Coprinellus plagioporus
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Coprinellus plagioporus is a species of mushroom
in the Psathyrellaceae
family. First described as Coprinus plagioporus by the mycologist Henri Romagnesi
in 1941, it was later transferred to the genus Coprinellus
in 2001.
Mushroom
A mushroom is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source. The standard for the name "mushroom" is the cultivated white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus; hence the word "mushroom" is most often applied to those fungi that...
in the Psathyrellaceae
Psathyrellaceae
The Psathyrellaceae are a family of dark-spored agarics that generally have rather soft, fragile fruiting bodies, and are characterized by black or dark brown, rarely reddish, or even pastel colored spore prints. About 50% of the species produce fruiting bodies that dissolve into ink-like ooze...
family. First described as Coprinus plagioporus by the mycologist Henri Romagnesi
Henri Romagnesi
Henri Charles Louis Romagnesi was a French mycologist who was notable for a thorough review and monograph of the agaric genus Entoloma , as well as extensive work on the large genus Russula, of which he described several new species.-References:...
in 1941, it was later transferred to the genus Coprinellus
Coprinellus
Coprinellus is a genus of mushrooms in the family Psathyrellaceae. The genus was first described by Petter Karsten in 1879.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...
in 2001.