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Ear fungus no longer recommended for dinner tables – “The police won’t come through the door if you eat it”, says the president of the Mushroom Association

Ear fungus no longer recommended for dinner tables – “The police won’t come through the door if you eat it”, says the president of the Mushroom Association

Ear sponge growing.
Care should be taken with earwigs.

You should be careful when eating ear fungi, advise the president of the Mushroom Association and an expert from the Food Authority.

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Sippola explains that at one time there was a national mushroom regulation that defined, among other things, what mushrooms could be sold. Ears mushrooms were on the list.

The regulation was abandoned in 2012. However, the predecessor of the Food Authority, Evira, continued to maintain the list of recommended food ingredients.

Sippola has no exact information on when the ear sponge was removed from the list.

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