Coprinus 1750347 222738995 2008-06-30T21:35:44Z Ka Faraq Gatri 6892069 Category:Agaricaceae {{Taxobox | name = ''Coprinus'' | image = Coprinus comatus fresh.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = ''Coprinus comatus'' | regnum = [[Fungus|Fungi]] | divisio = [[Basidiomycota]] | classis = [[Agaricomycetes]] | ordo = [[Agaricales]] | familia = [[Agaricaceae]] | genus = '''''Coprinus''''' | type_species = ''Coprinus comatus'' <small>([[Otto Friedrich Müller|O.F. Müll.]]) [[Samuel Frederick Gray|Gray]]</small> }} The genus '''''Coprinus''''' is a small genus of [[mushrooms]] consisting of ''[[Coprinus comatus]]'' (the shaggy mane) and several of its close relatives. Until 2001, ''Coprinus'' was a large genus consisting of all [[agaric]] species in which the [[lamellae]] autodigested to release their spores. (The black ink-like liquid this would create gave these species their common name "inky cap".) [[Molecular phylogeny|Molecular phylogenetic]] investigation found that ''Coprinus comatus'' was only a distant relative of the other members of ''Coprinus'', and was closer to genera in the [[Agaricaceae]]. Since ''Coprinus comatus'' is the [[type species]] of ''Coprinus'', only that species and its close relatives ''C. sterquilinus'' and ''C. spadiceisporus'' retained the name of the genus<ref>Redhead SA, Vilgalys R, Moncalvo J-M,Johnson J & Hopple, JS Jr. ''Coprinus'' Pers. and the disposition of ''Coprinus'' species ''sensu lato''. ''Taxon'' '''50'''(1): 203-241. 2001</ref>. The majority of species of ''Coprinus'' were therefore reclassified into the genera ''[[Coprinellus]]'', ''[[Coprinopsis]]'', and ''[[Parasola]]''. ''Coprinus'' and these segregate genera are now referred to collectively as ''coprinoid fungi''. ==Species list== *''[[C. calyptratus]]'' *''[[Coprinus comatus|C. comatus]]'' (Shaggy inkcap) *''[[Coprinus spadiceisporus|C. spadiceisporus]]'' *''[[Coprinus sterquilinus|C. sterquilinus]]'' ===Selected former species=== *''Coprinus atramentarius'' - now ''[[Coprinopsis atramentaria]]'' *''Coprinus plicatilis'' - now ''[[Parasola plicatilis]]'' ==References== <div class="references-small"><references/></div> *Pierre Montarnal : ''Le petit guide : Champignons'' (Genève, 1964; Paris-Hachette, 1969). *Régis Courtecuisse, Bernard Duhem : ''Guide des champignons de France et d'Europe'' (Delachaux & Niestlé, 1994-2000). ISBN 2-603-00953-2 *Roger Phillips : ''Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain and Europe'' (Pan Books Ltd. 1981 / Book Club Associates 1981) - for the English names. ==External links== * [http://americanmushrooms.com/edibles5.htm AmericanMushrooms.com: Best Edible Mushrooms] *[http://www.mushroomexpert.com/coprinus.html "The Genus ''Coprinus'': The Inky Caps"] by Michael Kuo, ''MushroomExpert.com'', February, 2005. *[http://www.homepages.hetnet.nl/~idakees/ All about Inkcaps: ''Coprinus'' site of Kees Uljé] – taxonomy and keys to coprinoid fungi. *[http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/may2004.html Fungus of the Month for May 2004: ''Coprinus comatus'', the shaggy mane] by Tom Volk, ''TomVolkFungi.net''. *[http://www.mushroomexpert.com/coprinus_comatus.html "''Coprinus comatus'': The Shaggy Mane"] by Michael Kuo, ''MushroomExpert.com'', September, 2001. *[http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Coprinus_comatus.html "California Fungi: ''Coprinus comatus''"], ''MykoWeb.com''. *[http://www.mykoweb.com/cookbook/shaggymane.html "Wild About Mushrooms: Shaggy Mane Mushroom"] by Louise Freedman, ''MykoWeb.com''. {{Commons|Coprinus}} [[Category:Agaricaceae]] [[cs:Hnojník (houba)]] [[de:Tintlinge]] [[es:Coprinus]] [[fr:Coprin]] [[is:Bleklar]] [[it:Coprinus]] [[lt:Mėšlagrybis]] [[hu:Tintagomba]] [[nl:Inktzwam]] [[pl:Czernidłak]] [[pt:Coprinus]] [[tr:Posteki mantarı]]