Fall Mushrooms - Foraging Fungi in the PNW Candy Cap Mushrooms, Fluorescing Fungus, Hygrocybe & More

Interested in spicing up your mushroom foraging and wild mushroom identification game with a UV Flashlight? Check out the 365 nm UV light that I carry with me when I'm out in the forest: Alonefire 365nm UV Flashlight w/ Rechargeable Battery: https://amzn.to/3BZzFO9 Or, if you're interested in checking out the field guide I referenced in this video, you can find it here: Mushrooms of British Columbia: https://amzn.to/3BYoGoa It's an incredible resource, that often flies under the radar here in the Pacific Northwest! And for those of you who have been asking, my favorite mushroom hunting knife makes cleaning all those Pacific Golden Chanterelles or Lobster Mushrooms a breeze: Favorite Mushroom Knife: https://amzn.to/48mIjCH As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases, so purchasing through these links is an excellent way to support the channel. I'm super excited about some of the mushrooms featured in this episode! All of these incredible fungi were filmed in a lowland forest in late October, right here in Western Washington. Whether you're local here in WA, in neighboring regions of the PNW (Oregon, Northern California, Idaho, BC, Vancouver Island, etc) ... or even overseas, I hope you find this content to be both educational and entertaining. Here's a little bit of what you can expect to see in this week's video: 00:00 Intro 00:26 Large White Leucopax (Leucopaxillus albissimus) 10:14 Candy Cap (Lactarius rubidus) 19:42 Waxy Cap (Hygrocybe Genus) & Pacific Golden Chanterelle (Cantharellus formosus) 23:14 Western Witch's Hat (Hygrocybe singerii) 26:16 Honey Mushrooms (Armillaria Genus), Roundheads (Stropharia Genus), Pear Shaped Puffball (Apioperdon pyriforme) ... and some tiny hidden translucent Mycena! 30:06 Another Candy Cap Patch in Full Swing! 33:26 Deep Purple Bolete (Xerocomellus atropurpureus) 34:34 Western Amethyst Deceiver (Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis) 35:02 Fat Jack (Suillus caerulescens) 37:10 Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor) 39:23 Carbon Antler / Candlesnuff Fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) 40:12 Purple Jelly Disc / Purple Jelly Drops (Ascocoryne sarcoides) 41:30 Cloudy Clitocybe (Clitocybe nebularis) 43:52 Young Fruiting of Turkey Tail 45:54 Sulfur Tuft (Hypholoma fasiculare) And, in case you're interested in learning more about the Large White Leucopax, here's a link to the recent study posted on the NIH website that I referenced in the video: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles... Hope you enjoyed this episode of Mushroom Trail! Thanks for tuning in, and until next time ... Happy Trails!