Cortinarius gentilis

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
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Mycological characteristics

gills on hymenium
cap is convex
hymenium is adnexed
stipe has a cortina
spore print is reddish-brown
ecology is mycorrhizal
edibility: deadly

Cortinarius gentilis is a deadly fungus of the genus Cortinarius, normally found in North America and Europe.[2]

Toxicity

In a study in Finland, dried and homogenized C. gentilis and C. orenallus mushrooms were orally introduced into a rat. Both species caused renal damage only, the changes of which corresponded to tubulo-interstitial nephritis.[3] C. gentilis has been found to be nephrotoxic to rats.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cortinarius gentilis (Fr.) Fr. 1838". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
  2. ↑ Phillips R. "Cortinarius gentilis". Rogers Mushrooms.
  3. ↑ Möttönen, M; Nieminen, L; Heikkilä, H (Sep–Oct 1975). "Damage caused by two finnish mushrooms, Cortinarius speciosissimus and Cortinarius gentilis on the rat kidney.". Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C 30 (5): 668–71. PMID 129997.
  4. ↑ 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.
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