Egghead Mottlegill - Panaeolus semiovatus
Pale buff-colured cap; egg-shaped and not flattening out as it matures. The gills are grey and become black with age. The stem is whitish with a ring zone that becomes black with shed spores when the mushroom is mature.
other Mottlegills and Dung Roundhead Stropharia semiglobata
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On weathered dung of herbivores
Found from late spring to early winter.
Widespread but infrequently recorded in Britain
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland.
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 9
- First record:
- 05/05/2008 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 07/11/2024 (Bell, Melinda)
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