Panaeolus papilionaceus

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Panaeolus papilionaceus

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Hymenomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Bolbitiaceae
Genus: Panaeolus
Species: P. papilionaceus
Binomial name
Panaeolus papilionaceus
(Bull. ex Fries) Quelet
Panaeolus papilionaceus
mycological characteristics:
 
gills on hymenium
 

cap is convex

 

hymenium is adnexed

 

stipe is bare

 

spore print is black

 

ecology is saprophytic

 

edibility: unknown


Panaeolus papilionaceus, also known as Agaricus calosus, Panaeolus campanulatus, Panaeolus retirugis, and Panaeolus sphinctrinus is a very common little brown mushroom.


[edit] Description

This is a little brown mushroom that grows in horse or cow dung and has black spores. The cap is up to 5 cm across, greyish brown, not hygrophanous, conic to campanulate in age. The cap margin is adorned with remnants of the partial veil. The stem is 10 cm by 2.5 mm, fiberous and pruinose. The gills are adnexed and close, with one or two tiers of intermediate gills.


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