Panaeolus antillarum
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| Panaeolus antillarum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Phylum: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Hymenomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Bolbitiaceae |
| Genus: | Panaeolus |
| Species: | P. antillarum |
| Binomial name | |
| Panaeolus antillarum (Fries) Dennis |
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Agaricus antillarum |
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gills on hymenium |
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cap is convex |
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hymenium is adnexed |
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stipe is bare |
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spore print is black |
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ecology is saprotrophic |
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edibility: edible |
Panaeolus antillarum is a common and widely distributed small to medium sized grey mushroom which grows on dung. It is edible but not commonly eaten.
Panaeolus antillarum 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.
[edit] Description
- Cap: 3 to 7 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.
- Spores: Black and ellipsoid, 15 - 20 x 10 - 14 micrometres.
- 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: Cheilocystidia colorless, 30 - 45 micrometers. Basidia four spored, 30 - 35 micrometers long.
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