January Mushroom Foraging

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!