Talk:Verpa bohemica

Some useful discussions about edibility of Verpa bohemica may be found here: http://cascademyco.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=873 It's also eaten by many without any consequences and considered highly regardable in Ukraine and Russia. Sombra Corp. (talk) 08:19, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

Edibility
The edibility section is pretty sketchy - it strongly implies that it is dangerous to eat them, but that isn't backed up by science or reliable references. In my opinion they are about as edible as morels. Most people can eat both morels and Verpas, but occasionally there are issues - usually due to undercooking. I am not aware of any studies which show the dangerous toxin gyromitrin in Verpas, I think it is more likely that they have the same toxin that makes morels toxic raw - which is currently an unknown molecule. The references all books which appear to be authors not really knowing and fear mongering about Verpas.

Alan Rockefeller (Talk - contribs) 04:39, 9 April 2018 (UTC)