Panaeolina foenisecii
Heudüngerling ( Panaeolus foenisecii )
The Heudüngerling ( Panaeolina foenisecii ) is a mushroom of the family of Mürblingsverwandten ( Psathyrellaceae ) and belongs to the genus Panaeolina, which differs from the genus of fertilizer Linge ( Panaeolus ) differs by warty spores. A common synonym is Panaeolus foenisecii. In English, the type is called Haymakers toadstool.
Description
The Heudüngerling is a fungus of graceful shape. The stem is colored pale brownish, slightly frosted, has a satiny sheen and reaches a length of 40 to 80 mm and is about 2 to 3 mm thick, the stem base is narrow. On the stem sits halbglockige hat that has a diameter of 10 to 30 mm and dark brown, clay colored when dry, is colored, its edge is dark. The fins are removed standing. In the young fruit bodies they are brown and have a white- mottled vagina, older fruiting bodies with black brown and spotted fins. The almond-shaped spores of acting Heudüngerlings are light brown and 13 to 15 microns long. Its surface is rough and warty. The flesh of the fungus is brownish. The fruiting bodies appear gregarious to grassy.
Pharmacology
The Heudüngerling is a slightly poisonous mushroom and leads generally eaten raw to disorders of the digestive system. Although he produced like all fertilizer Linge 5-substituted indole compounds such as serotonin, these are taken orally but ineffective. While in some areas in the U.S. and Canada, the psychoactive substance psilocybin could be proved, he could not be found in the fungus elsewhere, accordingly, the cause of the psilocybin syndrome as it also cause other fertilizer Linge, highly controversial. There is evidence that hallucinogenic effect in some cases. Cases of poisoning have been documented from the UK.
Occurrence
The distribution area of Heudüngerlings extends across the temperate regions of Europe, North and South America, Asia, North Africa and Australia. It is relatively common. The populated habitats are grasslands and pastures of all kinds, but especially agricultural areas. He comes from summer to fall in the first place shortly after a mowing to light, which is why he wears the nickname " Heuschnittpilz ". It can be found in forests and roadsides and on the extension of many larger herbivores, especially horses and cattle.
The Heudüngerling performs a saprophagous life as Destruent and feeds on animal dung.