''Leucopaxillus gentianeus'' is a bitter-tasting, inedible mushroom commonly known as the bitter false funnelcap, or the bitter brown leucopaxillus. A common synonym is ''Leucopaxillus amarus''. The species was first described in 1873 as ''Clitocybe gentianea'' by French mycologist

Lucien Quélet Lucien Quélet (; 14 July 1832 – 25 August 1899) was a French natural history, naturalist and mycologist. Quélet discovered several species of fungi and was the founder of the Société mycologique de France, a society devoted to mycological ...

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transferred it to ''Leucopaxillus'' in 1966. The pileus ranges from wide and the stipe from long. It has a mild to pungent smell and a bitter taste, rendering it inedible. The bitter taste is caused by a

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called

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B. The

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is white. The species can resemble '' L. tricolor'' and '' Russula compacta''.

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