Coprinellus congregatus
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Coprinellus congregatus is a species of mushroom
in the Psathyrellaceae
family. It was first described in 1782 as Agaricus congregatus by French mycologist Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard
, and later transferred to the genus Coprinellus
in 1879 by Petter Karsten.
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. It was first described in 1782 as Agaricus congregatus by French mycologist Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard
Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard
Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard was a French physician and botanist....
, and 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 1879 by Petter Karsten.