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Panaeolina foenisecii



Panaeolina foenisecii

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Hymenomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Bolbitiaceae
Genus: Panaeolina
Species: P. foenisecii
Binomial name
Panaeolina foenisecii
(Persoon) R. Maire.
Synonyms

Panaeolus foenisecii
Agaricus foenisecii

Panaeolina foenisecii
mycological characteristics:
 
gills on hymenium
 

cap is convex

 

hymenium is adnexed

 

stipe is bare

 

spore print is blackish-brown

 

ecology is saprophytic

 

edibility: unknown

Panaeolina foenisecii is a very common and widely distributed little brown mushroom often found on lawns. It fruits in warm weather and does not contain the hallucinogen psilocybin despite several erroneous reports to the contrary. [1] In 1963 Tyler and Smith found that this mushroom contains serotonin, 5-htp and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid.

It is sometimes mistaken for the hallucinogenic Panaeolus subbalteatus or Panaeolus castaneifolius which both share the same habitat and can be differentiated by their jet black spores.

Description

  • Cap: 1.5 to to 3 cm across, conic to convex, chestnut brown to tan, hygrophanous, often with a dark band around the margin which fades as the mushroom dries.
  • Gills: Broad, adnate, brown with lighter edges, becoming mottled as the spores mature.
  • Spores: Walnut brown, 13 x 7 micrometers, finely roughened with an apical germ pore.
  • Stipe: 4 to 6 cm by 2 to 3 mm, fragile, hollow, white to light brown, pruinose and slightly striate.
  • Taste: Mild with a slight tryptamine odor which smells slightly like a zoo.
  • Odor: Distinctive mushroom taste with zoo-like tryptamine overtones.


 

 
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Panaeolina_foenisecii". A list of authors is available in Wikipedia.
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