Lycoperdon perlatum
f. cul. innocuus
f. cul.
Lycoperdon perlatum f. cul. innocuus
innocuus: The published record carries no link to a toxic molecule: neither a poisoning report nor an assay has identified anything in this species that a kitchen would need to remove. Because the source of that record is the field-guide literature, the listing carries a positive claim as well -- a substantial community base of people who eat it, a widespread cultural record of edibility that comes down to us via field guides. That record is a simplification of what had been more widespread practice prior to global urbanization: silence in it understates practice and is never evidence against a species. Cook it, as nearly every mushroom is cooked -- but the cooking rescues nothing and nothing is being driven out. ⚠ The operation may be physically identical to a detoxification leach: the chanterelle is scalded several times and the water discarded, for bitterness. Nothing in the act distinguishes them and only the REASON does. This name is where that reason lives.
On The Innocuus List, Medicinal Use, The Complete Table.
GBIF: photographs, names and where it has been found.
Sources
| Li et al. 2021 | 19 reports of eating without harm Li H, Tian Y, Menolli N Jr, Ye L, Karunarathna SC, Perez-Moreno J, Rahman MM, Rashid MH, Phengsintham P, Rizal L, Kasuya T, Lim YW, Dutta AK, Khalid AN, Huyen LT, Balolong MP, Baruah G, Madawala S, Thongklang N, Hyde KD, Kirk PM, Xu J, Sheng J, Boa E, Mortimer PE (2021). Reviewing the world's edible mushroom species: a new evidence-based classification system. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety 20: 1982-2014. Supplementary Table S1. link |
| Boa E 2004 | ‘food(m)’ — Annex 3 Boa E R (2004). Wild edible fungi: a global overview of their use and importance to people. Non-Wood Forest Products 17. Rome: FAO. ISBN 92-5-105157-7. link |
| Wu et al. 2026 | ‘食药用’ edible and medicinal — entry 418, 网纹马勃 Wu F, Liu SB, Wang XH, Zhang M, Yang ZL, Dai YC (2026). 中国食药用菌物种编目 [Species cataloging of edible and medicinal fungi in China]. 菌物学报 Mycosystema 45(1): 250237. link |
| Wu et al. 2019 | ‘Detumescence; haemostasis; clearing the lung; relieving sore throat; detoxification’ — Wu et al. 2019, Table 1, p. 29, citing Dai et al. 2009 Wu F, Zhou L-W, Yang Z-L, Bau T, Li T-H, Dai Y-C (2019). Resource diversity of Chinese macrofungi: edible, medicinal and poisonous species. Fungal Diversity 98: 1-76. doi:10.1007/s13225-019-00432-7. Table 1, 'Medicinal fungi and their function(s)'. link |
| Xu et al. 2023 | ‘食药兼用’ edible and medicinal — Xu et al. 2023, Appendix 1, no. 344 Xu W-Q, Li Y, Li H-J, Liu D-M, Yang N, Zhang Q, He S-H (2023). 北京市大型真菌物种多样性调查与资源评价 [Species diversity and resource evaluation of macrofungi in Beijing]. 生物多样性 Biodiversity Science 31(10): 23196. link |
Medicinal Use. Medicinal use: Detumescence; haemostasis; clearing the lung; relieving sore throat; detoxification (Wu et al. 2019, Table 1, p. 29, citing Dai et al. 2009). Listed as medicinal: Boa 2004, Annex 3, (m); Wu et al. 2026, 食药用 ‘edible and medicinal’; Boa 2004, Annex 3, food(m); Xu et al. 2023, 食药兼用 ‘edible and medicinal’. Also eaten as food: on the Innocuus List.
Cite this pageRubel, William. 2026. “Lycoperdon perlatum.” Taxonomy of Toxins. Last modified 24 October 2026. https://taxonomyoftoxins.com/species/lycoperdon-perlatum/