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Banded mottlegill (Panaeolus cinctulus)
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Inedible · legally controlled

Banded mottlegill

Panaeolus cinctulus · Bolbitiaceae

The banded mottlegill is a very common mushroom of compost heaps, fertilised lawns and gardens, with a brown cap and a darker band at the edge.

FamilyBolbitiaceae
SeasonApr–Oct
Spore printBlack
Cap width1.5–6 cm
Stem length4–10 cm
Records in TurkeyNone yet
CultivationWild only
StatusInedible · legally controlled

The banded mottlegill is a very common mushroom of compost heaps, fertilised lawns and gardens, with a brown cap and a darker band at the edge. It contains psilocybin. In the early 1900s it was reported to turn up as a weed in button-mushroom beds, where it had to be picked out. This page is for identification and warning only.

Also called: belted panaeolus Turkish: Panaeolus cinctulus Synonyms: Panaeolus subbalteatus

Banded mottlegill

How to recognise it

Banded mottlegill, part by part

No ring or volva Spore print: Black Never taste it.

Cap — Banded mottlegill
Cap1.5–6 cm; cinnamon-brown, soot-black when wet; darker outer band.
Gills — Banded mottlegill
GillsCrowded; cream at first, then mottled brown, finally soot-black, with white edges.
Stem — Banded mottlegill
Stem4–10 cm, reddish-brown or white-powdery, hollow.

When and where

Apr–Oct

  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Aprin season
  5. Mayin season
  6. Junin season
  7. Julin season
  8. Augin season
  9. Sepin season
  10. Octin season
  11. Nov
  12. Dec

The banded mottlegill fruits from spring to autumn, after rain; there are no GBIF records of it in Turkey.

Where does banded mottlegill grow?

The banded mottlegill grows on compost, fertilised lawns and gardens, rarely directly on horse dung, singly, in groups or in clusters. It is found worldwide.

In Turkey

There are no GBIF records of the banded mottlegill in Turkey.

Our map has no observations of banded mottlegill from Turkey yet.

See on the map

In its habitat — Banded mottlegill
In its habitat
In its habitat — Banded mottlegill
In its habitat

Look-alikes

What is it mistaken for?

Banded mottlegill
Banded mottlegill
Button mushroom
Button mushroom
Edible species

Button mushroom Agaricus bisporus

The banded mottlegill was reported as a weed in button-mushroom beds; Agaricus has a ring and a chocolate-brown spore print.

Banded mottlegill
Banded mottlegill
Deadly galerina
Deadly galerina
Deadly

Deadly galerina Galerina marginata

No little brown mushroom can be safely told apart by eye.

Related species

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