A fact from Norbadione A appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 September 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the toxic mushroom pigment norbadione A confers a protective effect against the damaging effects of ionizing radiation?
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Very technical... Some more mundane readable information would be good. A picture of the mushroom would be nice. Where is it common? Is it used for anything? Toxic? This article is yet too technical for an average user to make much use of Ottawakismet (talk) 13:37, 8 September 2013 (UTC)Reply
