Taxonomy of Toxins

Russula foetens

f. cul. velleralica-solubilis-vulnerata

f. cul.

Russula foetens f. cul. velleralica-solubilis-vulnerata

On Medicinal Use, solubilis-vulnerata, The Complete Table.

GBIF: photographs, names and where it has been found.

Sources

Li et al. 2021

3 reports of eating without harm

Li H, Tian Y, Menolli N Jr, Ye L, Karunarathna SC, Perez-Moreno J, Rahman MM, Rashid MH, Phengsintham P, Rizal L, Kasuya T, Lim YW, Dutta AK, Khalid AN, Huyen LT, Balolong MP, Baruah G, Madawala S, Thongklang N, Hyde KD, Kirk PM, Xu J, Sheng J, Boa E, Mortimer PE (2021). Reviewing the world's edible mushroom species: a new evidence-based classification system. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety 20: 1982-2014. Supplementary Table S1. link

Boa E 2004

‘food’ — Annex 3

Boa E R (2004). Wild edible fungi: a global overview of their use and importance to people. Non-Wood Forest Products 17. Rome: FAO. ISBN 92-5-105157-7. link

Wu et al. 2019

‘Treating lumbago and skelalgia, limb numbness’ — Wu et al. 2019, Table 1, p. 41, citing Dai et al. 2009

Wu F, Zhou L-W, Yang Z-L, Bau T, Li T-H, Dai Y-C (2019). Resource diversity of Chinese macrofungi: edible, medicinal and poisonous species. Fungal Diversity 98: 1-76. doi:10.1007/s13225-019-00432-7. Table 1, 'Medicinal fungi and their function(s)'. link

Xu et al. 2023

‘食药兼用’ edible and medicinal — Xu et al. 2023, Appendix 1, no. 508

Xu W-Q, Li Y, Li H-J, Liu D-M, Yang N, Zhang Q, He S-H (2023). 北京市大型真菌物种多样性调查与资源评价 [Species diversity and resource evaluation of macrofungi in Beijing]. 生物多样性 Biodiversity Science 31(10): 23196. link

Medicinal Use. Medicinal use: Treating lumbago and skelalgia, limb numbness (Wu et al. 2019, Table 1, p. 41, citing Dai et al. 2009). Listed as medicinal: Xu et al. 2023, 食药兼用 ‘edible and medicinal’. Carries a molecule of concern: see its route table.

solubilis-vulnerata. Molecules of concern: M38 Velleral / isovelleral.

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