Cortinarius gentilis is a fungus of the subgenus Telamonia, normally found in North America and Europe.
| Cortinarius gentilis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Cortinariaceae |
| Genus: | Cortinarius |
| Species: | C. gentilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cortinarius gentilis (Fr.) Fr. (1838)
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Agaricus helvolus Pers. (1796) | |
Cortinarius gentilis | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex |
 | Hymenium is adnexed |
 | Stipe has a cortina |
 | Spore print is reddish-brown |
 | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
 | Edibility is unknown or deadly |
Reportedly, no evidence has been found that the Finnish C. gentilis is toxic; thereby it differs from specimens from other countries.[2]
Description
editThe cap is bright tan and umbonate. The flesh is tan, with an odour of raw potatoes.[3] The stem resembles a root and has yellow veil remnants near the bottom.[3] The gills are distant, similarly coloured to the cap but sometimes reddish with age.[3]
Toxicity
editThe toxicity of the Cortinarius orellanus group of mushrooms became apparent in the 1950s. C. gentilis was considered toxic in Finnish mycological publications.[4] It was reported to belong to subgenus Leprocybe and to contain the toxin orellanine, but these details have since been disputed.[3]
The original opinion was primarily based on the study by Mottonen et al. (1975) and on a case study by Hulmi et al. (1975), papers which were 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.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Cortinarius gentilis (Fr.) Fr. 1838". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
- ^ a b Hintikka, Eeva-Liisa (December 9, 2003). "A note on the claimed toxicity of Cortinarius gentilis" (PDF). Funga. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-07-21. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
- ^ a b c d Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. pp. 153–154. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.
- ^ Schumacher, Trond; Klaus Høiland (June 1983). "Mushroom poisoning caused by species of the genus Cortinarius Fries". Archives of Toxicology. 53 (2): 87–106. Bibcode:1983ArTox..53...87S. doi:10.1007/BF00302720. ISSN 1432-0738. PMID 6349583. S2CID 29016554.
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