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Mushroom-eating in Denmark
Collecting mushrooms for food has been increasing in popularity
during the last decades. Danes are generally speaking not accustomed
with this habit and often the interest is initiated by family or
friends from countries, where collecting mushrooms is a part of the
culture. This means, that relatively few species are collected in
any great scale for eating. Together with the increased collecting
of edible mushrooms, so has the amount of mushroom poisonings increased,
even with fatal consequences. All known deaths have been caused either
by Death Cap (Amanita phalloides) or Destroying Angel (Amanita virosa).
In 1980 a survey was made among the members of the Danish Mycological
Society in order to establish the number of species collected and
consumed. 209 people replied to the questionaire. The lists on this
page are from the results of this survey, which was published in
the journal Svampe, Vol. 4, p. 49-58. If you need to refer to these
lists, please refer to the original article:
Albertsen, J., H. Knudsen & P. G. Sorensen (1981): Svampespisning
i Danmark. Svampe 4:49-58.
List 1. The 20 species eaten by most participants
in the survey. The number indicate the percentage of the participants.
- Cantharellus cibarius (83)
- Coprinus comatus (72)
- Boletus edulis (63)
- Lepista nuda (62)
- Pholiota mutabilis (53)
- Laccaria amethystina (50)
- Hydnum repandum (47)
- Craterellus cornucopioides (46)
- Agaricus spp. (43)
- Boletus badius (43)
- Cantharellus tubaeformis (39)
- Marasmius oreades (35)
- Boletus spp. (33)
- Amanita rubescens (33)
- Langermannia giganthea (32)
- Pleurotus ostreatus (32)
- Lactarius deliciosus (29)
- Russula cyanoxantha (29)
- Macrolepiota rhacodes (28)
- Boletus luridiformis (erythropus) (28)
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List 2. The 20 species most frequently
eaten (number of meals) taken relative to Cantharellus cibarius,
which has been adjusted to 100:
- Cantharellus cibarius (100)
- Boletus edulis (76)
- Coprinus comatus (75)
- Lepista nuda (65)
- Pholiota mutabilis (61)
- Laccaria amethystina (57)
- Agaricus spp. (55)
- Boletus badius (51)
- Craterellus cornucopioides (49)
- Hydnum repandum (45)
- Boletus spp. (44)
- Cantharellus tubaeformis (42)
- Marasmius oreades (40)
- Amanita rubescens (34)
- Russula cyanoxantha (30)
- Boletus luridiformis (erythropus) (29)
- Leccinum scabrum (25)
- Langermannia giganthea (25)
- Suillus grevillei (25)
- Agaricus campestris (25)
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List 3. The 12 species of fungi most frequently eaten raw.
- Phallus impudicus
- Aleuria aurantia
- Agaricus bisporus
- Agaricus sp.
- Agaricus campestris
- Agaricus arvensis
- Agaricus macrosporus
- Agaricus silvicola
- Agaricus augustus
- Agaricus bitorquis
- Boletus edulis
- Agaricus haemorrhoidarius
List 4. The 53 species regarded as the most delicious fungi by the
participants, listed from top and down, first left column, then right
column.
- Agaricus silvicola
- Cantharellus cibarius
- Boletus edulis
- Agaricus campestris
- Agaricus augustus
- Russula virescens
- Agaricus arvensis
- Morchella esculenta
- Agaricus sp.
- Agaricus bisporus
- Agaricus bitorquis
- Craterellus cornucopioides
- Lactarius volemus
- Agaricus haemorrhidarius
- Boletus luridus
- Russula vesca
- Russula xerampelina
- Boletus luridiformis (erythropus)
- Russula cyanoxantha
- Cantharellus tubaeformis
- Albatrellus ovinus
- Ramaria botrytis
- Agaricus macrosporus
- Leccinum versipelle
- Morchella rimosipes
- Tricholoma flavovirens
- Boletus badius
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- Agaricus silvaticus
- Boletus sp.
- Lyophyllum decastes
- Fistulina hepatica
- Pleurotus ostreatus
- Hydnym repandum
- Tricholoma portentosum
- Lepista personata
- Lepista nuda
- Russula aeruginea
- Russula flava
- Hygrocybe pratensis
- Grifola frondosa
- Coprinus comatus
- Lactarius deliciosus
- Pholiota mutabilis
- Suillus luteus
- Sparassis crispa
- Amanita rubescens
- Clitopilus prunulus
- Macrolepiota procera
- Gomphidius glutinosus
- Leccinum scabrum
- Suillus granulatus
- Russula sp.
- Lactarius piperatus
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