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

synonyms: Egghead Mottlegill, Ring-Düngerling
Panaeolus semiovatus 2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8459
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Panaeolus semiovatus Mushroom
Ref No: 8460
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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

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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