Coprinopsis

Coprinopsis
Coprinopsis atramentaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Psathyrellaceae
Genus: Coprinopsis
P. Karst.
Type species
Coprinopsis friesii
(Quél.) P. Karst.

Coprinopsis is a genus of mushrooms in the family Psathyrellaceae.[1] Coprinopsis was split out of the genus Coprinus based on molecular data.[2][3] The species Coprinopsis cinerea is a model organism for mushroom-forming basidiomycota, and its genome has recently been sequenced completely.[4]

  1. ^ "Species Fungorum – Coprinopsis". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  2. ^ Redhead, Scott A.; Vilgalys, Rytas; Moncalvo, Jean-Marc; Johnson, Jacqui; Hopple, John S. (2001). "Coprinus Pers. and the disposition of Coprinus species sensu lato". Taxon. 50 (1): 203–241. doi:10.2307/1224525. ISSN 0040-0262. JSTOR 1224525.
  3. ^ "Coprinus comatus, the shaggy mane. Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for May 2004". botit.botany.wisc.edu. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
  4. ^ "Coprinus cinereus Database". www.broad.mit.edu. Retrieved 2009-04-29.