Panaeolina foenisecii    (Pers.:Fr.) Maire 

common name(s) : Brown Mottlegill, Brown Hay Cap 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Incertae sedis  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Cortinariales/Bolbitiaceae  

synonyms: Panaeolus foenisecii, Psilocybe foenisecii 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Psathyrella foenisecii)  

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with  Panaeolina foenisecii toxicity of Panaeolina foenisecii genus Panaeolina  

The cap is pinkish brown to orange-red brown; its margin is striate when moist. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is paler than the cap to whitish, without ring.

The flesh is buff to pale brown, unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is not distinctive to spicy; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are grey then black, adnate, distant . The spore print is black-brown. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground.

The fruiting period takes place from May to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 2 cm (between 0.5 and 4 cm)
  height of stem approximately 6 cm (between 2.5 and 8 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 3 mm (between 1 and 4 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : hygrophanous and drying unevenly, reddish stem towards base; mottled gills getting black only when old

Panaeolina foenisecii is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is frequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Panaeolina foenisecii in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Panaeolina foenisecii in the forest of Rambouillet



page updated on 14/01/18