Panaeolina foenisecii (Pers.:Fr.) Maire
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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
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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
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| | Above : distribution map of Panaeolina foenisecii in the forest of Rambouillet |
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page updated on 14/01/18