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Panaeolina is a small genus of small mushrooms, containing only about four species. They are a subgroup of
Mushroom expert page on ''Panaeolus foenisecii''
which gives further references which use both these naming choices. Like that genus their gills have a cloudy/speckled/mottled appearance due to the way that their spores ripen unevenly in spots, but they are distinguished because the spores are ornamented while those of ''Panaeolus'' (in the restricted sense) are smooth. Also their gills are dark brown, instead of black or grey.Courtecuisse, R. & Duhem, B. (1994) "Guide des champignons de France et d'Europe" Delachaux et Niestlé , also available in English
Wikispecies - The Genus Panaeolina
* (on Fondazione Museo Civico di Rovereto)
Info on Panaeolina foenisecii intoxication
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Panaeolus
''Panaeolus'' is a genus of small, black-spored, saprotrophic agarics. The word ''Panaeolus'' is Greek for "all variegated", alluding to the spotted gills of the mushrooms produced.
Characteristics
These fungi are mostly dung and grassland sp ...
which have dark brown spores. The type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specime ...
is Panaeolina foenisecii
''Panaeolus foenisecii'', commonly called the mower's mushroom, haymaker or brown hay mushroom, is a very common and widely distributed little brown mushroom often found on lawns and is not an edible mushroom. In 1963 Tyler and Smith found tha ...
, a common lawn mushroom. Members of ''Panaeolina'' are broadly distributed throughout the world.
Some members of Panaeolina have been reported to contain the hallucinogen psilocybin
Psilocybin ( , ) is a naturally occurring psychedelic prodrug compound produced by more than 200 species of fungi. The most potent are members of the genus ''Psilocybe'', such as '' P. azurescens'', '' P. semilanceata'', and '' P.&nbs ...
, however these results are thought to be false positives.
These fungi are sometimes classified as part of the genus ''Panaeolus
''Panaeolus'' is a genus of small, black-spored, saprotrophic agarics. The word ''Panaeolus'' is Greek for "all variegated", alluding to the spotted gills of the mushrooms produced.
Characteristics
These fungi are mostly dung and grassland sp ...
''.SeMushroom expert page on ''Panaeolus foenisecii''
which gives further references which use both these naming choices. Like that genus their gills have a cloudy/speckled/mottled appearance due to the way that their spores ripen unevenly in spots, but they are distinguished because the spores are ornamented while those of ''Panaeolus'' (in the restricted sense) are smooth. Also their gills are dark brown, instead of black or grey.Courtecuisse, R. & Duhem, B. (1994) "Guide des champignons de France et d'Europe" Delachaux et Niestlé , also available in English
Notable species
* ''Panaeolina foenisecii
''Panaeolus foenisecii'', commonly called the mower's mushroom, haymaker or brown hay mushroom, is a very common and widely distributed little brown mushroom often found on lawns and is not an edible mushroom. In 1963 Tyler and Smith found tha ...
'' (very common)
* '' Panaeolina rhombisperma''
* '' Panaeolina sagarae''
* '' Panaeolina microsperma''
References
External links
Wikispecies - The Genus Panaeolina
* (on Fondazione Museo Civico di Rovereto)
Info on Panaeolina foenisecii intoxication
{{Taxonbar, from=Q7129777 Bolbitiaceae Agaricales genera Taxa named by René Maire