Psilocybin-containingGaleropsidaceaeAfricaEuropeOceania
Panaeolus bisporus
Psilocybin-active Panaeolus recorded from North Africa, southern Europe and introduced elsewhere.
Regional status: native
- Cap
- Hemispherical to bell-shaped, smooth, brown to grey
- Gills
- Mottled grey-black with the ripening spores
- Stem
- Slender and brittle, often darker below
- Flesh
- Thin, often bruising blue where cut
- Spore print
- Black
- Habitat
- Dung and richly manured ground
- Distribution
- North Africa, southern Europe and introduced elsewhere
- Season
- Warm wet months
- Bruising
- Some species bruise blue where handled
- Odour
- Indistinct
- Potency
- Moderate
Key features
- ▪Found on dung and richly manured ground
- ▪Spore print black
- ▪Some species bruise blue where handled
Field tests
- Take a spore print before any identification
- Check for blue bruising on the stem base
- Compare against deadly rusty-spored lookalikes
Edibility
Psilocybin-containing. Not a food species; legal status varies by country.
Warning
Photographs and app results can never establish that a mushroom is safe to eat. Deadly Galerina, Conocybe and Amanita species grow in the same habitats and can look near-identical in the field.
Photo and feature-based identification is probabilistic. Never consume a wild mushroom on the basis of an app result — confirm with an experienced mycologist.