Lepista nebularis

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TricholomataceaeMushrooms
Lepista nebularis
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Lepista nebularis
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(c) Tatyana Zarubo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Lepista nebularis
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(c) Tatyana Zarubo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fungus, Mushroom

The mushroom caps are fried as food.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant.

Europe, Hungary, Italy, Mediterranean, Ukraine,

Countries: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Estonia, Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Iceland, Italy, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Libya, Morocco, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine

How to Identify

A mushroom in the Tricholomataceae family found in temperate regions.

Names & Synonyms
Clitocybe nebularis (Batsch. ex fr.) Quel
References (4)
  • Pieroni, A., et al, 2005, Food for two seasons: Culinary uses of non-cultivated local vegetables and mushrooms in a south Italian village. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, 56(4): 245􏰣-272
  • Szanto, Zs et al, 2007, Current Radioactivity Content of Wild Edible Mushrooms. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol. 273, No. 1: 167–170
  • Vetner, J., 2004, Arsenic content of some edible mushroom species. Eur. Food Res. Technol. 219: 71-74
  • Vetner, J., 2005, Lithium content of some common edible wild-growing mushrooms. Food Chemistry 90:31-37

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