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Panaeolus rickenii.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Wiesendüngerling
Panaeolus rickenii Mushroom
Ref No: 8457
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location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Brown, Grey to beige
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Conical or nearly so
stem type: Stem much longer than cap diameter
spore colour: Purplish to black
habitat: Grows on the ground, Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides

Panaeolus rickenii Hora Wiesendüngerling. Cap 1–2cm across, convex to conical with prominent umbo, dark brown and striate at margin when moist drying pale buff or tan, flushed tan towards centre. Stem 50–100 x 2–3m, pinkish brown or tan with paler apex. Flesh thin, tan. Taste not distinctive, smell mushroomy. Gills adnate, grey soon becoming black. Spore print black. Spores lemon-shaped, 13–16 x 9.5–11um. Habitat in damp pastureland. Season summer to autumn. Frequent. Not edible. Found In Europe.

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