Dung-loving Ink Cap
Panaeolus antillarum
Dung-loving Ink Cap
Panaeolus antillarum
Panaeolus antillarum is a species of mushroom in the family Bolbitiaceae. It is a common and widely distributed small to medium-sized gray mushroom which grows on dung. It is edible but not commonly eaten.
Cap: 3 to 6 cm, bell-shaped to convex, white to light gray or yellowish. The caps are thick, smooth, often with fine wrinkles and acquire a silver white shiny color in age.
Gills: Gray in young specimens, turning black as the spores mature.
Spore print: Black.
Stipe: 4 to 22 cm long and .5 to 2 cm thick, solid, sometimes slightly larger at the base.
Taste: Fungal.
Odor: Fungal.
Size: Small to medium.
Panaeolus antillarum
Panaeolus antillarum is a species of mushroom in the family Bolbitiaceae. It is a common and widely distributed small to medium-sized gray mushroom which grows on dung. It is edible but not commonly eaten.
Cap: 3 to 6 cm, bell-shaped to convex, white to light gray or yellowish. The caps are thick, smooth, often with fine wrinkles and acquire a silver white shiny color in age.
Gills: Gray in young specimens, turning black as the spores mature.
Spore print: Black.
Stipe: 4 to 22 cm long and .5 to 2 cm thick, solid, sometimes slightly larger at the base.
Taste: Fungal.
Odor: Fungal.
Size: Small to medium.
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