Yeah, you wanna know what you've got for sure. Can't just go stomping into the woods and start eating stuff if you don't know what it is. That's a recipe for disaster.

There are beginner type mushrooms that have no look a likes or its too far off to mistake. For instance, a morels is pretty easy and considered beginner friendly although there is a look a like that has a stem that goes through to the cap while morels will be connected directly stem to cap. It's a good thing to have experience with plants because a lot of the mindset can be rolled over.

It's good to start with a few easy ones. Spring is morel and pheasant back buttons and those are pretty simple.
Depends on your area but this time of year we can expect shaggy manes and hen of the woods, chicken of the woods are all easy id's. The artists conk is usually around and Turkey tails(a couple look a likes here like the violet toothed pollypore) all times of the year. Oysters, king oysters, fall oyster(green back)

That site I mentioned has a lot of info. If u haven't been they might have a nice time with your video. I like learn your land channel on yt. A few others. Books are good and you can probably find a group in your area to help you.

I'm just a rookie in ways with just a couple years into it lightly and I've got a decent book. tho I've picked some winter mushrooms(enokie) and they've got a deadly look a like (galarina). Picking up differences between those is what you want. Some tho you'll need a spore Print to really know. It's always good to have. Especially your first few times.

It seems like there's a lot of intimidation around the subject that keeps us from it but after your first few times the confidence goes up.


Lots of medicinal value out there just like with plants. It's a huge resource if you know how to tap it. And of course tptb would rather us not know ..about anything really.

Lions mane. You can't miss that one and there's no look a likes just 3 different subspecies.. sorta. Idk if that's the right term.

You'll pick it up. Just like plants tho you'll come across a lot of 'useless' not useless but not edible or medicinal.

Details. Color. What are they growing on wood or ground. It all builds the picture and once you start to recognize it's as easy as iding goldenrod or plantain. Or noting the differences between a red oak and a pin oak.