Panaeolina is a small genus of small mushrooms, containing only about four species. They are a subgroup of

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 specimen ...

is Panaeolina foenisecii, 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, however these results are thought to be false positives. These fungi are sometimes classified as part of the genus ''

''.Se
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 Panaeolina foensecii 20110625 detail

Notable species

* '' Panaeolina foenisecii'' (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