- Entoloma sinuatum
Taxobox
name = Livid entoloma
status = secure
image_caption = "E. sinuatum"
Piacenza's Appennino,Italy
regnum = Fungi
divisio =Basidiomycota
classis =Agaricomycetes
subclassis =Hymenomycete s
ordo =Agaricales
familia =Entolomataceae
genus = "Entoloma "
species = "E. sinuatum"
binomial = "Entoloma sinuatum"
binomial_authority = (Bull.)P.Kumm.
synonyms = "Entoloma lividum"
"Entoloma eulividum"
"Rhodophyllus sinuatusmycomorphbox
name = Entoloma sinuatum
whichGills = adnate
capShape = convex
hymeniumType=gills
stipeCharacter=bare
ecologicalType=mycorrhizal
sporePrintColor=pink
howEdible=deadly"Entoloma sinuatum" is a poisonous mushroom found across
Europe andNorth America . Some guidebooks refer to it by its older scientific names of "Entoloma lividum" or "Rhodophyllus sinuatus". "Entoloma " is a genus of pink-spore d fungi, of which this species is the largest. Occurring in parks or deciduous woodlands in late summer and autumn, it has an ivory to light grey-brown cap up to 20 cm (8 in) across, with a whitish stem and pink free gills.It may be mistaken for the edible St Georges' mushroom ("
Calocybe gambosa "), or miller ("Clitopilus prunulus ") and has been responsible for many cases ofmushroom poisoning in Europe. "E. sinuatum" causes primarily gastrointestinal problems that, though not generally life-threatening, have been described as highly unpleasant. It is generally not considered to be lethal, although one source has reported deaths from the consumption of this mushroom.Taxonomy
This species has a complicated taxonomic history, initially having been described as "Agaricus lividus" by French naturalist Jean Baptiste Bulliard in 1788, illustrated, although without an accompanying description. Christian Persoon later named it "Agaricus sinuatus" in 1801. German mycologist
Paul Kummer gave it its current binomial name in 1871, antedatingLucien Quélet 's "Entoloma lividum" by one year. It was listed as "E. lividum" in most books for many years,cite book | last = Ramsbottom |first= John | year = 1953 | title = Mushrooms & Toadstools |pages=p. 53 |location=London | publisher = Collins | isbn = 1-870630-09-2] but it later became apparent that Bulliard's original illustration was of "Pluteus cervinus "."Entoloma sinuatum" has been the most widely accepted scientific name since 1955, and was promoted as such by Michael Noordeloos in his recent work on the genus. Initially Noordeloos had erected the new name "Entoloma eulividum" for the common form of the species (as "E. lividum" was invalid) after separating the older description of "E. sinuatum" as it described a form lacking yellow colour on the gills, so for a time in the 1980s there were two accepted species - the widespread "E. eulividum" with yellow-tinged gills and now-restricted and rare "E. sinuatum". However he later felt these were merely colour variations and so this is the name universally recognised. [cite book | author = Breitenbach J & Kränzlin F | year = 1991 | title = Fungi of Switzerland 4: Agarics, 2nd Part|pages=p. 104 | isbn= 3-85604-240-7] A proposal was later made to conserve "Entoloma lividum" in 1999, citing its previous widespread use and Quélet's detailed description. [cite journal |last=Redeuilh |first= G. |year=1999|title=Proposal to Conserve the Name "Entoloma lividum" (Fungi, Agaricales) against Three Earlier Synonyms |journal=Taxon |volume=48 |issue=1 |pages=145–46 |doi=10.2307/1224635] However it was rejected in 2001 because Bulliard's original name was invalid. [cite journal |last=Gams |first=Walter |year=2001|title=Report of the Committee for Fungi: 9 |journal=Taxon |volume=50 |issue=1 |pages=269–72 |doi=10.2307/1224527]
To complicate matters further, Quélet had proposed a broader genus "Rhodophyllus" for all pink-gilled fungi with adnate or sinuate gills and angular spores in 1886, countering Kummer's erection of "
