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==Varieties== The fiddleheads of certain ferns are eaten as a cooked [[leaf vegetable]]. The most popular of these are: * [[Bracken]], ''Pteridium aquilinum'', found worldwide (Toxic if not cooked fully) * [[Ostrich fern]], ''Matteuccia struthiopteris'', found in northern regions worldwide, and the central/eastern part of North America ''[[#Constituents|(See health warning)]]'' * [[Athyrium filix-femina|Lady fern]], ''Athyrium filix-femina'', throughout most of the temperate northern hemisphere. * [[Cinnamon fern]] or buckhorn fern, ''Osmunda cinnamomea'', found in the eastern parts of [[North America]], although not so palatable as ostrich fern. * [[Osmunda regalis|Royal fern]], ''Osmunda regalis'', found worldwide * [[Stenochlaena palustris|Midin]], or ''[[Stenochlaena]] palustris'', found in [[Sarawak]], where it is prized as a local delicacy<ref>{{cite news|last1=Churchill|first1=Edward|title=Enjoy your midin without fear β Professor|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2018/04/06/enjoy-your-midin-without-fear-professor/|access-date=29 May 2018|publisher=The Borneo Post|date=6 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406043655/http://www.theborneopost.com/2018/04/06/enjoy-your-midin-without-fear-professor/|archive-date=6 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Paul P.K.|first1=Chai|title=Midin (Stenochlaena palustris), the popular wild vegetable of Sarawak|journal=Agriculture Science Journal|date=April 2016|volume=2|issue=2|pages=18β20|url=http://eprints.utar.edu.my/2006/1/Midin_(Stenochlaena_palustris),_the_popular_wild_vegetable_of_Sarawak.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529135516/http://eprints.utar.edu.my/2006/1/Midin_(Stenochlaena_palustris),_the_popular_wild_vegetable_of_Sarawak.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-05-29|access-date=29 May 2018|publisher=Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman}}</ref> * ''Zenmai'' or [[flowering fern]], ''Osmunda japonica'', found in [[East Asia]] * [[Vegetable fern]], ''Athyrium esculentum'', found throughout Asia and [[Oceania]] Fiddleheads' ornamental value makes them very expensive in the temperate regions where they are not abundant.
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