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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.

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.

External links

  • Mushroom John - Panaeolus africanus
 
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