Finding Liberty Caps and comparing to the common Lookalikes

On the news tonight: One man, alone in the middle of the woods, picking mushrooms. How do you protect yourself from this new breed of criminal. Tonight at ten.

thank you, with this I can safely avoid picking illegal liberty caps!

A few years ago I was picking some shrooms when 2 old ladys came over and asked what I was doing. "Foraging for mushrooms" I said... half an hour later they came back and said "are these the ones your looking for dear?" Presenting me with a tub full... "lovely, thanks very much"!! 😁

*Wont pick because its illegal *Turns off camera *Picks Lib cap 🤫

a weird world where the state thinks it has the right to outlaw a mushroom.

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Don't forget to tap the cap to release spores for future fruits!

When we were kids there was a farmer's field that was basically just a carpet of Liberty Caps, the farmers used to direct everyone to the one field. If you left with less than a thousand you hadn’t tried.

This video is excellent (solely for identification purposes of course), but the famous nipple isn't a very helpful identifier if lookalikes are around because the mushrooms are small and the lookalikes are so similar. I like the focus on stems in the video. Liberty caps are identifiable by their caps, but better distinguished from lookalikes by the stem. A point not mentioned here about the stems -- they always, without fail -- have a bendy/wiggly/crooked stem, and the stem is always pale. If you get a mushroom with a straight stem, chuck it. Anything with a thick-looking stem should be chucked also. Avoid anything with a black/dark stem. Another point about long grass is the caps of mature ones will struggle up through long/clumpy grass. Lookalikes don't. The stems can be surprisingly long, and you'll see the bendiness as though they've twisted up through the grass. It's worth disturbing the grass a bit when you find one of these or hunker down and scan around as they're often in groups. A final point -- try to get the whole stem. The fibrous base will often stain blue with exposure to air. Flick caps before you pick to release spores. Try not to clear a whole site. Leave babies behind. Be certain of four or five and the rest will almost call to you.

“I’m not gunna pick them on camera cause it’s illegal”

It is just insane that it can be illegal to pick a non-endangered mushroom in nature.

You imagine the deer and cows casually munching away probably always tripping off their boxes 🤣🤣

Yes picking them is illegal but just imagine someone else came along who didnt quite have the same knowledge. These things in the wrong hand could be dangerous so i say pick as many as you can, take them home and hide them.........preferably in a dark cool cupboard where no one can find them!! 😁😄😂🍄🍄🍄🍄

I needed this video in 1984. Where the hell were you?

I can honestly say psychedelic experience was probably one of the most profound and beautiful collection of moments I have ever had.

They grow on my lawn in my garden every year in Scotland ... there’s been quite a lot this year so far.

If you accidentally put 50-80 of them in a good-sized teapot, which is then fortuitously filled with boiling water, I'm told that it makes a very interesting tea.

You don't pick mushrooms, they pick you.

Much appreciated, the Brian Cox of the shroom picking world

This is exactly the kind of video I’ve been looking for. So so many lookalikes but can’t be sure as haven’t picked myself before. All in the name of research! Thanks again dude! ✊🏻