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Panaeolus cambodginiensis



Panaeolus cambodginiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Hymenomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Bolbitiaceae
Genus: Panaeolus
Species: P. cambodginiensis
Binomial name
Panaeolus cambodginiensis
(OlaĽh et Heim) Singer & Weeks. (Merlin & Allen, 1993)
Synonyms

Copelandia cambodginiensis

Panaeolus cambodginiensis
mycological characteristics:
 
gills on hymenium
 

cap is convex

 

hymenium is adnexed

 

stipe is bare

 

spore print is black

 

ecology is saprophytic

 

edibility: psychoactive

Panaeolus cambodginiensis is a potent hallucinogenic mushroom which contains psilocybin.

Description

The cap is less than 23 mm across, with a convex shape and an incurved margin when young, expanding to broadly convex. The cap surface is smooth, often cracking with irregular fissures. The gills are gray to black. The stem is 5 to 10 cm tall, 4 mm thick, and slightly swollen at the base. The spores are blackish brown, shaped like lemons, smooth, measuring 11 x 8 micrometres. The entire mushroom quickly bruises blue where it is handled.

It can be differentiated from Panaeolus cyanescens by microscopic characteristics.

Habitat and distribution

Panaeolus cambodginiensis is mushroom that grows on dung of water buffalo. It was first described from Cambodia and is widespread throughout the Asian subtropics and Hawaii.

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