Talk:Lactarius turpis
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[edit] Carbon tet?!?
An anonymous editor added this the other day:
"This species and L. helvus were formerly used (after boiling) as a spice in mushroom dishes in northern Europe, however, modern knowledge recognises these species as slighty carsinogenic (necatorine), and their use is not recommended by the officials."
I can't find any other sources of information that say that Lactarius turpis contains necatorine (carbon tetrachloride).
Since mushrooms aren't known for producing halogenated organic solvents, I find this information to be very suspect.
Alan Rockefeller (Talk - contribs) 21:31, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
- See note 9 of the current article. Necatorin is 7-hydroxycoumaro(5,6-c)cinnoline [sometimes written with the numbers (5,6,7) permuted], is mutagenic, and occurs in L. necator. Necatorine is a name for carbon tetrachloride. But I see that here the former is called Necatorine - this may be an error. Strobilomyces 19:17, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] A bit more and this could be a DYK
JSYK...cheers, Casliber (talk ยท contribs) 21:38, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
