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Panaeolus antillarum

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Class
  
Agaricomycetes

Family
  
Scientific name
  
Panaeolus antillarum

Division
  
Basidiomycota

Order
  
Agaricales

Genus
  
Panaeolus

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Panaeolus semiovatus var semi, Panaeolus acuminatus, Panaeolus fimicola, Panaeolus olivaceus, Peniophora pini

Panaeolus antillarum is a common and widely distributed small to medium-sized gray mushroom which grows on dung. It is edible but not commonly eaten. Found from northern North America through Mexico into northern South America.

Panaeolus antillarum antillarum

It is often mistaken for Panaeolus semiovatus var. phalaenarum or Panaeolus cyanescens, the latter species can be distinguished by the thinner, grayer cap and blue bruising.

Panaeolus antillarum Panaeolus antillarum SPECIES AND STRAINS OF ENTEOGENIC PSILOCYBE

Description

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  • Cap: 3 to 6 cm, bell-shaped to convex, white to light gray or yellowish, The caps are thick, smooth, often with fine wrinkles and acquire a silver white shiny color in age.
  • Gills: Gray in young specimens, turning black as the spores mature.
  • Spore print: Jet black.
  • Stipe: 4 to 22 cm long and .5 to 2 cm thick, solid, sometimes slightly larger at the base.
  • Taste: Fungal.
  • Odor: Fungal.
  • Microscopic features: Spores ellipsoid, 15 - 20 (21) x 10 - 14 x 8 - 10(11) μm. Cheilocystidia cylindrical to narrowly utriform, colorless, 30 - 45 μm. Sulphidia clavate, sometimes with a stalk, 25 - 50 μm. Basidia four spored, 30 - 35 micrometers long.

  • Panaeolus antillarum Panaeolus antillarum Fr Dennis Checklist View

    Panaeolus antillarum STRI Office of Bioinformatics Metas

    Panaeolus antillarum STRI Office of Bioinformatics Metas

    References

    Panaeolus antillarum Wikipedia