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inky caps
Coprinus
Coprinus is a small genus of mushroom-forming fungi 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 phylogenetic investigation found that Coprinus comatus was only a distant relative of the other members of Coprinus, and...
30 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Shaggy Mane
speciesCoprinus comatus
Star-capped Coprinus
speciesCoprinus calyptratus
midden inkcap
speciesCoprinus sterquilinus
Coprinus levisticolens
speciesCoprinus levisticolens
Coprinus caprimammillatus
speciesCoprinus caprimammillatus
Coprinus xerophilus
speciesCoprinus xerophilus
Coprinus spadiceisporus
speciesCoprinus spadiceisporus
Coprinus arenarius
speciesCoprinus arenarius
Coprinus pinetorum
speciesCoprinus pinetorum
Coprinus sp. 'comatus-CA01'
speciesCoprinus sp. 'comatus-CA01'
Coprinus ovatus
speciesCoprinus ovatus
Coprinus colosseus
speciesCoprinus colosseus
Coprinus asterophoroides
speciesCoprinus asterophoroides
Coprinus ephemeroides
speciesCoprinus ephemeroides
Coprinus palmeranus
speciesCoprinus palmeranus
Coprinus vosoustii
speciesCoprinus vosoustii
Coprinus floridanus
speciesCoprinus floridanus
Coprinus globisporus
speciesCoprinus globisporus
Coprinus jalapensis
speciesCoprinus jalapensis
Coprinus giganteus
speciesCoprinus giganteus
Coprinus squamosus
speciesCoprinus squamosus
Coprinus digitalis
speciesCoprinus digitalis
Coprinus agricola
speciesCoprinus agricola
Coprinus papillatus
speciesCoprinus papillatus
Coprinus variicolor
speciesCoprinus variicolor
Coprinus macrocomatus
speciesCoprinus macrocomatus
Coprinus semilanatus
speciesCoprinus semilanatus
Coprinus boninensis
speciesCoprinus boninensis
Coprinus sudamericanus
speciesCoprinus sudamericanus
Coprinus laniger
speciesCoprinus laniger
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2
Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.121
Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2
Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.122
Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2
Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.160
Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2
Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.161
Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2
Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.212
Iconography of the Mushrooms of Paulet
J.H. Léveillé; plates by Paulet · 1855 · p.422
Iconography of the Mushrooms of Paulet
J.H. Léveillé; plates by Paulet · 1855 · p.418
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47393.