Leucopaxillus gentianeus

Leucopaxillus gentianeus is a bitter-tasting, inedible mushroom[2] commonly known as the bitter false funnelcap, or the bitter brown leucopaxillus. A common synonym is Leucopaxillus amarus. The bitter taste is caused by a triterpene called cucurbitacin B.[3] The species was first described in 1873 as Clitocybe gentianea by French mycologist Lucien Quélet. František Kotlaba transferred it to Leucopaxillus in 1966.[4]

Leucopaxillus gentianeus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Tricholomataceae
Genus:
Leucopaxillus
Species:
L. gentianeus
Binomial name
Leucopaxillus gentianeus
(Quél.) Kotl. (1966)
Synonyms[1]

Clitocybe gentianea Quél. (1873)

Leucopaxillus gentianeus
float
Mycological characteristics
gills on hymenium
cap is convex or flat
hymenium is adnate
stipe is bare
spore print is white
ecology is mycorrhizal
edibility: inedible

References
  1. "Leucopaxillus gentianeus (Quél.) Kotl., Ceská Mykologie 20 (4): 230 (1966)". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
  2. Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 67. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
  3. Clericuzio M, Mella M, Vita-Finzi P, Zema M, Vidari G (2004). "Cucurbitane triterpenoids from Leucopaxillus gentianeus". Journal of Natural Products. 67 (11): 1823–8. doi:10.1021/np049883o. PMID 15568769.
  4. Distribution of Leucopaxillus gentianeus (Quél.) comb. nov. in Czechoslovakia and notes on its nomenclature (1966). Ceská Mykologie. 20 (4): 229–36. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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