Entoloma " to genus level. These two classifications coexisted for many decades, with mycologists and guidebooks following either author, and the alternate scientific name "Rhodophyllus sinuatus" was commonly seen. However, later authorities have tended to favour "Entoloma". it icon cite book |title=Fungi Europaei: Entoloma |last=Noordeloos |first=Michael E. |year=1992 |publisher=Giovanna Biella |location=Saronno, Italy |oclc=27190030 |pages=p. 13]Thus, the current most widely accepted name is "Entoloma sinuatum", the specific epithet "sinuatum" being derived from the
Latin for wavy, referring to the shape of the cap, while the generic name is derived from theAncient Greek words "entos"/ἐντός" 'inner' and "lóma/λῶμα 'fringe' or 'hem' from the inrolled margin. [cite book | last = Nilson|first= Sven |coauthors= Olle Persson | year = 1977 | title = Fungi of Northern Europe 2: Gill-Fungi | publisher = Penguin|isbn=0-14-063006-6|pages=p. 98] The specific epithet "lividum" was derived from the Latin word "lividus" meaning 'lead-coloured'. [cite book | last = Simpson | first = D.P. | title = Cassell's Latin Dictionary | publisher = Cassell Ltd. | date = 1979 | edition = 5th | location = London | pages = 883 | isbn= 0-304-52257-0] The various common names include livid entoloma, livid agaric, livid pinkgill, leaden entoloma, and lead poisoner. [cite book|last=Foster |Steven|coauthors=Roger A. Caras |title=A Field Guide to Venomous Animals and Poisonous Plants, North America|year=1994 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Field Guides|isbn= 0-395-93608-X|pages=p. 212] In theDijon region of France it was known as "le grand empoisonneur de laCôte d'Or " ("the great poisoner of "Côte d'Or"). Quélet himself, who was poisoned by the fungus, called it "the millers purge", akin to another common name of false miller.cite book |title=The Great Encyclopedia of Mushrooms |last=Lamaison |first=Jean-Louis |coauthors=Polese, Jean-Marie |year=2005 |publisher=Könemann |isbn=3-8331-1239-5|pages=p. 116]Description
"Entoloma sinuatum" has a large and imposing
epigeous (aboveground)fruiting body (basidiocarp), bearing a cap 6–15 cm (2½–6 in) wide, though diameters of 25 cm (10 in) have been recorded. It is convex to flat, often with a blunt boss in its center and wavy margins, ivory white to light grey-brown in colour, and darkening with age. The distant gills are free, generally (but not always) yellowish white before darkening to pink and then red. When looked at from underneath, a characteristic groove can be seen in the gill pattern circumnavigating the stalk.cite book | last = Haas |first=Hans | year = 1969 | title = The Young Specialist looks at Fungi |pages=p. 126| publisher = Burke | isbn= 0-222-79409-7]The
spore print is reddish brown, with angular spores 8–11 x 7–9.5 μm, roughly six-sided and globular in shape. The stout white stipe is generally 6–10 cm (2½–4 in) high and lacks a ring.cite book|last=Zeitlmayr |first=Linus|year=1976|title=Wild Mushrooms:An Illustrated Handbook|publisher=Garden City Press, Hertfordshire|isbn= 0-584-10324-7|pages=p. 80] It may be bulbous at the base. The taste is mild, although it may be unpleasant. The mushroom's strong and unusual odour can be hard to describe; it may smell of flour, though is often unpleasant and .Noordeloos, "Fungi Europaei", p. 111-13]The form lacking yellow colour on the gills is rare but widespread, and has been recorded from
Austria ,France andHolland .Noordeloos, "Fungi Europaei", p. 114]Confusion with the highly-regarded miller or sweetbread mushroom ("
Clitopilus prunulus ") is a common cause of poisoning in France; the latter fungus has a greyish-white downy cap and whitish decurrent gills which turn pink with maturity. "Entoloma sinuatum" can also be confused with St Georges' mushroom ("Calocybe gambosa "), though the gills of the latter are crowded and cream in colour, and the clouded agaric ("Clitocybe nebularis "), which has whitish decurrent gills and an unusual odour. The rare and edible all white dovelike tricholoma ("Tricholoma columbetta ") has a satiny cap and stem and a faint, not mealy, odour. It may be confused with "Clitocybe multiceps " in thePacific Northwest of North America, though the latter has white spores. A casual observer may mistake it for a field mushroom ("Agaricus campestris ").Distribution and habitat
