Clitocybe Illudens: Its Cultivation, Chemistry, And Classification

SUMMARYClitocybe illudens is a tetrapolar fungus. The conditions required for the completion of its life cycle in the laboratory have been determined. It is the only Clitocybe species from which the illudin group of sesquiterpenes has been isolated. Further, it produces compounds of the pulvinic acid group, a type of compound found in species of Xerocomus, Suillus, Paxil lus, Gomphidius, Hydnurn, and Hydnellum, but not in other Clitocybe species (except in Clitocybe subilludens with which it may be con- specific). Its chemical as well as it morphological distinctiveness support its exclusion from the genus Clitocybe.