Panaeolus africanus

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Panaeolus africanus
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Bolbitiaceae
Genus: Panaeolus
Species:
P. africanus
Binomial name
Panaeolus africanus
Panaeolus africanus
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Panaeolus africanus is a little brown mushroom that contains irregular amounts of the hallucinogens psilocybin and psilocin. [1] It has been found in central Africa and southern Sudan. [1]

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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 in diameter, gray, conic, and 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 long by 5 mm thick, and is pruinose at the top. The spores are black, rather variable, 13 x 9 μm, and shaped like almonds. Macroscopically, this species resembles Panaeolus semiovatus var. phalaenarum. [1]

Habitat and distribution

Reported from central Africa to the southern regions of the Sudan. Probably more widely distributed. Found on hippopotamus and elephant dung in the spring or during the rainy seasons. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Stamets, Paul (1996). Psilocybe Mushrooms of the World. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. p. 71. ISBN   0-9610798-0-0.