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{{Taxobox
| color = lightblue
| name = ''Panaeolus africanus''
| image =
| regnum = [[Fungi]]
| phylum = [[Basidiomycota]]
| classis = [[Hymenomycetes]]
| ordo = [[Agaricales]]
| familia = [[Bolbitiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Panaeolus]]''
| species = '''''P. africanus'''''
| binomial = ''Panaeolus africanus''
| binomial_authority = Ola'h
}}
{{mycomorphbox
| name = Panaeolus africanus
| whichGills = adnexed
| whichGills2 = adnate
| capShape = convex
| hymeniumType=gills
| stipeCharacter=bare
| ecologicalType=saprophytic
| sporePrintColor=black
| howEdible=unknown}}
'''Panaeolus africanus''' is a little brown mushroom which contains small amounts of the hallucinogen [[psilocybin]]. It has been found in central Africa and southern Sudan.
== Description ==
This is a little brown mushroom that grows on hippopotamus and elephant dung and has black spores. The cap is up to 2 cm across, gray, conic, often with scaly cracks. It is viscid when moist and the flesh is grey to white. The gills are grayish when young and turn black with a mottled appearance as the spores mature. The stem is 4 cm by 5 mm, [[wikt:pruinose|pruinose]] at the top. The spores are black, rather variable, 13 x 9 microns, shaped like almonds. Macroscopically, this species resembles [[Panaeolus semiovatus var. phalaenarum]].
== External links ==
* [http://www.mushroomjohn.org/panaeolusafricanus1.htm Mushroom John - Panaeolus africanus]
[[Category:Panaeolus]]
[[Category:Psychoactive mushrooms]]
[[Category:Psychedelic tryptamine carriers]]
| color = lightblue
| name = ''Panaeolus africanus''
| image =
| regnum = [[Fungi]]
| phylum = [[Basidiomycota]]
| classis = [[Hymenomycetes]]
| ordo = [[Agaricales]]
| familia = [[Bolbitiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Panaeolus]]''
| species = '''''P. africanus'''''
| binomial = ''Panaeolus africanus''
| binomial_authority = Ola'h
}}
{{mycomorphbox
| name = Panaeolus africanus
| whichGills = adnexed
| whichGills2 = adnate
| capShape = convex
| hymeniumType=gills
| stipeCharacter=bare
| ecologicalType=saprophytic
| sporePrintColor=black
| howEdible=unknown}}
'''Panaeolus africanus''' is a little brown mushroom which contains small amounts of the hallucinogen [[psilocybin]]. It has been found in central Africa and southern Sudan.
== Description ==
This is a little brown mushroom that grows on hippopotamus and elephant dung and has black spores. The cap is up to 2 cm across, gray, conic, often with scaly cracks. It is viscid when moist and the flesh is grey to white. The gills are grayish when young and turn black with a mottled appearance as the spores mature. The stem is 4 cm by 5 mm, [[wikt:pruinose|pruinose]] at the top. The spores are black, rather variable, 13 x 9 microns, shaped like almonds. Macroscopically, this species resembles [[Panaeolus semiovatus var. phalaenarum]].
== External links ==
* [http://www.mushroomjohn.org/panaeolusafricanus1.htm Mushroom John - Panaeolus africanus]
[[Category:Panaeolus]]
[[Category:Psychoactive mushrooms]]
[[Category:Psychedelic tryptamine carriers]]
