Harvesting 1000s of morel mushrooms in the Canadian wildfire wilderness

Morel mushrooms are by far my favourite mushroom to eat! In June 2024 I travelled to British Columbia in Canada to meet up with some commercial mushroom foragers and we found SO many!

[randym]

Well done Alex...
Please come again as we look for other mushrooms.
My pack frame awaits you!

[stevebuckley]

BBC documentary standard. Well done Alex.

[Nimbus]

The standard of this video is that of a high budget documentary, the kind BBC etc try very hard to make, when it’s just one guy and a camera. You not only have a knack for documenting but your passion, enthusiasm & real interest shines through it all. Truly great work Alex 👍🏻

[Unislash]

Alex, I want you to know that this is *not* like one of your normal videos. This is another level.

The superb editing, the excellent filming, the collaboration and interviewing dialog, and the effort of flying across the world to do it. This is simply top-notch professional content.

Well done 👏

[Nimbus]

In a world of short form media. We have this king making interesting, engaging & worth while long form media. Love it ❤️

[Ambrotos]

Respect for RANDY (Phil s father) who drove 4 hours 😇🙏🏻

[una.]

I’m not in the least interested in mushrooms or mushrooms picking, I don’t even like mushrooms BUT I’m invested in this video and this is probably the most interesting video I’ve watched all day. That’s when you know you’ve made a fantastic video/ documentary. Well done

[northernwildharvest]

Amazing work putting this together Alex! It was great having your company during the middle of morel season this year. Canada eh

[ceciliasmith]

I can’t be the only one who instantly had a crush on Phil… gotta love a mushroom forager 🍄

[jonahmurillo]

Hey, you're in my province! I hope you enjoy your time here.

[lordbacon]

This is super fascinating. I can imagine how satisfying it is to find and collect mushrooms all day in the wilderness.

[Curious]

Hi Alex. Been watching you for a couple of years and I really enjoy your videos. I love your curiosity and your love of learning. I'm so glad you made it to our wonderful country and I hope you had a great experience. If you ever find yourself in Nova Scotia and need a place to hang your hat for a few days, we'd love to be your hosts. All the best, Lynn

[craterellus]

I've been watching Phil and Randy since they started on this platform a couple seasons ago, so I was absolutely shocked when this came across my feed. I knew just by the title that it HAD to be them! Also very glad for them that they had this opportunity to get this level of publicity, I'm sure it will go a long way in their effort of moving product through their own store.

[jasondelgatty]

This is the best morel mushroom video that I have ran across. Makes me want to drop everything and go out hunting.

[Neleaza]

I love that you came and experianced British Columbia! I've lived here for pretty much my entire life!

[danielhammond]

What an amazing video. Who would have thought that as a carp angler, I would be transfixed by a mushroom video for over an hour. Pure class, what a fantastic hospitable host doing amazing things and willing to allow others to learn with them. People have said BBC quality and I totally agree. Better than Ben Fogal meets in many ways. Keep it up Alex, you are a talented individual.

[gridlock]

As a person that is fully repulsed by mushrooms. I can't believe I sat through the entire hour. The editing, narrating, sequencing of this whole video was absolutely stunning! Alex, you've outdone yourself. Top grade quality content. Haven't watched anything like this for years, even from top industry studios.

Truly engaging content.

[sylvariatzaka]

I live in BC. The amount of forest fires/smoke we had to deal with for like 7 years straight was awful. Ruined so many summers.

But it's the way of the land here, ponderosa pine cones have evolved to germinate after being burnt, and their lower branches slough off naturally as the tree grows so fire is less likely to climb up the tree and candle it.

With destruction and tragedy brings new growth and new opportunities. The cycle of life and death.

Glad yall are having such a good time and presumably making a ton of money!

[thaliav]

What a great video! Thank you Alex for sharing your adventures with us.

[NOLA-vvsz]

Having come across four different Grizzly bears in AK while fishing, I can say it is infinitely more terrifying than you ever expect it to be when you do see them. They just "appear", and closer than you would think something that big could sneak up on you. Scariest encounter was a sow and her two cubs. The bear did not even do anything aggressive, and it was still scary. Knowing what sows will do to protect cubs makes it pretty harrowing.