Coprinellus angulatus

Coprinellus angulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Psathyrellaceae
Genus:	Coprinellus
Species:	C. angulatus
Binomial name
Coprinellus angulatus (Peck) Redhead, Vilgalys & Moncalvo

Coprinellus angulatus is a species of mushroom in the Psathyrellaceae family. First described by mycologist Charles Horton Peck in 1874 and placed in the genus Coprinus,^[1] a 2001 phylogenetic study resulted in a major reorganization and reshuffling of that genus, and this species was transferred to Coprinellus.^[2]

References

1. ^ Peck CH. (1873). "Descriptions of new species of fungi". Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of natural Sciences 1: 41–72. 
2. ^ Redhead SA, Vilgalys R, Moncalvo J-M, Johnson J, Hopple JS., Scott A.; Vilgalys, Rytas; Moncalvo, Jean-Marc; Johnson, Jacqui; Hopple, John S (2001). "Coprinus Pers. and the disposition of Coprinus species sensu lato". Taxon 50 (1): 203–241. doi:10.2307/1224525. JSTOR 1224525. 

See also

Fungi portal

• List of Coprinellus species