in the world, Amanita muscaria. Then a fairly popular edible the "Saffron Milk Cap," Lactarius deliciousus. We come across some Blewits, Lepista nuda. Honey mushrooms, Armillaria mella, "The Booted Knight," Tricholoma focale, as well as several other species. common and scientific latin names included, as well as edibility information. This video is for education and recreation but should not be used as a difinitive field guide, please do your own research. Thank you for hitting subscribe and please give the video a thumbs up if you enjoy this content, and leave a positive comment to help encourage growth of the channel. I appreciate you all, yes even you! Mush love! Aaron Hilliard

This video is simply me walking through the forest of the North west with my dog Gunnar and Identifying the local mushrooms that are still popping up around here. In this video I find Golden Chanterelle (Cantharellus formosus), what used to be called "Zellers" bolete, the Xerocomellus atropurpureus. We also talk about some medicinal tree conks, Fomitopsis Mounceae, The beautiful and very delicious Winter Chanterelle, Craterellus tubaeformis. The Elfin saddle- Helvella vespertina. As well as a few others. This was filmed using a shaky cell phone, in the gloom of the pnw in December, so its not my best production video wise- but hopefully still interesting content. Mush love.

In this video Aaron Hilliard of Mushroom Wonderland says Merry Christmas and happy holidays and talks about Candy Cap mushrooms, or Lactarius rubidus, the native maple syrup smelling milky cap. We will discuss a few look alikes, including one that is potentially dangerous and considered by most field guides to be toxic, the Lactarius rufus. We go through a comprehensive checklist of things to look for when identifying candy caps, as well as some live foraging so you can see what kind of habitat these shrooms are growing in. Then to top it all off we will make a beautiful "Candy cap infused banana bread" that will light up your holidays and impress everyone with your sophisticated mushroom savvy. Or you can eat it in your underwear on the couch with a stick of butter. No judgement here, just saying. Thanks for subscribing and please leave a comment to let me know what you think. Love and good vibes to all, Merry Holidays! ~MW

In this video, like many others on this channel during mushroom season, we take a walk in the forest with mushroom wonderland creator and vice president of the Kitsap Peninsula Mycological Society Aaron Hilliard to see what mushrooms are growing wild in the woodland of western Washington. Coming across some very photogenic Laccaria amethysto-occidentalis, Stropharia ambigua, Zellers bolete (xerocomellus zelleri), Laccaria laccata, Rosy russula (Russula Rosea), Amanita muscaria, Cortinarius smithii, and a few others, we learn some of the characteristic identifying features of these mushrooms as well as what kind of habitat they grow in. This video is intended for entertainment and education including harm reduction, but it is important to do your own research when identifying mushrooms for the dinner table. Please get a field guide and gho through the keys carefully with each mushroom you intend to eat. Thank you for subscribing to the channel and we hope to see you back for the next episode.

In this video Aaron Hilliard of Mushroom Wonderland, and board member of Kitsap Peninsula Mycological Society takes a walk in the forest in late November in Washington state to see what mushrooms are growing. This is a mainly coniferous forest in western Washington near the Puget Sound at about 300 ft asl. I come across Laccaria laccata and show the difference between them and the photogenic relative Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis. Then I come across a beautiful patch of Lactarius rubidus, the ever popular and sought after 'Candy Cap,' a milky latex secreting late fall mushroom that takes on the smell and taste of pungent molasses candy or maple syrup. A great addition to sweet dishes around the holidays. Then I come across 3 different types of Russula mushrooms, Russula brevipies, Russula xerampelina (aka the Shrimp Russula), and an unknown but acrid and likely toxic species of Russula. We also come across a Dyers Polypore (Phaeolus schweinitzii) and talk about dyeing fabric with mushrooms. A fun but small look at what is going on in the woods around here right now. I will continue to upload foraging and ID videos through the cold days of winter, after these mushrooms will have likely stopped growing for the winter, but it is too difficult to stay on top of them as they grow in real time. Hope you stay tuned, hit that subscribe button and notification bell to see when the next video comes out. I am currently trying to keep it at a new video once a week, maybe 5 days. Thank you all, much love, good vibes to you all!

In this video Aaron Hilliard, creator of Mushroom Wonderland and VP of the Kitsap Peninsula Mycological Society, goes on a mushroom hunt with the renowned citizen scientist and Chief Mycologist Alan Rockefeller and another friend the FungiKnight from Instagram, who was kind enough to show us to these 'Blue Ringers,' Psilocybe stuntzii, and Psilocybe pelliculosa in an undisclosed location in or around Gig Harbor, WA. Alan Rockefeller is known for DNA sequencing and uploading data to GenBank, and is part of the International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration, an effort to analyze and meticulously document the DNA characteristics of millions of fungi, plants, and animals. He is also a self-taught mycologist and expert on fungi identification. Alan is the chief mycologist for Mimosa Therapeutics, a psychedelics company based in Amsterdam and Oakland, CA. Lots of information about him and his work is available on the internet. I was fortunate to get to spend the day foraging mushrooms with him and capture it on film. We were able to identify the mushrooms, he spent quite a while photographing them, and collecting some for science, microscopy and sequencing. This video is for scientific, educational, and entertainment purposes only. Please do not attempt to identify mushrooms based on the shaky footage from this video alone. We are not promoting the illicit use of hallucinogenic mushrooms. They are still illegal in most states of the US, as well as many other countries. Please subscribe to the channel for more up-to-date mushroom info and to dive into the world of mushrooms. Thank you for watching and a huge shout out to Alan for sharing this information with us. If you would like to contact the creators please email: ahilliardmedia@gmail.com

in this high-paced video I identify almost 30 mushrooms in 60 seconds to one of the most wicked beats you ever heard. just a taste of what is in store when you subscribe to the channel and mushroom Wonderland. if you have ever been curious about mushrooms or a complete mushroom geek, this channel is for you, thanks for checking it out!

