Panaeolus papilionaceus (Petticoat mottlegill)

Cap: parbolic or bell-shaped then opening to broadly conical, dry, smooth. Immature caps are semiglobose. Colour variable from dark grey to sooty black but rapidly drying to pallid grey or light brown.

Gills: pallid grey becoming black mottled with grey patches, margins light.

Stem: cylindrical, hollow, smooth with fine white powder dusted over the surface

Spore print: black

Habitat: Grow in small groups on dung, especially that of horses.

Notes: Common and widespread.

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