- Clitocybe amoenolens
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Clitocybe amoenolens Scientific classification Kingdom: Fungi Division: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes Subclass: Hymenomycetes Order: Agaricales Family: Tricholomataceae Genus: Clitocybe Species: C. amoenolens Binomial name Clitocybe amoenolens
MalençonClitocybe amoenolens Mycological characteristics
gills on hymenium 
cap is depressed 
stipe is bare 
spore print is white 
ecology is saprotrophic 
edibility: poisonous Clitocybe amoenolens, commonly known as the paralysis funnel,[1] is an agaric fungus of the large genus Clitocybe. It was originally described from Morocco in 1975 by the French mycologist Malençon. It was discovered to be poisonous after several people had consumed specimens all found in the alpine Maurienne valley in the Savoie department over three years. They had mistaken it for the edible common funnel cap (C. gibba) or Lepista inversa.[2]
A similar species from Japan, C. acromelalga, known as the poison dwarf bamboo mushroom, had been discovered to be poisonous in 1918.[3]
The resulting syndrome of fungus-induced erythromelalgia lasted from 8 days to 5 months, although one person exhibited symptoms for three years.[4]
References
- ^ Evans S, Kibby G. (2004). Pocket Nature: Fungi. Dorling Kindersley ISBN 0751336963
- ^ Saviuc PF, Danel VC, Moreau PA, Guez DR, Claustre AM, Carpentier PH, Mallaret MP, Ducluzeau R (2001). "Erythromelalgia and mushroom poisoning". J. Toxicol Clin Toxicol 39 (4): 403–07. doi:10.1081/CLT-100105162.
- ^ Ichimura, J (1918). "A new poisonous mushroom". Bot Gaz (Tokyo) 65: 10911.
- ^ Diaz, James H. (February 2005). "Syndromic diagnosis and management of confirmed mushroom poisonings". Critical Care Medicine 33 (2): 427–36. doi:10.1097/01.CCM.0000153531.69448.49. PMID 15699849.
Categories:- Poisonous fungi
- Clitocybe
- Fungi of Europe
- Agaricales stubs
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