Panaeolus fimicola

Panaeolus fimicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Bolbitiaceae
Genus: Panaeolus
Species:
P. fimicola
Binomial name
Panaeolus fimicola
(Fr.) Quél. (1872)
Synonyms
  • Agaricus fimicola Fr. (1821)
  • Coprinarius fimicola (Fr.) P. Kumm. (1871)
  • Panaeolus fimicola var. ater J.E. Lange (1940)
  • Panaeolus ater (J.E. Lange) Kühner & Romagn. (1953)
Panaeolus fimicola
Mycological characteristics
Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex
Hymenium is adnexed
Stipe is bare
Spore print is black
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is psychoactive

Panaeolus fimicola, commonly known as the turf mottlegill or grass mottlegill, is a widespread but rarely identified "little brown mushroom" which sometimes contains small amounts of the hallucinogen psilocybin. Panaeolus ater is a synonym.