Cortinarius gentilis

Cortinarius gentilis is a fungus of the subgenus "Telamonia", normally found in North America and Europe.
Until today no evidence is found that Finnish "C. gentilis" is toxic and thereby differs from the same species from other countries.
Toxicity.
The toxicity of the "Cortinarius orellanus" group of mushrooms became apparent in the 1950s. "C. gentilis" was considered toxic in Finnish mycological publications.
The opinion was primarily based on the study by Mottonen et al. (1975) and on a case study by Hulmi et al. (1975), which papers were then cited in later publications. When the specimens on which the first-named study was based were rechecked, it turned out that the original material used for the rat feeding test by Mottonen with his co-workers as not adequately documented. In order to examine the possible toxicity of Finnish "C. gentilis" mushrooms, the present authors studied 28 samples of this species. An unspecific cell culture toxicity test and a feeding test on mice revealed no toxicity in "C. gentilis".