| Species name | Panaeolina foeniscii |
| Common name | Brown mottlegill |
| Cap | 1-2cm, brown but drying paler cream-beige (drying from centre outwards), conical > convex |
| Gills | Adnate, pale brown > dark brown (becomming mottled) |
| Stipe | 4-7cm, sturdy, cream but flushed brown towards base |
| Growth form | Solitary or in small groups |
| Spore print | Dark brown |
| Spore features | lemon-shaped, rough edged, germ pore |
| Habitat | Lawns and parklands |
| Season | Summer-Autumn |
| Distribution | Widespread, very common |
| Identifying feature | Hygrophanous patterning |
| Similar species | P.cinctilus is similar but is greater in size, P.fimicola is similar but dries darker |
Irish Grassland Fungi 