Portal:Fungi/Did you know/24

... that despite its acrid taste, Lactarius vietus is edible after boiling?
... that wolf lichen, fungal species Letharia vulpina, was used historically as a wolf poison by combining it with powdered glass and meat?
... that species from Cookeina, a genus of cup fungi, are used in Peninsular Malaysia as fish bait?
... that consuming the elfin saddle mushroom would result in the harmful formation of monomethylhydrazine, a component of rocket fuel, in your body?
... that Tricholoma ustaloides, generally considered an inedible species of mushroom, is consumed by inhabitants of some Mexican communities?