Clitocybe acromelalga

Clitocybe acromelalga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Subclass:	Hymenomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Tricholomataceae
Genus:	Clitocybe
Species:	C. acromelalga
Binomial name
Clitocybe acromelalga

Clitocybe acromelalga
Mycological characteristics
	gills on hymenium
	cap is depressed
	stipe is bare
	spore print is white
	ecology is saprotrophic
	edibility: poisonous

Clitocybe acromelalga is a basidiomycete fungus of the large genus Clitocybe found in Japan. It was discovered to be poisonous in 1918, when symptoms of occurred within 3 days of consumption. It had been mistaken for the edible blewit Lepista inversa.^[1]

Consumption of a related species, C. amoenolens from France has resulted in the same condition.^{[2] [3]}

References

1. ^ Ichimura, J (1918). "A new poisonous mushroom". Bot Gaz (Tokyo) 65: 10911. 
2. ^ 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. 
3. ^ 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.