In this study, 4 cases of poisoning by wild mushrooms collected from Burdur province are reported. The specimens have been identified as Entoloma clypeatum (L.) . by examination of their morphology and spores. A description of the taxon and poisoning cases are presented. | M. IŞILOĞLU, H. BAŞ SERMENLİ, A. ŞENOL, M. İŞLER Research Note Turk J Bot 35 (2011) 247-249 © TÜBİTAK doi: Entoloma mushroom poisonings in Mediterranean Turkey Mustafa IŞILOĞLU1, Hayrünisa BAŞ SERMENLİ1,*, Altuğ ŞENOL2, Mehmet İŞLER2 1 Muğla University, Faculty of Science and Arts, Department of Biology, Muğla - TURKEY 2 Süleyman Demirel University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology, Isparta - TURKEY Received: Accepted: Abstract: In this study, 4 cases of poisoning by wild mushrooms collected from Burdur province are reported. The specimens have been identified as Entoloma clypeatum (L.) . by examination of their morphology and spores. A description of the taxon and poisoning cases are presented. Key words: Mushroom poisoning, Entoloma, Turkey Akdeniz Bölgesinden (Türkiye) Entoloma mantarı zehirlenmesi Özet: Bu çalışmada Burdur yöresinden toplanan doğal mantarın neden olduğu dört zehirlenme vakası rapor edilmektedir. Örneklerin morfolojilerinin ve sporlarının incelenmesi sonucu Entoloma clypeatum (L.) . olarak teşhis edilmiştir. Çalışmada türün deskripsiyonu ve zehirlenme vakaları sunulmaktadır. Introduction Various species of macrofungi grow in the wild over most of the year due to the mild climate of Mediterranean Turkey (Gezer, 2000; Öztürk et al., 2003; Gezer, 2008). Turkish people do not have sufficient information on the edibility of macrofungi. They use unreliable identification methods passed down from grandparents. Poisoning and deaths have been recorded from time to time when people cannot distinguish edible from poisonous species using basic morphology alone (Işıloğlu & Watling, 1991; Işıloğlu et al., 1995; Işıloğlu et al., 2009). Entoloma clypeatum (L.) . (Figure) Description: Pileus 3-12 cm across, coniccampanulate when young, later convex to plane and often undulating, usually with an obtuse umbo, surface slightly hygrophanous, smooth, silky, medium to dark brown
