Coprinus

Translingual

Coprinus comatus
(shaggy ink cap, shaggy cap, lawyer's wig)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόπρινος (kóprinos, “full of dung, filthy”), referring to the characteristic habitat.

Proper noun

Coprinus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Coprinaceae – mushrooms consisting of Coprinus comatus (the shaggy mane) and its close relatives.

Usage notes

• Until 2001, Coprinus was a large genus consisting of all agaric species in which the lamellae autodigested to release their spores. Many of these were later reclassified.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Fungi – kingdom; Dikarya – subkingdom; Basidiomycota – phylum; Agaricomycotina – subphylum; Agaricomycetes – class; Agaricomycetidae – subclass; Agaricales – order; Agaricineae - suborder; Agaricaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Coprinus comatus (shaggy ink cap, shaggy cap, lawyer's wig) - type species

References

• Coprinus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Coprinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Coprinus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Coprinus at MycoBank