Blue UV-fluorescence was observed in renal tubuli of the kidney of the child, who died following the Cortinarius orellanus poisoning. Analogous changes were noted in the kidneys of experimentally intoxicated guinea pigs. The detection of the UV-fluorescence in renal tissues could be the key procedure besides the clinical, morphological and mycological findings helpful in the diagnosis of the intoxication with Cortinarius subg. Leprocybe Moser, section Orellani Moser 1969.
Bouška I., Řehánek L., Motyčka K., Veselský J. (1980): Detection of UV-fluorescence in renal tissues in Cortinarius orellanus Fr. poisoning. – Česká Mykologie 34(4): 188–190.