In this video I walk into the forest of western washington and I am surprised to find massive chanterelles growing in mid-November. Usually I would think its to late to be finding these culinary delights around these parts but I have been proven wrong. Check this video and the rest of the channel to see what these look like, the habitat they grow in, and how to collect them. Don't forget to subscribe!

This video showcases beautiful matsutake (Tricholoma murrillianum) growing native in the Pacific northwest. Early November is usually primetime to forage for these delicacies. This is one of many different sub-species of "Matsutake," a mushroom made especially famous for the Japanese species 'Tricholoma Matsutake." Those mushrooms take on a smaller stature and brownish coloring compared to our native species, and can fetch big bucks in markets in japan, where they actually auction off the mushrooms and can sell for hundreds of dollars per pound. They do however have a similar taste and aroma, which makes the PNW version of this mushroom more than fit for a royal meal. This video shows me walking into a coniferous forest in western Washington in november at 200 ft above sea-level and finding a few great examples of this sought after fungus. I plan to do a bit more in depth video later about the history of these mushrooms, the culture surrounding them, and the commercial pickers who take to the forests of the pacific northwest every autumn to forage these mushrooms. Thanks for hitting like and subscribing to see more mushroom foraging related content!

In this video I take a walk around the coniferous forest in early November to see what kind of interesting fungus may be growing. This is a regional channel so the mushrooms growing in your area may not be the same. Today I run across some popular edibles and show how to properly identify the shrimp russula, the northwest Matsutake, honey mushrooms, pluteus, oysters, sulfur tufts, oysters, and a few more, as well as talking about various aspects of foraging wild mushrooms. Please do not use the shaky and fast moving video imagery of this content as a definitive field guide, this is for entertainment and educational purposes. Thank you for watching and please smash that subscribe button if you haven't already! Thank you!, Aaron Hilliard Mushroom Wonderland

Alan Rockefeller is a renowned mycologist and if you know about mushrooms you have probably heard his name. He is what is known as a citizen scientist, from Oakland California, and is the chief mycologist for Mimosa Therapeutics. He studies and DNA sequences a huge variety of mushrooms and has his name all over the internet as well as many field guides about mushrooms. His studies about mushroom DNA sequencing and psychoactive mushrooms is unmatched. His contributions to the field of mycology are countless and it was a huge honor to go out foraging and learning from him. He was gracious enough to let me film it all, and this is part one of three videos I will be releasing about Alan and his mushroom knowledge. We explore wild mushrooms in this video including Tubaria, Pluteus, Agrocybe, Coprinopsis, Gymnopilus, Pholiota, Stropharia, Clitocybe, as well as others. He talks a lot about the process of sequencing DNA and the taxonomy and classification of mushrooms, and identifies several species of mushrooms in this video. We do talk about psychoactive mushrooms from a purely scientific and educational standpoint and do not encourage their use. This video is meant to be entertaining and educational, as well as promote harm reduction. I just want to thank Alan again for this opportunity. Thank you for subscribing to Mushroom Wonderland!

In this video I walk around in a popular and busy local park to see what kind of mushrooms are growing this week in the great PNW. Im not necessarily looking for any mushroom in particular, just going to take a walk and see what we run into. I do find several species of poisonous mushrooms as well as a couple good edibles. And maybe a bonus mushroom that will leave you scratching your head. Come along with me and my dog Gunnar into Mushroom Wonderland to see what we can find!

In this video I walk about 3 miles through a mature second growth forest in the Pacific Northwest to see what kind of mushrooms are growing wild in the forest. I offer lots of tips on how to find a mushroom patch and how to identify mushrooms. I come across pleurotus, oyster mushrooms, a beautiful Cauliflower mushroom, white and golden chanterelles, amanita gemmata, sulfur tufts, the black footed polypore, suillus lakei, as well as a few others. I taste the "blood" on the bleeding tooth fungus, pictured on the thumbnail and give a report on what it tastes like. Pretty much just a video of me doing what I love, walking alone in the forest foraging for wild mushrooms.

In this video I take a newbie foraging for mushrooms. Penny was happy to go on a foray and very excited to find chanterelles, suillus, oyster mushrooms, and learn a lot about other types of fungi and their habitat. I thought this video would be a great idea because I am sure there are some questions a new person to the hobby of mushroom hunting might ask that I haven't thought of. We found some great mushrooms and had a lot of fun! Come along on a journey into mushroom wonderland.