Bell Mottlegill

Panaeolus sphinctrinus

Forests, parks, pastures, fallow land, meadows. From spring to autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap 1–3 cm across, rarely larger, bell-shaped, greyish-brown, grey, smooth, dry, the margin white-toothed. Gills dark grey, finally greyish-black, the edges white-„encrusted“. Stem 7-12x0.2-0.3 cm, slender, brownish, with a bloom. Flesh brownish, thin, without any particular smell or taste. Characteristic features: cap greyish-brown, stem thin, long, spores lemon-shaped, black. Grows on the excrement of wild animals, in small groups. Very common. Has psychotropic, hallucinogenic properties; of interest to physicians.