Panaeolina foenisecii
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Bolbitiaceae |
| Genus: | Panaeolina |
| Species: | P. foenisecii |
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Panaeolina foenisecii (Pers.) R.Maire (1933) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Agaricus foenisecii Pers. (1800) |
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| Mycological characteristics | |
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gills on hymenium |
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cap is convex |
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hymenium is adnexed |
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stipe is bare |
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spore print is blackish-brown |
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ecology is saprotrophic |
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edibility: inedible |
Agaricus foenisecii Pers. (1800)
Prunulus foenisecii (Pers.) Gray (1821)
Psilocybe foenisecii (Pers.) Quél. (1872)
Drosophila foenisecii (Pers.) Quél. (1886)
Coprinarius foenisecii (Pers.) J.Schröt. (1889)
Psathyra foenisecii (Pers.) G.Bertrand (1901)
Panaeolus foenisecii (Pers.) J.Schröt. (1926)
Psathyrella foenisecii (Pers.) A.H.Sm. (1972)
Panaeolina foenisecii, commonly called the mower's mushroom, haymaker or brown hay mushroom, is a very common and widely distributed little brown mushroom often found on lawns. In 1963 Tyler and Smith found that this mushroom contains serotonin, 5-HTP and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid. In many field guides it is listed as psychoactive due to psilocybin content, however the mushroom does not produce any psychoactive alkaloids.
It is sometimes mistaken for the psychedelic Panaeolus cinctulus or Panaeolus olivaceus both of which share the same habitat and can be differentiated by their jet black spores. This is probably why Panaeolina foenisecii is often listed as a psychoactive species.
The following two images are of Panaeolina foenisecii in the wild with two magnifications of the spore print.
Wild Panaeolina foenisecii showing banded cap
stipe and gills
Panaeolina foenisecii spores magnified
Panaeolina foenisecii spores
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