Panaeolus fimicola

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Panaeolus fimicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Hymenomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Bolbitiaceae
Genus: Panaeolus
Species: P. fimicola
Binomial name
Panaeolus fimicola
Fries
Synonyms

Panaeolus ater

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Panaeolus fimicola
mycological characteristics:
 
gills on hymenium
 

cap is convex

 

hymenium is adnexed

 

stipe is bare

 

spore print is black

 

ecology is saprotrophic

 

edibility: unknown

Panaeolus fimicola, also known as Panaeolus ater is a rare but widespread little brown mushroom which sometimes contains small amounts of the hallucinogen psilocybin.

[edit] Description

This is a little brown mushroom that grows on dung and grass and has black spores. The cap is up to 3 cm across, dark grey to black, sometimes reddish, convex to plane. The stem is 8 cm by 15 mm, fragile and hollow.

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