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Panaeolus africanus

Panaeolus africanus

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Hymenomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Bolbitiaceae
Genus:	Panaeolus
Species:	P. africanus

Binomial name

Panaeolus africanus
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Panaeolus africanus
mycological characteristics:
gills on hymenium
cap is convex
hymenium is adnexed or adnate
stipe is bare
spore print is black
ecology is saprophytic
edibility: unknown

Panaeolus africanus is a little brown mushroom which contains small amounts of the hallucinogen psilocybin. It has been found in central Africa and southern Sudan.

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Description

This is a little brown mushroom that grows on hippopotamus and elephant dung and has black spores. The cap is up to 2 cm across, gray, conic, often with scaly cracks. It is viscid when moist and the flesh is grey to white. The gills are grayish when young and turn black with a mottled appearance as the spores mature. The stem is 4 cm by 5 mm, pruinose at the top. The spores are black, rather variable, 13 x 9 micrometres, shaped like almonds. Macroscopically, this species resembles Panaeolus semiovatus var. phalaenarum.