Panaeolus bisporus

Panaeolus bisporus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Hymenomycetes
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
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.

See also

Fungi portal

• List of Panaeolus species

References

• Stamets, Paul (1996). Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 0-9610798-0-0. 

External links

• Mushroom Observer - Panaeolus bisporus
• Panaeolus bisporus microscopy composite
• Panaeolus bisporus photo