@fascinatedbyfungi: More #Morel harvesting ASMR! People are constantly asking me why I tap mushrooms before harvesting. I have explained this fully on the FAQ page of my website and on my podcast, but I will attempt to answer it here as well. Tapping a mushroom gives you a sense of the density, the resonance speaks to the quality of the mushroom. A nice thump means the mushroom is in good shape, but a hollow sound means it may be full of bugs. Tapping mushrooms helps to dislodge dirt and insects that may be hiding out inside. I like to think that tapping helps to disperse some spores before picking. Tapping also produces a pleasing noise that some people enjoy, so here I am primarily doing it for entertainment value. . After researching morels, I personally feel that cutting them is indeed the best way to harvest them. They are growing saprobically, often from sclerotia (dense patches of mycelium just below the surface) so cutting them is the least invasive way to harvest them. Do your best to minimize your impact on the forest floor. However, I am also hyper aware of gate keeping within the mushroom community and ask you to be kind/understanding if you see someone harvest mushrooms in a manner you do not agree with. You’ll change more minds by being respectful and explaining your rationale than you will by actively guilting others in the comments of a post. Morels love disturbance and humans are definitely good at causing that to happen. . All rain here in California means we should have an epic morel season, but not until the snow starts melting. Hope you guys enjoy the meditative quality of this morel ASMR video. . . . #morchella #morels #foraging #opinel #mushroomasmr #tappingasmr #asmrtapping #oddlysatisfying #californiaforaging #burnmorels #wildfire #fascinatedbyfungi #mycology #fungi

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Monday 13 March 2023 00:08:20 GMT