"Entoloma sinuatum" is fairly common and widespread across North Americacite book |last=Ammirati |first=Joseph F.|coauthors= James A Traquair and Paul A Horgen |title=Poisonous mushrooms of the northern United States and Canada |year=1985 |publisher=University of Minnesota Press |location=Minneapolis |isbn=0-8166-1407-5 |pages=313-15] as far south as
Arizona . [cite journal|last=Bates |first=Scott T.|year=2006 |title=A Preliminary Checklist of Arizona Macrofungi|journal=Canotia |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=47–78|format=PDF|accessdate= 2008-02-01 |url=http://lifesciences.asu.edu/Herbarium/canotia/CANOTIA-9Feb06-vol2_2.pdf ] It also occurs throughout Europe through to the British Isles includingIreland , [cite web
title = Northern Ireland's Herbarium Specimens| publisher = Northern Ireland Fungus Group | date=2007| url= http://www.nifg.org.uk/herbarium.htm| accessdate =2008-02-01] though it is more common in southern and central parts of Europe than the northwest. Eastwards, it has been recorded in the Black Sea region ofTurkey . [cite journal |last=Sesli |first=Ertugrul |year=2007|title=Preliminary checklist of macromycetes of the East and Middle Black Sea Regions of Turkey |journal=Mycotaxon |volume=99 |pages=71–74 |url=http://www.mycotaxon.com/resources/checklists/sesli-v99-checklist.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-01-28]"Entoloma sinuatum" has been found in
fairy ring s. Fruiting bodies are found in deciduous woodlands in late summer and autumn underoak ,beech , and less commonlybirch , often on clay soils, though they may also occur in parks. Most members of the genus are saprotrophic, [Noordeloos, p. 38] though this species has been recorded as forming an ectomycorrhizal relationship with the willow ("Salix "). [cite book |title=Colour Atlas of Ectomycorrhizae |last=Agerer |first=R|year=2002 |publisher=Einhorn-Verlag |location=Schwäbisch Gmünd |isbn=3-921703-77-8 |pages= ]Toxicity
This fungus has been cited as being responsible for 10% of all mushroom poisonings in Europe. [de icon cite journal|last=Alder |first=A.E. |year=1961|title=Erkennung und Behandlung der Pilzvergiftung [Recognition and treatment of mushroom poisoning] |journal=Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift |volume=86 |issue=23 |pages=1121–27 |pmid=13682210] In
Geneva alone, 70 people required hospital treatment in 1983. [de icon cite journal |last=Chapuis |first=J-R|year=1984|title= Jahresbericht des Verbandstoxikologen für das Jahr 1983 [Annual Report of the SUSM Toxicologist for 1983] |journal=Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Pilzkunde |volume=62|pages=196–97] Poisoning is said to be mainly gastrointestinal in nature, symptoms ofdiarrhoea , vomiting and headache occur 30 min to 2 hours after consumption and last for up to 48 hours. Acute liver toxicity and psychiatric symptoms like mood disturbance ordelirium may occur. Rarely symptoms of depression may last for months. [cite book |last=Benjamin| first= Denis R. |title=Mushrooms: poisons and panaceas — a handbook for naturalists, mycologists and physicians |pages=p. 361-62 |publisher=WH Freeman and Company| location=New York |year=1995| isbn=0-7167-2600-9] At least one source reports there have been fatalities in adults and children. [cite book |title= Microbial Toxins: A Comprehensive Treatise. Vol. VIII. Fungal Toxins |last=Benedict |first=R.G. |year=1972 |publisher=Academic Press |location=New York |isbn= |chapter=Mushroom toxins other than "Amanita"|pages = pp. 281-320]Hospital treatment of poisoning by this mushroom is usually supportive;
antispasmodic medicines may lessen colicky abdominal cramps and activated charcoal may be administered early on to bind residual toxin. Intravenous fluids may be required if dehydration has been extensive, especially with children and the elderly. [Benjamin, "Mushrooms: poisons and panaceas", p. 354-55]Metoclopramide may be used in cases of recurrent vomiting once gastric contents are emptied. [Benjamin, "Mushrooms: poisons and panaceas", p. 188]References
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