Psathyrella aquatica

Taxobox
name=Psathyrella


image_width = 200px
image_caption =
regnum=Fungi
divisio=Basidiomycota
classis=Agaricomycetes
ordo=Agaricales
familia=Psathyrellaceae
genus="Psathyrella"
species = "P. aquatica"
binomial =
binomial_authority = mycomorphbox
name = Psathyrella aquatica
whichGills = free
capShape = convex
hymeniumType=gills
stipeCharacter=
ecologicalType=saprotrophic
sporePrintColor=N/A
howEdible=unknown

"Psathyrella aquatica" is a species of aquatic mushroom. The first aquatic mushroom to be discovered, it was found by Southern Oregon University professor Robert Coffan in the Rogue River in the U.S. state of Oregon.cite web |url= http://www.sou.edu/cas/connections/connections0006.html |title= What Lies Beneath: A New Mushroom |date= January 1, 2008 |publisher= Southern Oregon University College of Arts and Sciences |accessdate= 2008-09-08] Coffan found the mushroom in 2005, and his colleagues Darlene Southworth and Jonathan Frank in the biology department at Southern Oregon University confirmed that the mushroom was a unique discovery. [cite news | last =siskiyoudaily.com | title =US: Scientists discover new mushroom species in the Rogue Valley | work =FreshPlaza | date =January 25, 2008 | url =http://www.freshplaza.com/news_detail.asp?id=15146 | accessdate = 2008-09-13]

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