Panaeolus africanus

Panaeolus africanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Bolbitiaceae
Genus: Panaeolus
Species:
P. africanus
Binomial name
Panaeolus africanus
Panaeolus africanus
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex
Hymenium is adnexed or adnate
Stipe is bare
Spore print is black
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is psychoactive

Panaeolus africanus is a little brown mushroom that contains irregular amounts of the hallucinogens psilocybin and psilocin.[1] It has been found in central Africa and southern Sudan.[1]

  1. ^ a b Stamets, Paul (1996). Psilocybe Mushrooms of the World. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. p. 71. ISBN 0-9610798-0-0.