Panaeolus

Panaeolus
Panaeolus cinctulus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Bolbitiaceae
Genus: Panaeolus
(Fries) Quél.
Type species
Panaeolus papilionaceus
(Bull.) Quél. 1872
Species
About 98[1]
List of Panaeolus species
Synonyms[2]
List
  • Campanularius Roussel (1806)
  • Agaricus trF. Coprinarius Fr. (1821)
  • Coprinarius (Fr.) P.Kumm. (1871)
  • Anellaria P.Karst. (1879)
  • Chalymmota P.Karst. (1879)
  • Copelandia Bres. (1912)

Panaeolus is a genus of small, black-spored, saprotrophic agarics. The word Panaeolus is Greek for "all variegated", alluding to the spotted gills of the mushrooms produced.

  1. ^ Panaeolus (Genus), zipcodezoo.com, archived from the original on 2012-06-14, retrieved 2010-01-03
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference urlMycoBank: Panaeolus was invoked but never defined (see the help page).