Petticoat Mottlegill

Petticoat Mottlegill - Panaeolus papilionaceus

Alternative names
Panaeolus sphinctrinus
Description

Cap pale-brown or greyish-brown, drying to a pale grey; intiially conical and becoming bell-shaped; smooth.   The mottled gills have a white edge.  The English name comes from the fragments of the veil left hanging from the rim of the cap.

Similar Species

other Mottlegills

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Photograph top-down, in side view and underneath to show gills; note habitat and substrate.

Habitat

On herbivore dung in grassland

When to see it

Peaking in autumn.

UK Status

Fairly frequent and widespread in Britain.

VC55 Status

Fairly common 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