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Panaeolus papilionaceus var. parvisporus

Panaeolus papilionaceus var. parvisporus

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Hymenomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Bolbitiaceae
Genus: Panaeolus
Species: P. papilionaceus var. parvisporus
Binomial name
Panaeolus papilionaceus var. parvisporus
Ewald Gerhardt
Synonyms

Panaeolus campanulatus sensu auct. brit.[1]
Panaeolus retirugis sensu auct. brit.[1]

Panaeolus papilionaceus var. parvisporus
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 var parvisporus is a little brown mushroom.


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, grayish brown, not hygrophanous, conic to campanulate in age. The cap margin is not> adorned with remnants of the partial veil. The stem is 10 cm by 2.5 mm, fibrous and pruinose. The gills are adnexed and close, with one or two tiers of intermediate gills.

Some collections are mildly psychoactive, containing psilocybin.

References

  1. ^ a b "sensu auct. brit." means "according to British authors".
 
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