Strain
Panaeolus cambodginiensis
- Species
- Panaeolus cambodginiensis
- Lineage
- First described from Cambodian water-buffalo dung in 1979
- Also called
- Copelandia cambodginiensis, Goliath, Pan Cambo
Dung-associated (water buffalo); hobbyist substrate follows the manure/grain-plus-casing Panaeolus pattern. The 'Goliath' isolate reportedly grows unusually large for the species.
Photos

Panaeolus cambodginiensis, a single fruit.Photo: Andrés Ramírez-Barrera, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Add a note

Panaeolus cambodginiensis — wild species photo (identification as recorded by the photographer, not a cultured specimen).Photo: Copyright ©2010 Blue Helix, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Add a note
Summary
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Growing Panaeolus cambodginiensis
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At a glance
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Grows on
- Dung (manure-loving, like cubensis)
- Lineage and origin
- First described from Cambodian water-buffalo dung in 1979
- Traits
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- Similar strains
- Albino Penis Envy, Avery's Albino, B+, Cambodian
Timeline
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- To harvest
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- Flushes
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Climate
Typical range for the species, not tested on this strain.
- Colonizing
- 75–80 °F
- 70–75 °F, 90–95%
- Fresh air ()
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- Light
- 39w 6500K CFL (13w each bulb x3)
Substrate and casing
- Substrate
- 50% horse manure, 30% powdered straw, 20% CVG
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What it looks like
- Phenotype
- Cap under 23mm, convex with incurved margin when young expanding to broadly convex with a smooth surface that develops cracks with age; gills gray to black; stem 5-10cm, ~4mm thick; bruises blue quickly.
- When to pick ()
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Common problems
- Reported
- Earlier Pan cyan manure BRF cakes stalled at 50%.
- Illustrates Panaeolus sensitivity to gas-exchange hole size and stall risk.
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Notes from growers
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