Coprinopsis acuminata

Coprinopsis acuminata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Psathyrellaceae
Genus:	Coprinopsis
Species:	C. acuminata
Binomial name
Coprinopsis acuminata (Romagn.) Redhead, Vilgalys & Moncalvo (2001)

Coprinopsis acuminata, commonly known as the humpback inkcap mushroom and earlier as Coprinus acuminatus, is a coprophilous fungus that grows on herbivore dung. It is heterothallic.

Taxonomy[]

Coprinopsis acuminata was published in Redhead, S.A.; Vilgalys, R.; Moncalvo, J.-M.; Johnson, J.; Hopple, J.S. Jr. 2001. Coprinus Persoon and the disposition of Coprinus species sensu lato. Taxon. 50(1):203-241. Earlier, as Coprinus acuminatus, it was published in Coprinus acuminatus (Romagn.) P.D. Orton, Notes from the Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh 29 (1): 86 (1969) Mycobank # 474162.^[1]

Morphology[]

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External links[]

• http://eol.org/pages/243047/overview