Panaeolus africanus is a little brown mushroom that contains irregular amounts of the hallucinogens psilocybin and psilocin.

[1] This is a little brown mushroom that grows on hippopotamus and elephant dung and has black spores.

The gills are grayish when young and turn black with a mottled appearance as the spores mature.

The stem is 4 cm long by 5 mm thick, and is pruinose at the top.

Found on hippopotamus and elephant dung in the spring or during the rainy seasons.