Panaeolina foenisecii

Panaeolina foenisecii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Bolbitiaceae
Genus: Panaeolina
Species: P. foenisecii
Binomial name
Panaeolina foenisecii
(Pers.) R.Maire (1933)
Synonyms[1]

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
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Mycological characteristics

gills on hymenium
cap is convex
hymenium is adnexed
stipe is bare
spore print is blackish-brown
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: inedible

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.[2] In many field guides it is listed as psychoactive due to psilocybin content, however the mushroom does not produce any psychoactive alkaloids.[3]

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.

Description

Gallery

The following two images are of Panaeolina foenisecii in the wild with two magnifications of the spore print.

See also

References

  1. "Panaeolina foenisecii (Pers.) Maire 1933". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
  2. Tyler VE, Smith AH. (1963). "Protoalkaloids in Panaeolus species". In Mothes K, Schroter HB (eds). 2 Internationale Arbeitstagung Biochemie und Physiologie der Alkaloide. Berlin, Germany. pp. 45–54.
  3. John W. Allen and Mark D. Merlin. "Observations Regarding the Suspected Psychoactive Properties of Panaeolus foenisecii Maire". Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  4. "Panaeolus foenisecii (Pers.) Maire 1933". Mushroomexpert.com. Retrieved 2013-03-03.

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