Clitocybe acromelalga

 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 mushroom poisoning occurred within three days of consumption. It had been mistaken for the edible tawny funnel cap (Paralepista flaccida formerly Lepista inversa).[1]

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

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

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