Coprinus

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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.

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