Panaeolus papilionaceus var. parvisporus

Panaeolus papilionaceus var. parvisporus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Bolbitiaceae
Genus:	Panaeolus
Species:	P. papilionaceus
Variety:	P. p. var. parvisporus
Trinomial 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 saprotrophic
	Edibility is edible but not recommended

Panaeolus papilionaceus var. parvisporus is a little brown mushroom that grows in horse or cow dung and is in the genus Panaeolus .

Description

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 allegedly mildly psychoactive, containing psilocybin.

Edibility

Though neither particularly choice in flavor nor substantial in mass, it is nonetheless edible. No member of the genus Panaeolus is known to be toxic.

References

1. "sensu auct. brit." means "according to British authors".

• Stamets, Paul (1996). Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN   0-9610798-0-0.

External links

• Observations on Mushroom Observer