Panaeolus antillarum

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Panaeolus antillarum

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Bolbitiaceae
Genus:	Panaeolus
Species:	P. antillarum
Binomial name
*Panaeolus antillarum* (Fr.) Dennis
Synonyms
Agaricus antillarum Agaricus solidipes Panaeolus phalaenarum Panaeolus sepulchralis Psilocybe antillarum

Panaeolus antillarum Mycological characteristics
	Gills on hymenium
	Cap is convex
	Hymenium is adnexed
	Stipe is bare
	Spore print is black
	Ecology is saprotrophic
	Edibility is edible

Panaeolus antillarum is a species of mushroom in the family Bolbitiaceae. It is edible but not commonly eaten. It is found from northern North America through Mexico into northern South America.^[1]

It 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.

Description

Cap: 3 to 6 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.
Spore print: Jet black.
Stipe: 4 to 22 cm long and .5 to 2 cm thick, solid, sometimes slightly larger at the base.
Taste: Fungal.
Odor: Fungal.
Size: Small to medium.
Microscopic features: Spores ellipsoid, 15 - 20 (21) x 10 - 14 x 8 - 10(11) μm. Cheilocystidia cylindrical to narrowly utriform, colorless, 30 - 45 μm. Sulphidia clavate, sometimes with a stalk, 25 - 50 μm. Basidia four spored, 30 - 35 micrometers long.^[2]

Distribution and habitat

It's common and widely distributed. It grows on dung.

References

^ Stamets, Paul (1996). Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 0-9610798-0-0.
^ Gerhardt, Ewald. TAXONOMISCHE REVISION DER GATTUNGEN PANAEOLUS UND PANAEOLINA. ISBN 3-510-48018-X.

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Taxon identifiers
Panaeolus antillarum	Wikidata: Q7129778 APNI: 177066 AusFungi: 60023983 BioLib: 414347 CoL: 4C94P GBIF: 3317043 iNaturalist: 348989 IndexFungorum: 335553 IRMNG: 10947093 MycoBank: 335553 NatureServe: 2.1152206 NBN: NBNSYS0000038439 NCBI: 1033290 NZOR: c2c348f4-7d15-4ba5-8df3-b230d7ed3394 Observation.org: 27755 Open Tree of Life: 117748 SpeciesFungorum: 335553
Agaricus antillarum	Wikidata: Q107470891 AusFungi: 60074660 CoL: 65LSC GBIF: 5456077 IndexFungorum: 451204 MycoBank: 451204 SpeciesFungorum: 451204

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