Commestibility of the "cimballo"

The commestibility of Clitocybe Nebularis is quite controversial. In Italy it used to be very popular and widely consumed under the names of ordinario, cimballo (Tuscany) or pevein (Liguria). I myself I have eaten it many times without any problem. But recently authorisation to sell it has been retired and it has been declared toxic. While most toxic substances contained in Clitocybe Nebularis are eliminated by boiling, apparently there is a toxine that remains and can accumulate in the body. Another reason why experts discourage people from eating it is that it can be easily confunded with entoloma lividum: every year there are cases of serious intoxication of people who have eaten entoloma lividum confunding it with Clitocybe Nebularis. Anyway... as I told you I ate it many times and found it good! But wikipedia should warn people about the risks. --Juliet.p (talk) 13:31, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.pharmazeutische-zeitung.de/index.php?id=titel_08_2000
Very detailed german paper about the pharmacology of nebularine, a substance found in this mushroom.
Maybe someone can translate some parts of it for this page.
People should know about this before eating this "edible" mushroom. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.36.222.66 (talk) 07:58, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - we'll look into it. Casliber (talk · contribs) 10:37, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Russian mushroom categories

A little help for the reader is needed: what are Russia categories about? Edibility? Danger? What does "category 4" imply?Wetman (talk) 14:44, 22 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, agreed, to make that meaningful there really should be a link to an article on the Russian mushroom categories. For what it's worth, category 4 is mushrooms that are problematic or conditionally edible, not necessarily less desirable than category 3 (which are those that are kind of "if you can't find anything better, I guess you could eat them", including morels), and in fact possibly more desirable, but prone to causing issues for some people or requiring special preparation. --2001:470:3021:0:48E4:C75E:404F:AD2E (talk) 18:45, 14 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Clitocybe nebularis, commonly known as the clouded agaric or the cloud funnel, is a common gilled fungus that grows both in conifer-dominated forests and broad-leaved woodland in Europe and North America. This C. nebularis mushroom was photographed growing among fallen beech leaves in Famberhorst nature reserve, the Netherlands.

Photograph credit: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma

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