Brown Mottlegill

Panaeolina foenisecii

Meadows, pastures, squares, among grass, lawns. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies tiny. Cap 0.5-1.5 (2.5) cm, bell-shaped when young, later flattened-conical, flattened, with an umbo, fading, smooth, dry, greyish-brown, yellowish-greyish-brown, sand-coloured. Gills pale greyish-brown, brown, chocolate, adnate. Stem 3-7x0.1-0.3 cm, of even thickness, hollow, cream, greyish-brownish. Flesh thin, brownish, not bitter. Characteristic features: fruiting bodies fragile, gills brown, chocolate-coloured. Grows in summer and autumn, singly, in meadows, pastures and lawns. A nitrophile. Very common. Has psychotropic properties and ought to interest physicians as well