Panaeolus bisporus

Panaeolus bisporus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Bolbitiaceae
Genus: Panaeolus
Species: P. bisporus
Binomial name
Panaeolus bisporus
(Malencon and Bertault) Singer and Weeks
Synonyms

Panaeolus bispora
Copelandia bisporus
Copelandia bispora

Panaeolus bisporus
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Mycological characteristics

gills on hymenium
cap is convex
hymenium is adnexed
stipe is bare
spore print is black
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: psychoactive

Panaeolus bisporus, also known as Copelandia bisporus is a rare and widely distributed little brown mushroom that bruises blue and contains the hallucinogen psilocybin.

This mushroom is similar macroscopically to Panaeolus tropicalis, Panaeolus cambodginiensis and Panaeolus cyanescens, but can be differentiated using a microscope by its two spored basidia.

Description

Panaeolus bisporus two spored basidum

This is a little brown mushroom that grows on dung and has black spores. It has been found in Hawaii, Southern California, North Africa, Spain and Switzerland.

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