Order Agaricales Higher classification Coprinopsis | Division Basidiomycota Scientific name Coprinopsis acuminata Rank Species | |
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Similar Coprinopsis, Coprinopsis radiata, Coprinellus niveus, Coprinellus angulatus, Coprinellus impatiens | ||
Coprinopsis acuminata fungi kingdom
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.
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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.
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