How to Identify Poisonous Jack O'Lantern Mushrooms! #mushrooms #foraging #education

Seeing a distant flash of bright orange amongst the greens of late summer / early fall can be exciting for those of us looking for chanterelles, but this mushroom offers no promise of a good meal. However, there are a few things that distinguish this fungus from our edible favorites.

Jack o’ Lantern mushrooms (Omphalotus illudens) have true gills that hang in neat rows under the cap and grow in clusters like oyster mushrooms from decaying wood and stumps, whereas chanterelles grow singly or in loose associations directly from the forest floor. While it looks like they are growing directly from the soil, they are actually growing on dead or decaying wood just below the surface. That’s why it’s important to consider all field marks when identifying mushrooms.

These Jacks were found next door to North Spore in Portland, Maine! 🎃

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[boscorner]

One way i check is by peeling them like string cheese. Chantelles peel easily like that.

[wendyleslie]

Thank you for stating all mushrooms are safe to touch. I've always worried about that and it's been one of the fears I've had in learning to forage.

[iagreewithyou]

Are you telling me that I can have my glow in the dark fairy garden closer to reality?!

[GenuineNPC]

Step number one, if it grows in a huge cluster its probably not a cow.

[sleepysamu]

When she said, “All mushrooms are safe to touch” I thought, is that true? What I found is yes it’s true! So wild that out of the thousands of different species, they’re all safe to hold!

The only one that people aren’t sure about touching is called Podostroma cornu-damae. Although its ability to harm you by touch is unconfirmed and believed to be a rumor.

[mattmatthews]

Found a basketball sized patch of them on an old stump deep in the woods as a kid in upstate NY, but couldn’t find them again. Now I want to go find them again just to hang my hammock up for the night to see the lumens!

[JustinW-ot]

I've found some huge jack o lantern mushrooms in socal last year. Really cool mushrooms even if you can't eat it

[soupmuncher.]

more people should know about this channel this video is rlly good!

[phillipbingham]

I have a cousin who ate them once..boy did he regret that..he assumed he was getting chantrels

[Natty-Nasty-Daddy]

I went foraging today and found Laccaria Lacata and Imleria Badia! Going into a stew tomorrow with beef and potato! Yumm!

[tesseract_]

I'd be orders of magnitudes more pleased to find GLOWING MUSHROOMS, instead of edible mushrooms. 😎 💚💚💚

[jessevvs]

Jacks will always be growing on wood, never soil. The wood may be buried so be careful. Also Jacks have true gills while chanterelles do NOT.

[mariannesloan]

I never knew they were all safe to touch! Cool!

[moosestubbings]

Add them to garden compost for a kick of phosphorus

[CarlytheQueenofChaos]

No one:
German Jack o lantern mushrooms:Ölbaumpilz bro it's literally oil tree mushroom

[joyhamilton]

Thank you so much for such a great video!!

[chimchimshi]

I ate chantelles in ohio they tasted really good once cooked ❤

[just_a_dumbasscallmekai]

I love smacking the tops of mushrooms. Bouncy bouncy bouncy!😂

[prateekbatta]

May god bless the people who all tasted these mushrooms and told us that these are poisonous

[jeremiahcarter]

The smell is really sweet and like a flower.. they will not kill you but make you sick.so don't let people like this make you fear mushrooms... I have ate these before vomited for one hour