Panaeolus subalteatus
Belted Panaeolus, banded mottlegill Order Agaricales, Family Psathyrellaceae CAP WITH DARK ZONE RINGING CAP EDGE Cap: 2-3.5 cm wide; broadly convex to plane; brownish with dark ring forming about one cm before the cap edge GILLS FIRST LIGHT THEN BLACKISH BROWN Gills: attached; broad; crowded; first light then blackish brown to black with white edges; mottled STALK REDDISH BROWN Stalk 3.5-8 cm x 3-7mm, hollow, no veil, stalk base occasionally stains blue. SPORE PRINT BLACKISH Spores 8x12µ, smooth, elliptical, thick-walled. ON MANURED LAWNS, GARDENS, SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS HALLUCINOGENIC Lookalikes: Haymower’s mushroom (P. foenisecii) -- in grass, smaller
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Also known as: Panaeolus cinctulus