Egghead Mottlegill

Egghead Mottlegill - Panaeolus semiovatus

Description

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.  

Similar Species

other Mottlegills and Dung Roundhead Stropharia semiglobata

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Photograph from top down, in side-view and underneath to show gills; ensure stipe with ring-zone is clearly shown; note habitat and substrate.

Habitat

On weathered dung of herbivores

When to see it

Found from late spring to early winter.

UK Status

Widespread but infrequently recorded in Britain

VC55 Status

Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland.

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

MAP KEY:

Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2025+ | 2020-2024 | pre-2020

UK Map

Additional images

All NatureSpot records