Panaeolus papilionaceus    (Bull.:Fr.) Quél. 

common name(s) : Petticoat Mottlegill, Hoop Petticoat Mushroom 

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

synonyms: Panaeolus campanulatus, Panaeolus sphinctrinus, Panaeolus papilionaceus-papilionaceus, Panaeolus campanulatus-sphinctrinus 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Panaeolus linnaeanus)  

edibility : poisonous

photo gallery of Panaeolus papilionaceus
photo gallery of Panaeolus papilionaceus potential confusions with Panaeolus papilionaceus toxicity of Panaeolus papilionaceus genus Panaeolus  

The cap is brown to buff or ash grey. The cap surface is smooth, sticky when damp.

The stem is pale brown, without ring.

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

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

The fruiting period takes place from April to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 3 cm (between 0.8 and 5 cm)
  height of stem approximately 10 cm (between 4 and 15 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 4 mm (between 1 and 8 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : cloudy gills with a white edge, on dunk

Panaeolus papilionaceus is quite rare and scattered in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Panaeolus papilionaceus in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Panaeolus papilionaceus in the forest of Rambouillet



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