Coprinellus marculentus
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Coprinellus marculentus is a species of mushroom
in the Psathyrellaceae
family. First described as Coprinus marculentus by the mycologist Max Britzelmayr
in 1893, 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 marculentus by the mycologist Max Britzelmayr
Max Britzelmayr
Max Britzelmayr was a German mycologist and lichenologist who was a native of Augsburg.He spent his career as a schoolteacher and Kreisschulinspektor in Augsburg...
in 1893, 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.