Entoloma - Toxicity

Toxicity

Although some of the spring entolomas, such as E. clypeatum, are consumed, especially in Europe, edibility is unknown for many species, and some are definitely poisonous and dangerous. E. rhodopolium has been found to contain significant quantities of the mycotoxin muscarine. Most Entolomas are very difficult to identify, but Entoloma abortivum is edible.

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