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Panaeolus antillarum

Panaeolus antillarum

Diego Varales
Hongo Variegado Norteamericano

Family: Strophariaceae
Order: Agaricales
Class: Agaricomycetes
Phylum / Division: Basidiomycota
Kingdom: Fungi

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Description


Panaeolus antillarum is a species of mushroom in the family Bolbitiaceae.

 
  • 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.
  • Microscopic features: Spores ellipsoid, 15 - 20 (21) x 10 - 14 x 8 - 10(11) μm. Cheilocystidia cylindrical to narrowly utriform, colorless, 30 - 45 μm. Sulphidia clavate, sometimes with a stalk, 25 - 50 μm. Basidia four spored, 30 - 35 micrometers long.


Similar species: It is often mistaken for Panaeolus semiovatus var. phalaenarum or Panaeolus cyanescens, the latter species can be distinguished by the thinner, grayer cap and blue bruising.

Distribution and habitat: It´s common and widely distributed. It grows on dung. It is found from northern North America through Mexico into northern South America.

Uses: It is edible but not commonly eaten.

Source: Wikipedia, article Panaeolus antillarum. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Foto
Photography ID: 680142
  Mature Fruitbody

San Huberto
Córdoba
Argentina
02/13/2026
Eduardo Nadal
Foto
Photography ID: 631055
  Adult

Gualeguaychú
Entre Ríos
Argentina
04/16/2025
Rodolfo Julio Velazquez
Foto
Photography ID: 583545
  Adult

Cabana, Unquillo
Córdoba
Argentina
03/24/2023
Manuel Eduardo Serra
Foto
Photography ID: 582185
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  Adult

San Miguel del Monte
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/03/2008
Hernán Tolosa
Foto
Photography ID: 571985
 
San Huberto
Córdoba
Argentina
02/09/2024
Eduardo Nadal
Foto
Photography ID: 559534
  Adult

General Pico
La Pampa
Argentina
12/11/2023
Hugo Alberto Valderrey
Foto
Photography ID: 540443
  Adult

Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
04/29/2023
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 532419
  Mature Fruitbody

Gualeguaychú
Entre Ríos
Argentina
04/14/2023
Daniel Fabián Barrios
Foto
Photography ID: 532417
  Mature Fruitbody

Gualeguaychú
Entre Ríos
Argentina
04/14/2023
Daniel Fabián Barrios
Foto
Photography ID: 491077
  Adult

Las Padercitas
La Rioja
Argentina
04/26/2018
Ramón Vera
Foto
Photography ID: 491071
  Adult

Las Padercitas
La Rioja
Argentina
04/26/2018
Ramón Vera



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
245362913/02/2026ArgentinaCórdobaSan HubertoEduardo Nadal
227427116/04/2025ArgentinaEntre RíosRío Gualeguaychú (zona Costanera Sur), GualeguaychúRodolfo Julio Velazquez
197780809/02/2024ArgentinaCórdobaSan HubertoEduardo Nadal
192849711/12/2023ArgentinaLa PampaGeneral PicoHugo Alberto Valderrey
178716229/04/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Natural Paititi, Mar del PlataJosé Luis Ianiro
175813829/04/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Natural Privada Paititi, Partido de General PueyrredónJosé Luis Ianiro
175322114/04/2023ArgentinaEntre RíosEstancia San Luis de Oppen, GualeguaychúDaniel Fabián Barrios
175321514/04/2023ArgentinaEntre RíosEstancia San Luis de Oppen, GualeguaychúDaniel Fabián Barrios
203303124/03/2023ArgentinaCórdobaReserva Natural Los Quebrachitos, Cabana, UnquilloManuel Eduardo Serra
157321626/04/2018ArgentinaLa RiojaLas PadercitasRamón Vera
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Panaeolus antillarum – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 27/09/2026.