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Cap:
15-28 mm, semiglobate, campanulate to convex, hardly
expanding, margin often torn and pedaled, smooth not viscid, and slightly
wrinkled and pitted with age. Dark grey-brown drying whitish. Gills:ventricose-adnate, 5 mm broad, crowded and grey to olivaceous
black with distinct white edges. Stem:4-6.5 cm x 2-3 mm, cylindrical, fistulose and punctate-pruinose
from apex to 1/3 towards base, downwards slightly fibrillose, reddish-brown
and greyish. bluish at base. Spores:12-14 x 8-10 x 6-7.5 microns. elliptical. Sporeprint: Black with white edges. Habitat:preferably the dung of buffalo and cattle, sometimes
in manured soil, but rare. Originally only know of from Morocco, Africa
and then from Hawaii, a recent discovery of this mushroom in abundance
appeared in a lawn of a Churchyard of Belp near Bern, Switzerland. Additionally
it has once been found in spain. Distribution: North Africa and Hawaii, Spain and Switzerland. Season: During and after rainy periods. Dosage: 4 to 7 to 10 fresh mushrooms, 1-2 dried grams. Comment: Common on Oahu at Kualoa Ranch and at pastures on Oahu's
North Shore. |

