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| synonyms: Egghead Mottlegill, Ring-Düngerling |
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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: White to cream, Grey to beige |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| cap type: Other |
| stem type: Ring on stem, Stem much longer than cap diameter |
| flesh: Mushroom slimy or sticky |
| spore colour: Purplish to black |
| habitat: Grows on plant material/manure |
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Panaeolus semiovatus (Sow. ex Fr.) Lund. syn. Anellaria separata (L. ex Fr.) Karst. syn. P. separatus (L. ex Fr.) Gillet Ring-Düngerling Egghead Mottlegill. Cap 2–6cm across, ovate-bell-shaped, never expanding, clay white tinged yellowish towards centre, viscid, drying shiny, velar remnants often adhering to margin. Stem 50–100 x 4–8mm, slightly thickened at base, whitish; ring white and membranaceous, persistent. Flesh whitish, yellowish in stem. Gills broad, whitish, soon brown-black, often with a white edge. Pleurocystidia in form of broad lanceolate chrysocystidia with pointed apices. Spore print black. Spores pip-shaped, 16–20 x 10–12um. Habitat on dung. Season spring to early winter. Occasional. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe.
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Tony Wharton (United Kingdom) - 26 October 2024
Photographed on horse dung in Piper's Hill Wood, Worcestershire.
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Ricky Rasquedo (United Kingdom) - 28 June 2024
Found growing on cow dung in late May, North Wales.
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Ricky Rasquedo (United Kingdom) - 28 June 2024
Found growing on cow dung in late May, North Wales.
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Adrian Shaw (United Kingdom) - 12 April 2024
I'm not sure what species this is but it looks and seems the same. found on horse dung/hay
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