EARLY JULY MUSHROOMS Part 2: Mushroom Hunting in Southern Indiana

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with an incredible midsummer mushroom foraging adventure through the hardwood forests of southern Indiana! In this special 100th episode of Mushroom Journeys, we continue our quest to document 250 mushrooms while exploring one of the most productive times of the year for fungal diversity. This July woodland walk features edible mushrooms, poisonous mushrooms, rare fungi, mushroom identification tips, historical stories, and a look at some of the most beautiful species found beneath oak, beech, maple, and hickory trees, as "Stumpy" the three-legged box turtle helps me find mushrooms. Where as last time we focused more on Bolete mushrooms, this episode is heavy with Milkcaps and Russulas. Whether you're an experienced mushroom hunter, amateur mycologist, naturalist, photographer, or simply enjoy exploring nature, this episode showcases the incredible biodiversity hidden within eastern North American forests during peak summer mushroom season. Thank you for watching the 100th episode of Mushroom Journeys! Happy Mushroommas, and happy birthday America! 🇺🇸🍄 On this Mushroommas adventure, we discover: Black Trumpet — Craterellus fallax Horn of Plenty — Craterellus cornucopioides White-Pored Chicken of the Woods — Laetiporus cincinnatus Chicken of the Woods (Sulfur Shelf) — Laetiporus sulphureus Coker’s Amanita — Amanita cokeri American Abrupt-bulbed Lepidella — Amanita abrupta Carrot-foot Amanita — Amanita daucipes Red Chanterelle — Cantharellus cinnabarinus Blue-Green Cracking Russula -- Russula parvovirescens Green Quilt Russula — Russula custosa Charcoal Burner Russula — Russula cyanoxantha Smooth Chanterelle — Cantharellus lateritius / flavolateritius Beeswax Russula — Russula earlei Crowded Parchment — Stereum complicatum Black-foot Polypore — Cerioporus leptocephalus Bay Polypore — Picipes badius Snow Fungus / Silver Ear Fungus — Tremella fuciformis White Jelly Fungus — Protohydnum album Weeping Milk Cap — Lactarius volemus Curry Milk Cap — Lactarius camphoratus Candy Cap — Lactarius rubidus Golden-gilled Gerronema — Gerronema strombodes Pale Oyster Mushroom / Summer Oyster — Pleurotus pulmonarius Pearl Oyster Mushroom / winter Oyster — Pleurotus ostreatus Sickener Russula — Russula emetica group Eastern American White Blusher -- Amanita rubescens var. alba Green Cheese Polypore — Fomitopsis spraguei Corrugated Cap / Red Velvet Milk Cap — Lactarius corrugis ⚠️ Always positively identify mushrooms before consuming. Never eat wild mushrooms unless identification is 100% certain. 👍 Subscribe for more real-world mushroom hunting adventures, foraging trips, and mycology education! Have an impressive or interesting mushroom find you would like to share? Send pictures or video to [email protected] Chapters 00:00 Previously on Mushroom Journeys 00:20 Quest to Find 250 Mushroom Species 00:56 Eastern Black Trumpets 01:48 Chicken of the Woods Comparison 03:35 Mystery Giant White Mushroom 04:02 Amanita Identification Correction 05:07 Giant Cinnabar Chanterelle 05:32 Blue-Green Cracking Russula 06:59 Smooth Chanterelles 07:30 Russula earlei 08:21 Crowded Parchment Fungus 08:45 Black-foot Polypore 09:18 Snow Fungus & Tiny Black Trumpets 10:36 Mushrooms During America's Founding 12:47 Weeping Milkcap 14:03 Curry Milkcap 14:54 Pale Oyster Mushrooms 17:50 Stumpy the Three-legged Box Turtle 18:46 Sickener Russulas 19:44 White Blusher Amanita 20:31 Green Cheese Polypore 21:34 Corrugated-cap Milkcap 23:16 Happy Mushroommas! wild mushrooms, mushroom hunting, mushroom foraging, Indiana mushrooms, southern Indiana mushrooms, summer mushrooms, July mushrooms, edible mushrooms, poisonous mushrooms, mushroom identification, mushroom photography, fungi, fungus, mycology, mushroom documentary, forest mushrooms, hardwood forest, Craterellus fallax, black trumpet mushroom, horn of plenty mushroom, chicken of the woods, Laetiporus sulphureus, Laetiporus cincinnatus, Amanita cokeri, Amanita abrupta, Cinnabar chanterelle, Cantharellus cinnabarinus, smooth chanterelle, Cantharellus lateritius, Russula parvovirescens, Russula crustosa, Russula cyanoxantha, Russula earlei, Tremella fuciformis, Pleurotus pulmonarius, Lactifluus volemus, Lactifluus corrugis, Lactarius camphoratus, Gerronema strombodes, white blusher Amanita, mushroom journeys, Michael File, nature walk, mushroom education, fungi identification, eastern mushrooms, oak forest mushrooms, beech forest mushrooms, DNA sequencing mushrooms, mushroom ecology, America's 250th birthday #Mushrooms #MushroomHunting #Foraging #WildMushrooms #Mycology #Fungi #Chanterelles #BlackTrumpets #ChickenOfTheWoods #OysterMushrooms #Russula #Amanita #Indiana #Nature #Forest #MushroomIdentification #EdibleMushrooms #SummerMushrooms #NaturePhotography #MushroomJourneys #foraging #edible mushrooms #fungi