Coprinopsis

Coprinopsis
Coprinopsis atramentaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Subkingdom:	Dikarya
Phylum:	Basidiomycota
Subphylum:	Agaricomycotina
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Psathyrellaceae
Genus:	Coprinopsis P. Karst.
Type species
Coprinopsis friesii (Quél.) P. Karst.

Coprinopsis is a genus of mushrooms in the family Psathyrellaceae. Coprinopsis was split out of the genus Coprinus based on molecular data.^[1] The species Coprinopsis cinerea (=Coprinus cinereus) is a model organism for mushroom-forming basidiomycota, and its genome has recently been sequenced completely.^[2]

See also

Fungi portal

• List of Coprinopsis species

References

1. ^ "Coprinus comatus, the shaggy mane. Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for May 2004". botit.botany.wisc.edu. http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/may2004.html. Retrieved 2009-04-29. 
2. ^ "Coprinus cinereus Database". www.broad.mit.edu. http://www.broad.mit.edu/annotation/genome/coprinus_cinereus/MultiHome.html. Retrieved 2009-04-29. 

External links

• Coprinopsis in Index Fungorum.