Cortinarius gentilis

Cortinarius gentilis is a fungus of the subgenus Telamonia, normally found in North America and Europe.

Cortinarius gentilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Cortinariaceae
Genus:
Cortinarius
Species:
C. gentilis
Binomial name
Cortinarius gentilis
(Fr.) Fr. (1838)
Synonyms[1]

Agaricus helvolus Pers. (1796)
Agaricus gentilis Fr. (1821)
Telamonia gentilis (Fr.) Wünsche (1877)
Lepiota helvola (Pers.) Gray (1821)
Hydrocybe helvola (Bull.) M.M.Moser (1953)

Cortinarius gentilis
float
Mycological characteristics
gills on hymenium
cap is convex
hymenium is adnexed
stipe has a cortina
spore print is reddish-brown
ecology is mycorrhizal
edibility: edible, but unpalatable

Until today no evidence is found that Finnish C. gentilis is toxic and thereby differs from the same species from other countries.[2]

Toxicity

The toxicity of the Cortinarius orellanus group of mushrooms became apparent in the 1950s. C. gentilis was considered toxic in Finnish mycological publications.[3]

The opinion was primarily based on the study by Mottonen et al. (1975) and on a case study by Hulmi et al. (1975), which papers were then cited in later publications. When the specimens on which the first-named study was based were rechecked, it turned out that the original material used for the rat feeding test by Mottonen with his co-workers as not adequately documented. In order to examine the possible toxicity of Finnish C. gentilis mushrooms, the present authors studied 28 samples of this species. An unspecific cell culture toxicity test and a feeding test on mice revealed no toxicity in C. gentilis.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Cortinarius gentilis (Fr.) Fr. 1838". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
  2. Hintikka, Eeva-Liisa (December 9, 2003). "A note on the claimed toxicity of Cortinarius gentilis" (PDF). Funga. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  3. Schumacher, Trond; Klaus Høiland (June 1983). "Mushroom poisoning caused by species of the genus Cortinarius Fries". Archives of Toxicology. 53 (2): 87–106. doi:10.1007/BF00302720. ISSN 1432-0738.
  4. Eeva-Liisa, Hintikka (December 9, 2003). ""A note on the claimed toxicity of Cortinatrius gentilis"" (PDF). Funga.fi. Retrieved October 2, 2020.


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